Chariots of Fire

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British film film historical drama film sports drama film

Chariots of Fire is a 1981 British historical drama film that follows two athletes competing for Great Britain in the 1924 Olympics, renowned for its inspirational story and iconic Vangelis score.

Aliases (5)

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British film → film → historical drama film → sports drama film →
AcademyAwardsWon	4 →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Costume Design → Academy Award for Best Original Score → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → Academy Award for Best Picture →
basedOn	real events →
cinematographyBy	David Watkin →
countryFeatured	Great Britain →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
depictsEvent	Olympic Games →
depictsSport	track and field →
director	Hugh Hudson →
distributedBy	20th Century Fox → Warner Bros. →
editedBy	Terry Rawlings →
filmingLocation	England → Scotland →
genre	historical drama → sports drama →
hasTagline	This is the story of two men who ran not to run, but to prove something to the world. →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Eric Liddell → Harold Abrahams →
musicBy	Vangelis →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Art Direction → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor →
notableFor	iconic Vangelis score → inspirational story →
originalScore	Chariots of Fire theme →
portrays	Eric Liddell → Harold Abrahams →
producer	David Puttnam →
productionCompany	Allied Stars → Goldcrest Films →
releaseDate	1981-03-30 →
releaseYear	1981 →
runtimeMinutes	124 →
setInEvent	1924 Summer Olympics →
setInPeriod	1920s →
starring	Alice Krige → Ben Cross → Cheryl Campbell → Ian Charleson → Ian Holm → John Gielgud → Lindsay Anderson → Nigel Havers →
theme	class and social status → national identity → personal ambition → religious faith →
won	BAFTA Award for Best Film →
writer	Colin Welland →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ian Holm → Vangelis ("Chariots of Fire (film score)") →	notableWork
Nemo Studios ("Chariots of Fire (soundtrack)") →	associatedWith
Vangelis ("Chariots of Fire (film score)") →	awardReceivedFor
West Sands beach ("film "Chariots of Fire"") →	featuredIn
1924 Summer Olympics →	featuredInFilm
People's Choice Award →	notableWinner
Chariots of Fire ("Chariots of Fire theme") →	originalScore
Rosetta (album) ("Chariots of Fire: The Play (album)") →	precededBy
Eric Liddell ("film "Chariots of Fire"") →	subjectOf