jsquire wrote:
Try this:
http://www.runningmovies.com/
Want to bump the link up, it's a good one. Thanks jsquire!
I'm shocked and surprised nobody has mentioned that absorbing epic, Running, starring everyoung Michael Douglas. John, you gotta track this one down. Your audience will go away happy into the night.
Scott: I even had the book as a lad!
It's not been mentioned, but 'Run Lola Run', while a stretch actually has some inspired running in it by a very lovely woman. Add lager and I'm sold.
wow, I forgot about that one Scott. I have buddy that still has it I think.........think I will watch it if he does.
scotth wrote:
jsquire wrote:Try this:
http://www.runningmovies.com/Want to bump the link up, it's a good one. Thanks jsquire!
I'm shocked and surprised nobody has mentioned that absorbing epic, Running, starring everyoung Michael Douglas. John, you gotta track this one down. Your audience will go away happy into the night.
scotth wrote:
I'm shocked and surprised nobody has mentioned that absorbing epic, Running, starring everyoung Michael Douglas.
Actually, Scott, I did mention it in my first post. It was one of my candidates for "ceremonial burning of videotape."
Honestly, though, I haven't seen it in many, many years, and it may not be as bad as I remember. Michael Douglas, however, doesn't exactly look like an Olympic marathoner.
oldguy wrote:
Choice #4: That one with Ryan O'Neal as the U.S. Olympic marathoner.
oldguy, Ryan O'Neal? He couldn't hold a candle to Kirk's boy, Michael who did a monster job in Running! I kid you not.
My apologies oldguy, on second read you did mention Michael. I stand corrected.
In some ways, Running was a cliched cross between the books Purple Runner & Once a Runner. The man was possessed. It was so bad it was good.
scotth wrote:
oldguy, Ryan O'Neal? He couldn't hold a candle to Kirk's boy, Michael who did a monster job in Running! I kid you not.[/quote]
Ryan O'Neal was actually the weakest part of "The Games." The British milkman/marathoner was played by Michael Crawford, I believe. I don't remember the others in the cast. It really was a pretty good movie, though.
scotth wrote:
In some ways, Running was a cliched cross between the books Purple Runner & Once a Runner. The man was possessed. It was so bad it was good.
I do recall that the movie came uncomfortably close to capturing the day-to-day life of a running bum.
Anytime the main character takes a tie and makes it into a headband then that movie automatically gets my vote.
Michael Crawford actually looked like a pretty good distance runner, as did the Australian, Sonny Pentube. The European was not very convincing, and neither was the paunchy Scott Reynolds (Ryan O'Neil). Sam Elliot was also in the movie, as a teamate of Scott Reynolds.
I would really like to be a running bum like Michael Douglas in Running or Bruce Dern in On the Edge...there seems to be a quality, a peace, and a purpose in what they do....
marathon1954 wrote:
I would really like to be a running bum like Michael Douglas in Running or Bruce Dern in On the Edge...there seems to be a quality, a peace, and a purpose in what they do....
Or a pathetic single-mindedness. I'm not sure which . . . .
Visions of Eight
The movie 5000 meters, mentioned earlier, is worth a look. It's an in-depth documentary about various elites (Broe, Torres, Goucher, others....) training for Athens. Does a pretty good of capturing the people and their training...Not only that, but there's some good shots of the home town (Peoria, IL!), and I'm on tape at the start of a race. Pretty neat.
Anyone ever see "the fast runner"
About these natives in alaska and there is a scene where the main character runs for like 20 minutes straight in the snow...without any clothes on
When Harry met Sally
I actually have a copy of the book that the movie w/ Michael Douglas starred--"Running"--it was cheesy--but good for light mindless reading--the thing I remeber about this movie is it came out about the same time " Breaking Away" was released...just a little nostalgia, when road races where not "spectacles" and Nike Daybreaks or Tiger XL CALIBER GT was the shoe----
I thought this was a little odd. I read this post and a few days later the movie just happened to be on today. It was pretty bad though, and Brad Pitt looked really skinny.
forget "Marathon Man" and get the film TOKYO 1964, which is the official film of the '64 games... it has both the men's and women's 800s (the British woman's finish may be better than Billy Mills) plus a long piece on the marathon, including the tracking shot of Bekele that was used in Marathon Man.
Kullatut piikkarit
by Lasse Viren
Publisher: Weilin + Göös (1976)
Language: Finnish
ISBN: 9513515192
Amazon.com Sales Rank: None
I found this title by Viren on Amazon. What is it?