Cool Runnings is a 1993 adventure comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub. It is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsled team's debut in the bobsleigh competition of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. It stars Leon Robinson, Doug E. Doug, Malik Yoba, and Rawle D. Lewis, with John Candy as Irv Blitzer, the retired bobsledder and coach of the Jamaican bobsledders. Irv Blitzer was a bobsled double gold medalist at the 1968 Winter Olympics, who finished first in three events again at the 1972 Winter Olympics but was disqualified for cheating and retired in... disgrace to Jamaica, where he leads a destitute life as a bookie. He is approached by top 100m runner Derice Bannock, who failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics when another opponent, Junior Bevil, tripped him at the trials, and pushcart driving champion Sanka Coffie, who both wish to use his previous experience as coaches in order to compete in the 1988 Winter Olympics as bobsledders. Irv had been good friends with Derice's father, Ben, a former sprinter whom Irv had tried to recruit for the bobsled team years ago.
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| Release date: | October 1, 1993 |
| Directed by: | Jon Turteltaub |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Dawn Steel |
| Editor: | Bruce Green |
| Music by: | Jimmy Cliff, Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography: | Phedon Papamichael |
| Screenplay by: | Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg |
| Estimated budget: | $14,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Adventure |