SCREENINGS FOR JUNE ‘Sport Movies’
Cool Runnings
Monday 7th June 1:30pm
Based on an improbable but true story, Cool Runnings concerns the Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Director Jon Turteltaub does a fine job with both the absurdity of the situation (the athletes had never even seen snow) and the passion behind it (their desire to compete and win). John Candy, in one of his last roles, is touching as a disgraced coach who seizes the opportunity to work with the Jamaicans as a chance for redemption. The bobsled scenes look good and the races are exciting. The climax, which is entirely unexpected, takes the film to a wholly different level, even if events in the story don't quite match the facts.
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
For more information please contact
Nuala Graham
Librarian
Dulwich Library
368 Lordship Lane
SE22 8NB
020 7525 6234
nuala.graham@southwark.gov.uk
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