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“Chariots of Fire” is one of the best films of recent years, a memory of a time when men still believed you could win a race if only you wanted to badly enough.
If Chariots of Fire, with its splendid photography and firm-jawed heroes, is a fantasy (though one based on fact) and apparently designed to pander to national delusions, it does so gently...
Chariots of Fire. In the class-obsessed and religiously divided United Kingdom of the early 1920s, two determined young runners train for the 1924 Paris Olympics.
- (116)
- Hugh Hudson
- PG
- Ben Cross
Since its release, Chariots of Fire has received generally positive reviews from critics. As of 2024, the film holds an 84% rating from the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 117 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.8/10.
CHARIOTS OF FIRE depicts the true story of two athletes who ran in the 1924 Olympics: Jewish Cambridge student Harold (Ben Cross), and Scottish missionary Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson). On Abrahams' first day at Cambridge, new students are encouraged to achieve for themselves and for those who were lost in World War I, which has just ended.
- Ian Charleson, Nicholas Farrell, Nigel Havers
- Hugh Hudson
- Warner Bros.
Jul 9, 2012 · Based on a true story, Chariots Of Fire does a poor job of straddling the intertwining narratives of two aspiring British athletes pursuing their ambition of competing in the 1924 Olympic Games...
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Jan 1, 2010 · Chariots Of Fire Review. Two athletes, Harold Abrahams (Cross) and Eric Liddell (Charleson), take on the establishment, their personal relationships and their inner belief to realise their...
