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Chariots of Fire

Year:
Duration:
124 min
Genres:
Drama | History | Sport
IMDB rate:
7.2
Director:
Hugh Hudson
Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 17 wins & 16 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1982-04-09
Filming Locations: Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Earnings
Budget: $5,500,000
Opening Weekend: $68,907 (USA) (27 September 1981)
Gross: $55,593,332 (USA) (18 July 1982)
Cast
Actor
Character
Alice Krige
Alice Krige
Chariots of Fire
Nicholas Farrell
Aubrey Montague
Nigel Havers
Lord Andrew Lindsay
Ian Charleson
Eric Liddell
Ben Cross
Harold Abrahams
Daniel Gerroll
Henry Stallard
Ian Holm
Sam Mussabini
John Gielgud
Master of Trinity (as Sir John Gielgud)
Lindsay Anderson
Master of Caius
Nigel Davenport
Lord Birkenhead
Cheryl Campbell
Jennie Liddell
Dennis Christopher
Charles Paddock
Brad Davis
Jackson Scholz
Patrick Magee
Lord Cadogan
Peter Egan
Duke of Sutherland
Struan Rodger
Sandy McGrath
David Yelland
Prince of Wales
Yves Beneyton
George Andre
Jeremy Sinden
President-Gilbert & Sullivan Society
Gordon Hammersley
President-Cambridge Athletic Club
Andrew Hawkins
Secretary-Gilbert & Sullivan Society
Richard Griffiths
Head Porter-Caius College
John Young
Reverend. J.D. Liddell
Benny Young
Rob Liddell
Yvonne Gilan
Mrs. Liddell
Jack Smethurst
Sleeping Car Attendant
Gerry Slevin
Colonel John Keddie
Peter Cellier
Head Waiter-Savoy
Stephen Mallatratt
Watson
Colin Bruce
Taylor
Alan Polonsky
Paxton
Edward Wiley
Fitch
Philip O'Brien
American Coach
Ralph Lawton
Harbour Master
John Rutland
Caius Porter
Alan Dudley
Caius Manservant
Tommy Boyle
Reporter
Kim Clifford
Sybil's Maid
Wallace Campbell
Highland Provost
Patrick Doyle
Jimmie (as Pat Doyle)
David John
Ernest Liddell
Tess Dignan
Schoolgirl (as Teresa Dignan)
Ruby Wax
Bunty
Michael Jeyes
Footman
David Kivlin
First Scots Boy
Eddie Hughson
Second Scots Boy
Gayle Garyson
Sue Sammon
Rosy Clayton
Linda Wallis
Carole Ashby
Linda Boyland
Sara Roache
Doreen Sloane
Paul Howard
Alan Lorimer
Steve Ambrose
James Usher
Michael Lonsdale
Garth Jones
Peter Jones
Leonard Mullen
Graham Brooke
Paul Mahoney
Dave Turner
Phil Tait
Kenneth Branagh
Cambridge student - Society Day crowd (uncredited)
Lorraine Daniels
Pitti-Sing in 'The Mikado'
Mark English
Policeman (uncredited)
Stephen Fry
Singer in 'H.M.S. Pinafore' (uncredited)
Stephen Marzella
Undergraduate (uncredited)
Roberta Morrell
Peep-Bo in 'The Mikado'
Robin Pappas
Clare (uncredited)
Derek Pringle
Captain of Cambridge Athletic Team (uncredited)
Ted Robbins
Shot-Putter (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Lord Lindsay's character was actually based on an athlete, Lord David George Brownlow Cecil Burghley, who first competed in the 1924 Paris games without winning any medals, but he did win the 400 meter hurdles in the 1928 Amsterdam games.
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About six years after the film's release, Trinity College reenacted the quad dash with British Olympic athletes Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe taking part. Nigel Havers agreed to act as starter. At lunch after the event, the Dean confessed it had been a great mistake not to cooperate with the making of the film.
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The producers intentionally added profanity to the film to avoid a G rating because they thought people would associate a G rating with a film for children.
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Goofs
When Eric and Jennie Liddell talk on the hill in Edinburgh, a man jogs across the background in a 1970s/80s tracksuit.
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In 1924, the future Edward VIII was Prince of Wales. At the meeting between "the committee" and Eric Liddell, Lord Birkenhead calls him "David". Some have assumed that this is a goof because he is played by David Yelland, but in fact the prince was known to his friends and family as David.
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When Eric Liddell is in the locker room getting ready, before going over to wish Abrahams luck, the camera is in a close up on him. He walks past a row of showers and the man in the final stall is seen facing the camera and holding a towel. The angle then switches to a far away shot and the man is now naked, showering with his back to the camera.
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Quotes
Lord Andrew Lindsay: Let us praise famous men and our fathers that begat us. All these men were honoured in their generations and were a glory in their days. We are here today to give thanks for the life of Harold Abrahams. To honour the legend. Now there are just two of us - young Aubrey Montague and myself - who can close our eyes and remember those few young men with hope in our hearts and wings on our heels.
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Master of Trinity: Life slips by, Abrahams, life slips by!
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Harold M. Abrahams: Aubrey, I've known the fear of losing but now I am almost too frightened to win.
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Photos from cast
Alice Krige
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