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* UncreditedRole: Creator/CaroleAshby as an extra.
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* FakeBrit: Creator/AliceKrige (Sybil) is South African and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Magee_(actor) Patrick Magee]] (Cadogan) is Northern Irish.
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* FakeBrit: Creator/AliceKrige (Sybil) is South African and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Magee_(actor) Patrick Magee]] Creator/PatrickMagee (Cadogan) is Northern Irish.
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** Charleson also ad-libbed the speech to the crowd at the Scotland v. Ireland races. He thought the scripted speech was portentous and inauthentic, so the director let him write words he personally found inspirational instead
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** Charleson also ad-libbed the speech to the crowd at the Scotland v. Ireland races. He thought the scripted speech was portentous and inauthentic, so the director let him write words he personally found inspirational instead
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* BreakthroughHit: For producer David Puttnam and the wider British film industry. For the preceding decade or so, American audiences had considered British cinema to consist mostly just of Franchise/JamesBond, NoBudget horror films, and [[AwfulBritishSexComedy Awful British Sex Comedies]]. This film's Academy Award success put British cinema back on the map for American audiences -- albeit only for about four years (though this time period did produce one other British-produced Best Picture contender, ''Film/TheKillingFields'', also produced by Puttnam) before ''Film/Revolution1985'' proved such a critical and commercial disaster that it left British cinema's reputation at an all-time low, not recovering until late in the following decade.
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* ReferencedBy: ''Series/TheCrown2016'' features an episode where executive producer Dodi Fayed brings his father Mohamed Al-Fayed to watch the filming of the famous beach run, with Mohamed complaining about the project and [[ItWillNeverCatchOn questioning whether if it will work]]. Then it cuts to them watching the Oscars on TV, and celebrating the Best Picture win.
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** ''Series/TheCrown2016'' features an episode where executive producer Dodi Fayed brings his father Mohamed Al-Fayed to watch the filming of the famous beach run, with Mohamed complaining about the project and [[ItWillNeverCatchOn questioning whether if it will work]]. Then it cuts to them watching the Oscars on TV, and celebrating the Best Picturewin.win.
** ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'' plays a few notes from the title theme of ''Chariots'' when you start running.
** ''Series/TheCrown2016'' features an episode where executive producer Dodi Fayed brings his father Mohamed Al-Fayed to watch the filming of the famous beach run, with Mohamed complaining about the project and [[ItWillNeverCatchOn questioning whether if it will work]]. Then it cuts to them watching the Oscars on TV, and celebrating the Best Picture
** ''VideoGame/{{QWOP}}'' plays a few notes from the title theme of ''Chariots'' when you start running.
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Mainstream Obscurity is YMMV
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* MainstreamObscurity: Despite its iconic theme and winning Best Picture, very few people today have seen it.
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* ReferencedBy: ''Series/TheCrown2016'' features an episode where executive producer Dodi Fayed brings his father Mohamed Al-Fayed to watch the filming of the famous beach run, with Mohamed complaining about the project and [[ItWillNeverCatchOn questioning whether if it will work]]. Then it cuts to them watching the Oscars on TV, and celebrating the Best Picture win.
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** According to [[https://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/ruby-wax-2-636390/ Ruby Wax]], she filmed a supporting role as Jackson Scholz's girlfriend, but the scenes were cut because "my friend was playing Ian Charleson’s girlfriend and they didn’t think her acting was great, though they told her it was because she didn’t shave her armpits." She still appears as an extra in the climactic race.
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** According to [[https://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/ruby-wax-2-636390/ Ruby Wax]], According to]] Creator/RubyWax, she filmed a supporting role as Jackson Scholz's girlfriend, but the scenes were cut because "my friend was playing Ian Charleson’s Charleson's girlfriend and they didn’t didn't think her acting was great, though they told her it was because she didn’t shave her armpits." She still appears as an extra in the climactic race.
