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.

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Chariots of Fire canonical 45
film "Chariots of Fire" 5
Chariots of Fire (film score) 2

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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. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
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surface form: 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 Summer Olympics 1924 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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