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   It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice.

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3. www.bfi.org.uk › book-that-inspired-chariots-fireThe book that inspired Chariots of Fire | BFI

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   Jul 11, 2012 · Convalescing in a rented house in the late 1970s, film producer David Puttnam chanced upon a history book of the Olympic Games that would give him the inspiration for the Oscar-winning 1981 classic Chariots of Fire.

4. www.britannica.com › topic › Chariots-of-FireChariots of Fire | Plot, Cast, Awards, & Facts | Britannica

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   Sep 26, 2024 · Academy Award (1982) Chariots of Fire, British dramatic film, released in 1981, that tells the true story of two British runners who brought glory to their country in the Olympic Games of 1924 in Paris. The film won both the BAFTA Award and the Academy Award for best picture and also garnered the Golden Globe Award for best foreign movie.

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5. www.history.com › news › chariots-of-fire-liddellThe Real‑Life Olympic History Behind ‘Chariots of Fire’

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   Aug 5, 2024 · The real-life story of the two Olympic champions propelled by a higher purpose inspired the 1981 Oscar-winning film Chariots of Fire. Liddell Refuses to Run on the Sabbath. Born in China to...

6. everything.explained.today › Chariots_of_FireChariots of Fire explained - Everything Explained Today

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   It is based on the true story of two British athletes in the 1924 Olympics: Eric Liddell, a devout Scottish Christian who runs for the glory of God, and Harold Abrahams, an English Jew who runs to overcome prejudice.

7. www.bbc.com › culture › article'It's complete surrender' – Olympics hero Eric Liddell and ...

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   In History looks at the real story behind the Chariots of Fire movie myth. The son of Christian missionaries, Eric Liddell was born in China in 1902 and died there 43 years later in a...

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   Who were 'Chariots of fire' based on?

   • The author writes of ‘three sensational wins by British athletes’ at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games and it was the story of two of these – ‘long-legged collegian’ Harold Abrahams and ‘dark horse’ Eric Liddell, a religious man who refused to run on a Sunday – that eventually formed the basis (with some dramatic license) of Chariots of Fire.

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   When did Chariots of fire come out?

   • Accessed 20 October 2024. Chariots of Fire, British film (1981) that tells the story of two British runners who won gold in the 1924 Olympics.

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   Is Chariots of fire a good movie?

   • The site's consensus reads: "Decidedly slower and less limber than the Olympic runners at the center of its story, Chariots of Firenevertheless manages to make effectively stirring use of its spiritual and patriotic themes." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 78 out of 100 based on 19 critics' reviews.

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   Where did the phrase 'chariot of fire' come from?

   • The original phrase "chariot(s) of fire" is from 2 Kings2:11and 6:17in the Bible. Plot [edit] During a 1978 funeral service in Londonin honour of the life of Harold Abrahams, headed by his former colleague Lord Andrew Lindsay, there is a flashback to when he was young and in a group of athletes running along a beach.

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   Who wrote in chariots they ran?

   • McLaughlin, John (February 2012). "In Chariots They Ran". Runner's World. Emmaus, Pennsylvania: Rodale. Archived from the originalon 11 January 2014. Ryan, Mark (2012). Running with Fire: The True Story of Chariots of Fire Hero Harold Abrahams(paperback). Robson Press. (Original hardback: JR Books Ltd, 2011.)

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   Why is 'bring me my Chariot of Fire' ranked 19th?

   • It is ranked 19th in the British Film Institute's list of Top 100 British films. The film's title was inspired by the line "Bring me my Chariot of fire!" from the William Blakepoem adapted into the British hymn and unofficial English anthem "Jerusalem"; the hymn is heard at the end of the film.

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9. www.historytoday.com › reviews › chariots-fireChariots of Fire - History Today

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   Aug 8, 2012 · This chimed exactly with the spirit of the age in which the film was made when another outsider, Margaret Thatcher, the grocer’s daughter from Grantham, became Britain’s first woman prime minister, routed the old Conservative establishment and preached a gospel of heroic individualism.