Chariots of Fire (Original title)
Date: 30 March 1981 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Hugh Hudson
Synopsis: Biographical athletics drama. In 1919, Harold Abrahams, is one of the stars of the amateur running team at Caius College in Cambridge. The team also includes other Harold's friends, such as Lord Andrew Lindsay, Aubrey Montague and Henry Stallard. In Scotland, Eric Liddell is studying, while giving a hand to his sister, who runs a local mission. He competes in the Highland Games and is convinced to become a professional runner by his friend Sandy McGrath. Harold and Eric finally meet on the race track. With Harold's Jewish ancestry a part of his drive, and Eric's Christian faith a part of his, this is the beginning of a friendship/rivalry that will culminate during the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Genres: Drama, Sport, Biopic
Subjects: Olympic Games, Paris, Athletics, Running, Students, Religion
Releases
Date: 30 March 1981Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 123 mins Length: 11083 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 30 March 1981 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Hugh Hudson
Synopsis: Biographical athletics drama. In 1919, Harold Abrahams, is one of the stars of the amateur running team at Caius College in Cambridge. The team also includes other Harold's friends, such as Lord Andrew Lindsay, Aubrey Montague and Henry Stallard. In Scotland, Eric Liddell is studying, while giving a hand to his sister, who runs a local mission. He competes in the Highland Games and is convinced to become a professional runner by his friend Sandy McGrath. Harold and Eric finally meet on the race track. With Harold's Jewish ancestry a part of his drive, and Eric's Christian faith a part of his, this is the beginning of a friendship/rivalry that will culminate during the 1924 Paris Olympics.
Genres: Drama, Sport, Biopic
Subjects: Olympic Games, Paris, Athletics, Running, Students, Religion
Releases
Date: 30 March 1981Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Sound - DolbyRuntime: 123 mins Length: 11083 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Date: 2012Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Colour - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: 20th Century Fox International (UK)
Credits
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An Enigma production: Enigma, Present: Twentieth Century-Fox, Allied Stars, Executive Producer: Dodi Fayed, Produced by: David Puttnam, Associate Producer: James Crawford, Production Manager: Joyce Herlihy, Production Accountant: Ron Phipps, Location Manager: Simon Bosanquet, Location Manager: Caroline Neame, Location Manager: Iain Smith, Production Secretary: Jennie Raglan, Production Assistant: Elizabeth Bain Orr, Production Assistant: Alison Campbell, Production Assistant: Claudine Sellars, Production Assistant: Lynda Smith, Researcher: Roger Hucharde, Location research: Richard Burgess, Arnold Schulkes, Assistant Director: Jonathan Benson, Assistant Director: Melvin Lind, Assistant Director: Matthew Binns, Assistant Director: Terence Fitch, Assistant Director: Hugh O'Donnell, Assistant Director: Bill Rudgard, Continuity: Jane Buck, Casting: Esta Charkham, Casting: Simone Reynolds, Original Screenplay by: Colin Welland, Director of Photography: David Watkin, Camera Operator: Dewi Humphreys, Focus: Mike Connor, Loader: Peter Robinson, Chief Electrician: Ray Potter, Grip: Dennis Fraser, Unit Stillsman: Graham Attwood, Matte Artist: Ray Caple, Editor: Terry Rawlings, Supervising Art Director: Roger Hall, Art Director: Jonathan Ambertson, Art Director: Andrew Sanders, Art Director: Len Huntingford, Art Director: Anna Ridley, Set Dresser: Diana Morris, Set Dresser: Bryony Foster, Property Master: John Leuenberger, Standby Props: Don Bradburn, Paul Bradburn, Construction Manager: Roy Evans, Standby Painter: Doug Regan, Standby Carpenter: John New, Standby Chargehand: Tony Turner, Standby Rigger: Les Phipps, Costume Designer: Milena Canonero, Assistant Costume Designer: Louise Frogley, Costume Assistant: Claire Sorrell, Dressmaker: David Garrett, Wardrobe Supervisor: David Murphy, Wardrobe Master: Terry Smith, Wardrobe Mistress: Nadia Arthur, Wardrobe Assistant: John Brady, Wardrobe Assistant: Marina Drecker, Wardrobe Assistant: Imogen Magnus, Wardrobe Assistant: Gill John, Vivian Tozer, Tailor: Tony Allen, Make-up Supervisor: Mary Hillman, Make-up: Kenteas Brine, Make-up: Hilary Steinberg, Hairdresser: Maureen Hannaford-Naisbitt, Hairdresser: Kate Healy, Hairdressing Supervisor: Joan Hills, Title Design and Graphics: John Gorham, Titles and graphics: John Gorham, John O'Driscoll, Title Design and Graphics: John O'Driscoll, John Kelly, Titles and graphics: John Kelly, Colour by: Kay Laboratories, [Kay Laboratories] Liaison: John Hemmings, Original Music Composed, Arranged and Performed: Vangelis Papathanassiou, Music co-ordinator: Harry Rabinowitz, Sound Mixer: Clive Winter, Sound Assistant: Rowland Fowles, Sound Assistant: Dushko Indjic, Re-recorded at: EMI Elstree Studios, Dubbing Mixer: Bill Rowe, Sound Editor: James Shields, Adviser: Jennie Liddell, Jackson Scholz, Athletic consultant: Tom McNab, Unit Publicist: Ann Tasker
Cast
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Nicholas Farrell (Aubrey Montague), Nigel Havers (Lord Andrew Lindsay), Ian Charleson (Eric Liddell), Ben Cross (Harold Abrahams), Daniel Gerroll (Henry Stallard), Ian Holm (Sam Mussabini), Sir John Gielgud (Master of Trinity), Lindsay Anderson (Master of Caius), Nigel Davenport (Lord Birkenhead), Cheryl Campbell (Jennie Liddell), Alice Krige (Sybil Gordon), Dennis Christopher (Charles Paddock), Brad Davis (Jackson Scholz), Patrick Magee (Lord Cadogan), Peter Egan (Duke of Sutherland), Struan Rodger (Sandy McGrath), David Yelland (Prince of Wales), Yves Beneyton (George Andre), Jeremy Sinden (President - Gilbert and Sullivan Society), Gordon Hammersley (President - Cambridge Athletic Club), Andrew Hawkins (Secretary - Gilbert and Sullivan Society), Richard Griffiths (head porter - Caius College), John Young (Reverend J. D. Liddell), Benny Young (Rod Liddell), Yvonne Gilan (Mrs Liddell), Jack Smethurst (sleeping car attendant), Gerry Slevin (Colonel John Keddie), Peter Cellier (head waiter - Savoy), Stephen Mallatrat (Watson), Colin Bruce (Taylor), Alan Polonsky (Paxton), Edward Wiley (Fitch), Philip O'Brien (American coach), Ralph Lawton (harbour master), John Rutland (Caius porter), Alan Dudley (Caius manservant), Tommy Boyle (reporter), Kim Clifford (Sybil's maid), Wallace Campbell (Highland Provost), Pat Doyle (Jimmie), David John (Ernest Liddell), Teresa Dignan (schoolgirl), Ruby Wax (Bunty), Michael Jeyes (footman), David Kivlin (1st Scots boy), Eddie Hughson (2nd Scots Boy), Gayle Grayson, Sue Sammon, Carol Ashby, Linda Boyland, Paul Howard, Alan Lorimer, Michel Lonsdale, Garth Jones, Graham Brooke, Paul Mahoney, Linda Wallis, Rosy Clayton, Doreen Sloane, Sara Roache, Steve Ambrose, James Usher, Peter Jones, Leonard Mullen, Phil Tait, Dave Turner