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4 unusual facts about Cool Runnings


1988 Winter Olympics medal table

Nonetheless, the participation of a Jamaican bobsled team inspired the making of the 1993 movie Cool Runnings.

Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics

American television stations aired footage of the four-man Jamaican team, and despite crashing during the third run and finishing last overall, went on to inspire the 1993 film Cool Runnings.

The story of the Jamaican bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics was turned into the 1993 movie Cool Runnings.

Rawle D. Lewis

Rawle D. Lewis is an actor who played Junior Bevil in the 1993 comedy film Cool Runnings, also starring John Candy.


Charles Hyatt

After making his movie debut in the 1965 film A High Wind in Jamaica, Hyatt had notable performances in the films Crossplot (1969), Club Paradise (1986), Milk and Honey (1988), The Mighty Quinn (1989), Cool Runnings (1993) and Almost Heaven (2005).

Mathias Jørgensen

He received his nickname from the movie Cool Runnings, where one of the main characters is named Sanka (played by Doug E. Doug).


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