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Watch Chariots of Fire & “Run with hope in your heart and wings on your heels!”

Posted December 24th, 2006 at 6:21 PM by Caitlin Hughes

Section: Motivation, Movies, Special Features, TFS Reviews

chariots-of-fire-2-disc-sp-edt.jpgChariots of Fire (1981) is a film based on the true story of two British track stars, Howard Abrahams and Eric Liddell, who ran in the 1924 Olympics. The British film picked up four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Score, and a Golden Globe for best Foreign Film. Directed by Hugh Hudson, Chariots of Fire is an inspirational flick for runners and athletes everywhere.

Howard Abrahams (Ben Cross) is a Jewish student and the star sprinter at Cambridge College. Eric Liddell (Ian Charleston) is a Christian missionary studying and living in Scotland with his sister, an extremely pious Christian. On the surface, these two seem to have little in common besides running, but as the film unfolds we learn that they share a quality that carries them both to the 1924 Paris Olympics … DRIVE.
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