That was a fantastic scene, show me a scene like that from any other film nominated that year. I'm talking about the original scene when Liddell explains to his wife why he must run (not the voice over later in the film).
It's pretty much the message of the film.
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NOT his wife.
sharecheesy scene
so many movies, so little time
I used to run track in high school then became a distance runner later for almost two decades.
I loved that dialogue in the movie, totally got where he was coming from and experienced that euphoria often.
I have never heard a line of dialogue in any other film that gave me the chills and passion of this one.
One of my friends was the late Bill Rodgers, Master of The Boston Marathon. We talked about Chariots Of Fire after it came out. Billy said, “This is the movie about running that I’ve been waiting to see.” That sums it up for me, too.
Not for nothing, but prplayer has a spot reserved for him/her/it in Philistine Hell. Enjoy the f**k out of it, pr.
I know this is a super late reply, but that was his sister he was talking to, not his wife.
But yes, it is a great scene.
Thanks for that. The film is currently available on Roku - Tubi or Plex, I will have to give it another look. Did his character ever get married?
shareEric Liddell married Florence Mackenzie in 1934 (ten years after his Olympic gold medal). They married in Tientsin, China. Sadly, he was separated from Florence and the children in 1941. She and the children went to live with her parents in Canada because China had become too dangerous during the war, but Liddell stayed in China, believing God was calling him to continue to help the Chinese. He felt one with the Chinese people, and he told his dear wife that he couldn't abandon them when they needed him the most. He only expected to be separated from his family for a year, but after the bombing of Pearl Harbor everything changed. By then, he was not allowed to leave the concessions, and was forced from his home by the Japanese. The Japanese forbade him from interacting with his Chinese friends. He was placed under house arrest and required to wear a bracelet to show that he was a British "enemy alien." Fourteen months later, he was ordered into the Japanese-run Weihsien internment camp. On February 21, 1945, he tragically died in the internment camp from untreated and undiagnosed brain cancer. He had been malnourished, emaciated, and very ill during his last few months in the camp. There are countless quotes from survivors about Liddell's selfless and loving acts in the camp. They called him "Jesus in running shoes" because his kindness, compassion, and love embodied Christ's teachings in The Sermon on the Mount. He even taught fellow prisoners to love and pray for their Japanese captors.
Some say Eileen Soper was Liddell's first girlfriend during his university and Olympic days. They seemed to have been close, and she said they held hands. Liddell apparently wrote their initials on a tree trunk during one of their walks. Liddell was very modest -- opposed to vanity, and for that reason, he didn't like to have his portrait drawn or many pictures taken. Eileen is the only person he allowed to paint a portrait of him. She loved him until the day she died in the 1980s.
I can think of a better line among Best Picture nominees that year: "For nearly three thousand years man has been searching for the lost Ark. It's not something to be taken lightly. No one knows its secrets. It's like nothing you've ever gone after before."
shareYou forgot to capitalize “His,” dipshit.
shareI'm not a believer but that was a very moving scene.
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