Film

Cool Runnings 1993

Directed by Jon Turteltaub

  • Comedy, Adventure, Drama
  • 98 min
  • PG

One dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty below zero.

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.

ComedyAdventureDramaunderdogsportswinterolympic gamesjamaicatrainertraining campreggaebobsleighingbased on true storybobsledwinter sport

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