Sentences with phrase «film chariots of fire»

Instead, he entered the 400 metres and won the gold medal, an achievement immortalised in the film Chariots of Fire.

In the film Chariots of Fire, Eric Liddell's father claims that God is a «benevolent dictator.»

The Academy Award - winning film Chariots of Fire (1982) illustrates well the value of play for its own sake.

Not exact matches

His decisions to honour God in both sport and mission, as well as his athletic prowess, have made him a hero among many Christians, and led to a film being made about him - Chariots of Fire - in 1986.

Chariots of Fire is a great film which is more than deserving of a re-release this summer.

The UK re-release of Chariots of Fire to coincide with the London Olympics gives us a golden opportunity to re-examine the film which revitalised the British film industry.

Chariots of Fire will thrill you and delight you and very possibly reduce — or exalt — you to tears... Chariots of Fire is for everyone; it's exactly what a popular film ought to be: superb work by first - rate people out to achieve the highest standards of excellence.

The studio swiftly hired Hugh Hudson, hot off the Oscar - winning «Chariots Of Fire» to direct the finished film, with Christopher Lambert as the king of the swingers, along with Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm and, as Jane, a debuting Andie MacDowell, who hilariously had her voice dubbed over by Glenn Close due to her impenetrable Southern accenOf Fire» to direct the finished film, with Christopher Lambert as the king of the swingers, along with Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm and, as Jane, a debuting Andie MacDowell, who hilariously had her voice dubbed over by Glenn Close due to her impenetrable Southern accenof the swingers, along with Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm and, as Jane, a debuting Andie MacDowell, who hilariously had her voice dubbed over by Glenn Close due to her impenetrable Southern accent.

Annie Hall, Ben - Hur, Driving Miss Daisy and Chariots of Fire were among the few films that revolved around Jewish characters at all.

There are lots of other examples — I happen to think Shakespeare in Love deserved its Oscar over Saving Private Ryan but there are many who don't, Chariots of Fire (a favorite of mine) is most often remembered as a film that didn't deserve its Oscar, The Greatest Show on Earth is considered one of the worst films to win Best Picture, and on and on.

I had only seen one of the films in contention, Raiders of the Lost Ark, of course, but all I really remember is the theme song from Chariots of Fire.

I sprint across LA Live, the Chariots of Fire song playing in my head, and hop into a seat a split second before the film begins.

Spending much of its time spoofing other films (Chariots of Fire, Planet of the Apes, Hawaii Five - O and American Beauty — just to name a few), it doesn't develop characters with enough strength to hold all the bits and pieces together.

However there was a change in the tide over the course of the night and the Best Picture award, which Reds should have won, went to Chariots of Fire (1981) a rather tepid and, frankly boring British film with a majestic musical score.

Previous winners of the Audience Award include «Chariots of Fire,» «Precious,» «No Country for Old Men,» «Michael Clayton,» «Crash,» and the Argentine film «The Secret in Their Eyes,» which won this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Film.

Look to 1981 when Chariots of Fire was voted Best Picture over Reds, but the film's (British) director Hugh Hudson lost out to Warren Beatty.

As with the original film, Greek composer Vangelis is the real star here — his keening keyboard themes have been acid - washed by today's re-scorers, Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer, yet the Chariots of Fire wizard's aural signature echoes through these urban canyons like a welcoming beacon.

In 1993, the makers of The Killing Fields and Chariots of Fire bought the film rights to the world's biggest video game.