Cool Runnings

Cool Runnings1993

Director: Jon Turteltaub, Phedon Papmichael
Stars: Doug E. Doug, John Candy, Paul Coeur, Malik Yoba, Larry Gilman
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Runtime: 98 minutes

Based on an improbable but true story, Cool Runnings concerns the Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics. Director Jon Turteltaub (Phenomenon) does a fine job with both the absurdity of the situation (the athletes had never … more »



[Coach Irv has reprimanded the team over their run earlier in the day]

Derice:
You know, when the Swiss want to ge....[Team groans]

Sanka:
Ah, will you shut up about the damn Swiss! I mean, it was all that eins zwei drei nonsense that got us all nervous in the first place.

Derice:
Hey, man, look here, I'm just trying to get us off on the right foot.

Sanka:
Well, the right foot for us is not the Swiss foot. I mean, come on, Derice, we can't be copying nobody else's style. We have our own style.

Derice:
Kissing an egg is no kind of style. It's the Olympics here, it's no stupid push-cart derby. [Long pause]

Sanka:
Let me tell you something, rasta, I didn't come up here to forget who I am and where I come from.

Derice:
Neither did I. I'm just trying to be the best I can be.

Sanka:
So am I, and the best I can be is Jamaican. Look, Derice, I've known you since Julie Jeffreys asked to see your ding-a-ling [Derice smiles] and I'm telling you as a friend...if we look Jamaican, walk Jamaican, talk Jamaican and IS Jamaican, then we sure as hell better bobsled Jamaican.

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