6packjack wrote:
"Visions of 8"
This is a black and white documentry about the 1972 olys. It consists of 8 diferent short films of dif filmakers about the olys. The last one is called "The Longest" and covers the marathon. It gets good as you see the last runner trying to get in and finish as the closing ceremonies are underway. You wonder if he will finish before the games are declared closed.
Are you on drugs?? The 1972 Oly. marathon and the closing ceremonies weren't even on the same day!!
not on drugs and no memory of them, since i was six. but the movie alternates b/t the closing ceremony and the last marathon runner.
for more info see
http://www.runningmovies.com/month2002.htm#August
also, here is what
says about the section called The Longest, on the marathon:
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The Longest. John Schlesinger (Great Britain).
"I was fascinated by the individual effort of the marathon runner. Training alone for years for a 26 mile race and competing finally with so much more than the race itself." Although 34 year old Ron Hill from Great Britain is one of the race favorites and is featured strongly, it is Frank Shorter who gets congratulated by teammate Kenny Moore as he lead Karel Lismont and Mamo Wolde into the stadium for the victory on this day. Images from this race are captivating and the end of the marathon completes the end of the fifteenth Olympiad from Munich, Germany. 20:00.
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Excluding the documentaries, like Greenspan's wonderful series on the Olympics, I also cast my vote for "Personal Best." I really don't think that any of the others are close.
I'll give an honorable mention to "On the Edge," although it lost its edge at the very end. Although I haven't seen it in a long time, "The Games" was also fun to watch.
The Prefontaine movies were disappointing. In part, that may be because Pre wasn't a very interesting person.
"Chariots of Fire" was, hands down, the most overrated running movie ever, with God-awful music that we were forced to listen to at every big road race for the next ten years.
any cheech and chong movie.
go navy
Tom Cruise runs in EVERY single movie he's in, so you could throw his movies in there as well.
endurance
rastabon wrote:
endurance
I also liked "Endurance."
C'mon ya bunch a' freakin honchos!
"Fire on the Track" is so far above
the others it's in another dimension...
just like Pre is and was.
If the high school 2 mile record ad' a bin
8:36...why Pre would a' run 8:31!
If it ad' a bin 8;26...e' would a' run
8:21!
If e' ad' a run in Montreal e' surely wuda
"kicked some Lasse Viren butt" and e' would
a' run under 13:10 before e' was 27.
I freakin guarantee ya that!
FIRE ON THE TRACK
Ha Ha Ha!
You are the most boring uncreative anti-american
numbnut that as' ever entered this zone. You know
nothing about American running heros and your opinon
is shit. I hope yer glad to get a reaction cuz thats
all yer dumb ass wanted anyways...so you got it.
So go back to space where you belong cadet and don't
talk about the sacrad like you do...it will come around
to haunt you if you do!
FIRE ON THE TRACK
LOL
(I'm fairly sure you're pulling my leg . . . .)
qucassidy wrote:
If e' ad' a run in Montreal e' surely wuda
"kicked some Lasse Viren butt" and e' would
a' run under 13:10 before e' was 27.
I freakin guarantee ya that!
FIRE ON THE TRACK
Ha ha ha ha ha!
Yer not really ole Lasse Viren the deermilk drinking
blood doping shameful excuse for a Finn are you?
Chicken shit e' was not coming to Eugene for the race!
Ha Ha Ha! Injured? Yah right. Palid, sickly and
a freakin cheater is' wad e' is thats fer sure.
If you/e' ad' a bin man enough to come to Oregon, we'd
av' a lot more respect for ya in spite of your drug use...
cuz blood dopin is the same freakin thing as drugs.
So and' in those medals and clear the skeletons out a' yer closet.
I'll race ya over 800 meters and kick the livin cow
piss out a' ya. Born in 53 in a town a lot like Coos
Bay, Oregon.
Q
The Loneliest Runner
The Four Minute Mile
Guess ya don' av' any jam eh Lasse?
Cool Hand Luke.
Runaway Train...it demonstrated the deep seated heart, soul and committment that it takes to succeed...an absolute classic of the highest order...you are virtually guaranteed a personal best immediately after absorbing this flick.
MF
how about movies that have people running in them? LOL.
Run Lola Run
any others?
"Eat them damn eggs", hey ya like sushi (salmon)? Just wondering...I think I know who you are.