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Based on a true story, this is the comedic saga of four Jamaican athletes going to extremes to compete as bobsled racers at the Winter Olympics. With few resources and virtually no clue about winter sports, it's an uphill course for this troupe from the tropics who are sliding on thin ice as they go for the gold in Calgary, Canada. Refusing to let anything stand in their way, these four Jamaicans enlist the help of a down-and-out ex-champion American slider named Irv. Unavoidably drawn back to a sport he had come to loathe, Irv is faced with coaching a team of complete novices. But once committed, he is determined to turn them around and to somehow right the wrongs of his own failed career. It's a bumpy ride but with pride, determination, and dignity, the bobsledders make their impossible dreams come true. Contains tobacco depictions.
Original Release
10/01/1993
US Release
10/01/1993
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Leon | Derice Bannock |
Doug E. Doug | Sanka Coffie |
Rawle D. Lewis | Junior Bevil |
Malik Yoba | Yul Brenner |
John Candy | Irv |
Raymond J. Barry | Kurt Hemphill |
Peter Outerbridge | Josef Grool |
Paul Coeur | Roger |
Larry Gilman | Larry |
Charles Hyatt | Whitby Bevil, Sr. |
Directors
Writers
Lynn Siefert, Michael Ritchie, Michael Goldberg, Mary Masters
Cast
Name | Character |
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Leon | Derice Bannock |
Doug E. Doug | Sanka Coffie |
Rawle D. Lewis | Junior Bevil |
Malik Yoba | Yul Brenner |
John Candy | Irv |
Raymond J. Barry | Kurt Hemphill |
Peter Outerbridge | Josef Grool |
Paul Coeur | Roger |
Larry Gilman | Larry |
Charles Hyatt | Whitby Bevil, Sr. |
Winston Stona | Coolidge |
Bertina Macaulay | Joy Bannock |
Pauline Stone Myrie | Momma Coffie |
Kristoffer Cooper | Winston |
Bill Dow | Registration Official |
Jay Brazeau | Kroychzech |
Campbell Lane | Shindler |
Matthew Walker | German Official |
Christopher Gaze | British Official |
Jack Goth | Gremmer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Susan B. Landau | Executive Producer |
Christopher Meledandri | Executive Producer |
Jeffrey Bydalek | Producer |
Dawn Steel | Producer |