Cool Runnings (1993)

Synopsis: When a fellow competitor trips Derice at an Olympic qualifying track meet, Derice fails to acquire the final points necessary to get to the summer games. To make matters worse, the local board... When a fellow competitor trips Derice at an Olympic qualifying track meet, Derice fails to acquire the final points necessary to get to the summer games. To make matters worse, the local board refuses to reinstate Derice. But there's still way for him to make it to the Olympics. After learning about a wacky American bobsledder living in Jamaica -- who had years earlier attempted to recruit Derice's father for a Jamaican bobsled team -- Derice's competitive spirit is renewed. Realizing that bobsledding may be his golden opportunity, he drafts his go-cart driving buddy Sanka, and talks Winter Olympian Irv Blitzer into coaching this offbeat team. Blitzer whips the dedicated athletes into bobsledding shape despite the total absence of snow. Together they're the weirdest outfit at Calgary -- but no one's more fun at the winter games. [More]

Starring: John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Malik Yoba

Starring: John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Malik Yoba, Rawle Lewis

Director: Jon Turteltaub

Director: Jon Turteltaub
Screenwriter: Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg
Producer: Dawn Steel

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