I watched "Chariots of Fire" again the other night…

I love that movie as well.

From what I have read, historically the American athlete and British athlete actually spoke with each other about the crucial decision at the end of the movie. But the film obviously hired British actors to play the Americans, and they never spoke! So in the film, the communication had to come in the form of a written note.

Another interesting note: when the film was completed and reviewed by the MPAA, it was given a G rating. The director was furious, fearing that would ruin the financial prospects for the movie. But the board told him: there is no sex, no violence, no offensive language -- what would be objectionable about a child watching it?

So, the director reshot one scene, in which an actor inserted the word 'damn." That rescued the movie from being rated G. 😄

Of course, a child would probably be bored to tears by the movie. I think there ought to be a new rating: GT. "For general audiences -- but there's an awful lot of talking!"

It is a special movie. I enjoyed it.

Loved it. I miss the age of principled people. My grandparents were that generation and reflected that gentle sense of honour, manners, respect for people, character...

One of my favourites, too, one of the few I have a DVD of.

How often do you get such a great movie, without an actual villain ?

Too bad the composer, Vangelis, died recently. I enjoyed his music

I ran track in both high school and college. It was a favorite at our pre-meet pasta parties. Our college coach also used the music as background for our visualization training.

My favorite all time movie. I was walking by a theatre and it started to rain so I saw this movie to escape the rain. It’s beautifully done from start to finish

I first saw "Chariots of Fire" when it was released around 40 years ago - it's a good movie,subtle and relatively "quiet" in style.

PBS on Saturday night?

I remember seeing that in the cinema..maybe 1980? Good film.

I'm so old that I have to watch Chariots of Fiber.

Great film!!

I loved it when I was a kid. Unfortunately, I've had sports movies ruined for me by the realization that no matter how many are produced, there will always be only a limited member of potential plot lines.