Chariots of Fire
This is the story of two men who run, not to run, but to prove something to the world. They will sacrifice anything to achieve their goals... except their honor.
This is the story of two men who run, not to run, but to prove someth...
Drama, History
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1981
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In the class-obsessed and religiously divided UK of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics. Eric Liddell, a devout Christian born to Scottish missionaries in China, sees running as part of his worship of God's glory and refuses to train or compete on the Sabbath. Harold Abrahams overcomes anti-Semitism and class bias, but neglects his beloved sweetheart in his single-minded quest.
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Rated:
PG
Runtime:
123 min
Release date:
15 May 1981
Country:
GB
Languages:
French, English
Budget:
$5,500,000
Revenue:
$58,972,904
Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. 18 wins & 19 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
No imbalance mars the pic, whose cross-the-board achievement lifts it to an impressive level of unified accomplishment.
– Jack Pitman,
Variety,
26 Mar 2007
fresh:
Like every element in this picture, the actors look right; they seem to emerge from the past, instead of being pasted on to it, as so many characters in historical movies seem to be.
– Richard Schickel,
TIME Magazine,
1 Aug 2008
fresh:
Although it is extremely well made, I frankly don't understand what the shouting is about. Good, yes; great, no.
– Gene Siskel,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Feb 2013
fresh:
A movie that, with the help of Vangelis Papathanassiou's wonderfully stirring music, lifts the spirits to a new high.
– Kathleen Carroll,
New York Daily News,
17 Feb 2015
rotten:
Oddly, for a film about triumph over adversity, there's nothing as uplifting as the opening and closing jogs along a windswept beach.
– Dave Calhoun,
Time Out,
21 Feb 2015