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Race is a 2016 biographical drama film directed by Stephen Hopkins. The movie features Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, and William Hurt in the cast. It tells the story of Jesse Owens, Larry Snyder, Avery Brundage, and Leni Riefenstahl. The narrative is set in Berlin and focuses on the sport of athletics.
The film was produced by Focus Features, Trinity Race, Solofilms, Trinica Entertainment, ID+, and Mister Smith Entertainment. It originated in Canada, the United States, France, and Germany. Filming took place in Montreal and Berlin. The original language is English. Rachel Portman composed the music, and Peter Levy served as director of photography.
Race has a runtime of 134 minutes. It was released on February 19, 2016, and distributed by Focus Features via video on demand. The production budget was 5,000,000, and the revenue reached 24,804,129. Review scores include 63%, 6.1/10, and 56/100. The tagline describes it as the incredible true story of gold medal champion Jesse Owens.
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7.3Based 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.
Cast
- Stephan James as Jesse Owens
- Jason Sudeikis as Larry Snyder
- Eli Goree as Dave Albritton
- Shanice Banton as Ruth Solomon
- Carice van Houten as Leni Riefenstahl
- Jeremy Irons as Avery Brundage
Themes
- berlin, germany
- sports
- olympic games
- biography
- historical figure
- racism
- track and field
- olympic athlete
- star athlete
- inspirational
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Adolf Hitler
- Director
- Stephen Hopkins
- Composer
- Rachel Portman
- Production company
- Focus Features
- Cinematographer
- Peter Levy
- Narrative location
- Berlin
- Filming location
- Montreal
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 300386
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- athletics
- Official website
- www.focusfeatures.com/race
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- publication date
- 2016-07-28
- title
- Race
- distributed by
- Focus Features
- review score
- 56/100
- characters
- Hans von Tschammer und Osten
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