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* MainstreamObscurity: Despite its iconic theme and winning Best Picture, very few people today have seen it.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/BradDavis and Creator/DennisChristopher appeared as a favour to Producer David Puttnam, waiving their fees, in order to attract financing from backers who wanted "marquee names".
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* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/BradDavis and Creator/DennisChristopher appeared as a favour to Producer David Puttnam, waiving their fees, fees in order to attract financing from backers who wanted "marquee names".
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** The opening scene on the beach was originally to be scored with "L'Enfant" from Music/{{Vangelis}}' 1979 album ''Opéra sauvage'', but the composer convinced Hugh Hudson to let him score it with an original composition using the same tempo, leading to the iconic theme.
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** The opening scene on the beach was originally to be scored with "L'Enfant" from Music/{{Vangelis}}' Music/{{Vangelis}}'s 1979 album ''Opéra sauvage'', but the composer convinced Hugh Hudson to let him score it with an original composition using the same tempo, leading to the iconic theme.
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** There were originally more scenes with the other runners in Paris, but they were heavily trimmed down to keep the focus on Abrahams and Liddell. Many of these characters only have fleeting appearances in the final film.
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** There were originally more scenes with the other runners in Paris, but they were heavily trimmed down to keep the focus on Abrahams and Liddell. Many of these characters (like Charley Paddock) only have fleeting appearances in the final film.
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* DeletedRole: Creator/MichaelLonsdale is listed in the end credits, but doesn't appear anywhere in the final film.
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** According to [[https://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/ruby-wax-2-636390/ Ruby Wax]], she filmed a supporting role as Jackson Scholz's girlfriend, but the scenes were cut because "my friend was playing Ian Charleson’s girlfriend and they didn’t think her acting was great, though they told her it was because she didn’t shave her armpits." She still appears as an extra in the climactic race.
** There were originally more scenes with the other runners in Paris, but they were heavily trimmed down to keep the focus on Abrahams and Liddell. Many of these characters only have fleeting appearances in the final film.
** Creator/MichaelLonsdale is listed in the end credits, but doesn't appear anywhere in the final film.
** According to [[https://metro.co.uk/2009/10/27/ruby-wax-2-636390/ Ruby Wax]], she filmed a supporting role as Jackson Scholz's girlfriend, but the scenes were cut because "my friend was playing Ian Charleson’s girlfriend and they didn’t think her acting was great, though they told her it was because she didn’t shave her armpits." She still appears as an extra in the climactic race.
** There were originally more scenes with the other runners in Paris, but they were heavily trimmed down to keep the focus on Abrahams and Liddell. Many of these characters only have fleeting appearances in the final film.
** Creator/MichaelLonsdale is listed in the end credits, but doesn't appear anywhere in the final film.
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* ThrowItIn: The cow mooing -- and Ian Charleson's reaction -- at the end of Eric's speech at the running meeting.
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** The cow mooing -- and Ian Charleson's reaction -- at the end of Eric's speech at the runningmeeting.meeting.
** Charleson also ad-libbed the speech to the crowd at the Scotland v. Ireland races. He thought the scripted speech was portentous and inauthentic, so the director let him write words he personally found inspirational instead
** The cow mooing -- and Ian Charleson's reaction -- at the end of Eric's speech at the running
** Charleson also ad-libbed the speech to the crowd at the Scotland v. Ireland races. He thought the scripted speech was portentous and inauthentic, so the director let him write words he personally found inspirational instead
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* ActorSharedBackground: Ian Charleson attended the University of Edinburgh, just like his character Eric Liddell.
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* FakeBrit: Creator/AliceKrige (Sybil) is South African, and Patrick Magee (Cadogan) is from Northern Ireland.
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* FakeBrit: Creator/AliceKrige (Sybil) is South African, African and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Magee_(actor) Patrick Magee Magee]] (Cadogan) is from Northern Ireland.Irish.
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* DeletedRole: Creator/MichaelLonsdale is listed in the end credits, but doesn't appear anywhere in the final film.
