Let the Games Begin! 5 Rousing Olympic Flicks
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Chariots of Fire
The surprise Best Picture Oscar winner of 1982 stars Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Ian Holm and John Gielgud in this true tale of British sprinters Harold Abrahams (played by Cross) and Eric Liddell (played by Charleson), two very different men competing in the 1924 Olympics for very different reasons. Lidell, a devout Scottish missionary, runs for God, while Abrahams, the son of a wealthy Jewish man, runs to prove his place in upper crust Cambridge society. And, of course, that score by Vangelis forever changed the way we look at slow-motion running…
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