---
title: 'Cool Runnings (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jon Turteltaub'
released: '1993-10-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cool-runnings-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106611/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cool Runnings (1993)

1993 · PG · 98 min · Comedy · United States, Canada


## Synopsis

Cool Runnings is a 1993 American sports comedy film directed by Jon Turteltaub from a screenplay by Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, and Michael Goldberg, and a story by Siefert and Michael Ritchie. It is loosely based on the debut of the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics, and stars Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba and John Candy. In the film, former Olympian Irving Blitzer (Candy) coaches a novice four-man bobsleigh team from Jamaica, led by sprinter Derice Bannock (Leon).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jon Turteltaub](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-turteltaub)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Goldberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-goldberg), [Tommy Swerdlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tommy-swerdlow), [Lynn Siefert](https://cinepixo.com/people/lynn-siefert)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hans Zimmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zimmer)
- **Producer:** [Dawn Steel](https://cinepixo.com/people/dawn-steel)
- **Director of Photography:** [Phedon Papamichael](https://cinepixo.com/people/phedon-papamichael)
- **Editor:** [Bruce Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-green)

## Cast

- [Peter Outerbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-outerbridge)
- [Rawle D. Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/rawle-d-lewis)
- [Jay Brazeau](https://cinepixo.com/people/jay-brazeau)
- [John Candy](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-candy)
- [Malik Yoba](https://cinepixo.com/people/malik-yoba)
- [Leon Robinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-robinson)
- [Raymond J. Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/raymond-j-barry)
- [Doug E. Doug](https://cinepixo.com/people/doug-e-doug)
- [David Lovgren](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-lovgren)
- [Bill Dow](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-dow)
- [John Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-morgan)

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/cool-runnings
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/cool-runnings-1993
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