There's a Sabrina movie that came out in the 1990s before the old show with some of the same actors. It's on Peacock. Sabrina Spellman was Sabrina Sawyer and ran track
I love this thread. OP asked two questions, which are the most accurate and least accurate portrayals of track in movies, and 2/3rds of the answers just say a movie or show. Which question are you goofballs answering, most or least accurate?
what was that comedy, not to long ago. Dude runs London marathon. Obviously not great running scenes. I just remember the main character as an out of shape chump and his antagonist being very close to if not on the front of the starting line at London.
Sounds like Run Fatboy Run with Simon Pegg, if 2007 is "not too long ago"
The Games (1970) has to be one of the worst film portrayals of running. Ryan O'Neal as a marathon runner! Charles Aznavour as a Zatopek character returning at 41 to run the Olympic marathon. His running form is a sight to behold! It is an awful movie, but thoroughly enjoyable.
Directed by Michael Winner Written by Erich Segal and Hugh Atkinson Starring Michael Crawford, Stanley Baker, Ryan O’Neal, Charles Aznavour, Athol Compton Written by Gavin Bond While there are a ha…
Documentary footage of the 1928 Bunion Derby, a transcontinental foot race, should be better known, and people who document it don't tend to romanticize it. It was a crazy thing to do. Andy Payne, the Cherokee kid who won it, deserves his own film.
Running- Simple, primordial, and brutalSome inspirational footage taken off the movie Endurance. Haile Gebreselasse, one of the greatest runners of all time,...
Most realistic . Personal Best . Came out in the late 70's early 80's, Actually used real track stars as actors.
It also captured true amateurism back then when track athletes lived pretty much hand to mouth, had to scramble to find a track and facilities to train on. Also the California club atmosphere that was prevalent when there was Athletics West, Santa Monica TC, I'm sure I left several out. (The film is based on a CA track club)
There's a Sabrina movie that came out in the 1990s before the old show with some of the same actors. It's on Peacock. Sabrina Spellman was Sabrina Sawyer and ran track
I love this thread. OP asked two questions, which are the most accurate and least accurate portrayals of track in movies, and 2/3rds of the answers just say a movie or show. Which question are you goofballs answering, most or least accurate?
More infuriating is a lot of the movies mentioned aren't even running movies, they're have no relevancy to the sport except maybe a scene or two in them.
For example:
Juno is not a running movie, it's about a nitwit teenage girl who gets knocked up by equally nitwit boyfriend who happens to run track. And doesn't he wear wristbands?
The Games (1970) has to be one of the worst film portrayals of running. Ryan O'Neal as a marathon runner! Charles Aznavour as a Zatopek character returning at 41 to run the Olympic marathon. His running form is a sight to behold! It is an awful movie, but thoroughly enjoyable.
Years ago, there was a thread here about a movie with some non-runner training to run a sub 4 mile in HS. His dream became reality, but sadly he lost to another high schooler who ran a faster sub 4 in their HS meet. ... Needless to say, that movie was panned here for multiple reasons. One comment on IMDB was, "short chunky guy with legs that are foot and half long with a couple months of training DOES NOT run a under 4 mile." Worth watching for the laughs.
It's not track, but it still makes me laugh when I think of it.
Rizzoli and Isles (S1 E7 "Born to Run) run the Boston Marathon and solve two murders of runners along the way.
In the pre-race bar scene, Isles shows up wearing Vibram Five Fingers. Oh, and they run the marathon in matching unitards for Team P.U.K.E. You did catch that they ran in unitards, right? It's obviously impractical, but I'll admit that the ladies looked pretty good.
There is a scene at the very end where Rizzoli and Isles race to the finish line. It's a short sprint, but it looks like Isles can actually run.
The Massachusetts Marathon turns into a crime scene when a shooter begins targeting runners. Racing to catch the killer before another shooting, Jane and Mau...
Tom Cruise has a nice sprinting style. He has had coaching for sure. Probably not super quick though to compare against real sprinters but it adds authenticity to his characters.
Plenty of bad examples of running on tv and movie screen out there.
I've never seen a running movie where the actor looked like they could actually run. It's like actors pretending to be boxers or to play musical instruments - but even worse.
Billy Crudup, Bruce Dern, Omar Epps, Will Smith all move well
In the "field" category, nothing has yet topped Lamar's javelin throw in Revenge of the Nerds for accuracy (whether that's most or least accurate is open to interpretation)
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