Chariots of Fire (Full Screen Edition) From:Ben Cross , Ian Charleson , Nicholas Farrell , Nigel Havers , Daniel Gerroll , Hugh Hudson , Warner Home Video ,
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790731018
Format: Closed-captioned
Format: Color
Format: Dolby
ISBN: 0790731010
Label: Warner Home Video
Audio Format: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Packaged Height: 60 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 740 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 10 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 560 hundredths-inches
Picture Format: Pan & Scan
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2005-02-01
Running Time: 123 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1981-10-09
Product Description:
The come-from-behind winner of the 1981 Oscar for best picture, Chariots of Fire either strikes you as either a cold exercise in mechanical manipulation or as a tale of true determination and inspiration. The heroes are an unlikely pair of young athletes who ran for Great Britain in the 1924 Paris Olympics: devout Protestant Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson), a divinity student whose running makes him feel closer to God, and Jewish Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross), a highly competitive Cambridge student who has to surmount the institutional hurdles of class prejudice and anti-Semitism. There's delicious support from Ian Holm (as Abrahams's coach) and John Gielgud and Lindsay Anderson as a couple of Cambridge fogies. Vangelis's soaring synthesized score, which seemed to be everywhere in the early 1980s, also won an Oscar. Chariots of Fire was the debut film of British television commercial director Hugh Hudson (Greystoke) and was produced by David Puttnam. --Jim Emerson
Customer Reviews:
 Chariots of Fire and Wings on Their Feet, 2008-11-30
I never saw Chariots of Fire when it was in the theater in the early 80's, but I became interested in it after I saw some of the sites where it was filmed when I was in Scotland recently.
It's based on the true story of the track team of Great Britain in the 1924 Olympics in Paris. Eric Liddell has become one of my heroes -- standing for what you know is right even in the face of incredible pressure and sacrifice.
It's an amazing film!!
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