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Lead Stories: Monday, October 13, 2008

“Spirit of the Marathon” Documentary Sells Out Debut Screenings in Chicago

Posted October 17th, 2007 at 10:16 AM by Andrew Goodman

Section: News & Results, Motivation, Movies

The running documentary “Spirit of the Marathon” sold out its three debut showings at this month’s Chicago International Film Festival.

The Chicago Tribune called the film by Jon Dunham and Mark Jonathan Harris “a moving, clever, heartfelt examination of the marathon both as elite athletic competition and as “the Everyman’s Everest.”

For more information on “Spirit of the Marathon”, please visit: www.MarathonMovie.com

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“Spirit of the Marathon” to Debut at Chicago Festival

Posted September 4th, 2007 at 5:58 PM by Martha Jones

Section: News & Results, Marathons, Motivation, Movies

The full-length documentary film “Spirit of the Marathon” has been accepted to the Chicago International Film Festival and will have its world debut with back to back screenings on October 5, 2007.

Four years in the making, Spirit of the Marathon is the collaborative effort of three-time Academy Award winner Mark Jonathan Harris, Telly Award winner and marathon runner Jon Dunham and producer/marathoner Gwendolen Twist.

Billed as the first ever feature-length film to capture the essence, drama and unique spectacle of the famed 26.2-mile race, the production features five runners - three amateurs and two elites - as they train for and ultimately run the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon.

For more information, please visit: MarathonMovie.com
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