Cool Runnings (1993)
Directed by Jon Turteltaub
After a fall wrecks his Olympic sprint trial, a Jamaican runner talks a washed-up American coach and three friends into forming a bobsleigh team and taking it to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1National Stadium≈ 00:04:00Kingston, JamaicaInferred
Junior trips and brings down Derice and Yul in the 100 m Olympic trial.
- 2Pushcart hill and Irv's place≈ 00:10:00JamaicaInferred
Derice recruits the pushcart champion Sanka, persuades Irv to coach them and they train on wheels and raise money.
- 3Hotel and town≈ 00:42:00Calgary, AlbertaStated on screen
Freezing in their first Canadian winter, they buy an old sled and face mockery from rival teams.
- 4Bobsleigh track≈ 01:00:00Canada Olympic Park, CalgaryStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 4,950 km
- Places
- 4
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 4
- Plane: 4,883 km
- Not shown: 66 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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