Race

"The incredible true story of gold medal champion Jesse Owens"

2016 2h 14m EN

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Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose 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.

“The incredible true story of gold medal champion Jesse Owens”

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Cast

Stephan James
Jesse Owens
Jason Sudeikis
Larry Snyder
Eli Goree
Dave Albritton
Shanice Banton
Ruth Solomon
Carice van Houten
Leni Riefenstahl
Jeremy Irons
Avery Brundage
William Hurt
Jeremiah Mahoney
David Kross
Carl "Luz" Long

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stephen Hopkins
Writers: Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse
Languages: German, English
Countries: Canada, Germany

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MONEY

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Made its money back 5.0× over at the box office.

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Canada, Germany.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stephen Hopkins, shot by Peter Levy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Rachel Portman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor John Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Stephan James and Jason Sudeikis and Eli Goree carry the top of the cast.

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Stephen Hopkins directs. Peter Levy behind the camera. Rachel Portman scores. John Smith cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in Canada, Germany. Dialogue in German, English.

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1Made its money back 5.0× over at the box office.
2Released 10 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.
4International production across 2 countries: Canada, Germany.
5Directed by Stephen Hopkins, shot by Peter Levy. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Rachel Portman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor John Smith shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Stephan James and Jason Sudeikis and Eli Goree carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "The incredible true story of gold medal champion Jesse Owens".
10IMDB entry: tt3499096 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 14 themes, including "berlin, germany", "sports", "olympic games", "biography".

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Levy
Original score: Rachel Portman
Editing: John Smith
Production design: David Brisbin
Costume design: Mario Davignon
Makeup / hair: Nathalie Trépanier
VFX supervisor: Jeremy Robert
Sound: Luc Boudrias
Runtime: 134 min · 2h 14m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $5,000,000
Box office: $24,804,129
Return: 496% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Race (2016)

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-12
★ 10/10
Wow, Hopkins directed this and, honestly, at best he's directed a lot of guilty pleasure movies. You know, the movies that you know are bad but you like them anyway. This one is actually, well, good. It's a legit good film and that is odd for Hopkins. Anyway, the failing is the Nazi thing. The discrimination in America plays, because that was really the principal challenge that Owens needed to overcome to even make it to the Olympics in the first place. That was a struggle in and of itself. But, when it came to Germany it should have been more of a focus on him, and how he beat the "master race" and, instead, it was a little too focused on the Nazis. And, honestly, everyone knows who the Nazis are and what they did. We aren't watching the movie because of that, we are watching the movie because of what Owens did. However, despite that, the movie works with a strong opening act that dealt in an albeit heavy-handed but still absolutely dramatically compelling story about Owens. The only fault is that it loses focus in Germany.

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