Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan ... Read allJesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
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- TriviaAt the 1935 Big Ten track meet in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Jesse Owens set three world records and tied a fourth in less than an hour. The feat has been called "the greatest 45 minutes ever in sport."
- GoofsCoach Snyder says he crashed his Stearman in 1924. The first Stearman plane's inaugural flight was in 1927.
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Jesse Owens: In those ten second, there's no black or white, only fast or slow.
- SoundtracksWon't You Come Home Bill Bailey
Written by Hughie Cannon
Arranged by Wycliffe Gordon
Published by Chesky Productions, ASCAP
Courtesy of Manhattan Production Music and Chesky Records
Featured review
By-The-Numbers Bio-Pic
RACE is a "by-the-numbers" bio-pic of Jesse Owens and his 4 Gold Medals won at the 1936 Olympics in the heart of Nazi Germany. A perfectly agreeable - and instantly forgettable - movie that skims the surface, but never really delves into, the events that transpired.
Director Stephen Hopkins has mainly worked in television and it shows as this film was nice, hitting on some controversial topics of race and politics, but never really hitting them too hard. As soon as the movie hits on a topic, it moves on to some sort of "feel good" moment, mostly of Owens winning a race.
While the stakes in the world were high at the time, the stakes in this movie never really seemed high. Partly, I blame the director, but there should also be fault found in the two lead performances of Stephan James (as Jesse) and Jason Sudekis as his coach, Larry Snyder. They both do some good "TV" acting, in that they hit a note of contemplation, or angst or sadness right before they jump to another scene and the previous scenes emotions were completely forgotten.
A case in point was the championships where Owens hurts his back right before competing. There's a confrontation scene between Owens and Snyder where the coach declares "I'm going to scratch you" from this very big race. Owens glares and says "no way" and then competes and sets all types of records and the injury was never spoken of, or referred to, or even was a factor in the race.
All in all a "fine" motion picture, one that I will forget that I saw when I look back at the films that I viewed in 2016.
6 (out of 10) stars and you can take that to the Bank (of Marquis
Director Stephen Hopkins has mainly worked in television and it shows as this film was nice, hitting on some controversial topics of race and politics, but never really hitting them too hard. As soon as the movie hits on a topic, it moves on to some sort of "feel good" moment, mostly of Owens winning a race.
While the stakes in the world were high at the time, the stakes in this movie never really seemed high. Partly, I blame the director, but there should also be fault found in the two lead performances of Stephan James (as Jesse) and Jason Sudekis as his coach, Larry Snyder. They both do some good "TV" acting, in that they hit a note of contemplation, or angst or sadness right before they jump to another scene and the previous scenes emotions were completely forgotten.
A case in point was the championships where Owens hurts his back right before competing. There's a confrontation scene between Owens and Snyder where the coach declares "I'm going to scratch you" from this very big race. Owens glares and says "no way" and then competes and sets all types of records and the injury was never spoken of, or referred to, or even was a factor in the race.
All in all a "fine" motion picture, one that I will forget that I saw when I look back at the films that I viewed in 2016.
6 (out of 10) stars and you can take that to the Bank (of Marquis
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- Also known as
- Cuộc Đua
- Filming locations
- Olympiastadion, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany(Olympic Stadium)
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- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,206,207
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,353,922
- Feb 21, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $25,070,261
- Runtime2 hours 14 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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