Movie
Cool Runnings
by Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Yul Brenner, Malik Yoba and 36 others
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
(36 total)
Characters
“Irv: Hi, I'd like to register for the tryouts. Registration Official: What country? Irv: Uh... [clears throat] Jamaica. Registration Official: [smiles] What country? Irv: Jamaica. Registration Official: [stops smiling and enters the information] Huh, what do you know? A Jamaican bobsled team.”
— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Irving 'Irv' Blitzer, John Candy, imdb.com
“Winning a bobsled race is about one thing: the push-start. Now I know you dainty, little track stars think you're fast. Well, heh, let's see how fast you are when you push a six-hundred pound sled. Now a respectable start-time is five-point-seven seconds. If you speed demons can't whip off an even s…”
— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Irving 'Irv' Blitzer, John Candy, imdb.com
“All right, Derice. Let me lay out some difficulties for you. Snow: you don't have any. It's nine hundred degrees out there. Time: you don't have any. The Olympics are in three months. And me: you don't have me. As far as I'm concerned, the sport of bobsledding no longer exists. I don't want to do it…”
— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Irving 'Irv' Blitzer, John Candy, imdb.com
“Josef Grul: Hey, Jamaica! Watch out for Number Twelve turn. Scary, ja? Derice Bannock: What's his problem? Irv: He's Josef Grul. He's one of the best drivers in the world. Yul Brenner: Yeah, he's one of the biggest ASSHOLES in the world, too.”
— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Irving 'Irv' Blitzer, John Candy, imdb.com
“Come on, Kurt, what you're doing here is wrong, and you know it! Now if this is about you and me, let's lay it all down now. All right, sixteen years ago, I made the biggest mistake of my life: I cheated. I was stupid. I embarrassed myself, I embarrassed my country, my friends, my family, my teammat…”
— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Irving 'Irv' Blitzer, John Candy, imdb.com
“Derice Bannock: Hey, Coach. Irv: Yeah? Derice Bannock: I have to ask you a question. Irv: Sure. Derice Bannock: But you don't have to answer if you don't want to. I mean, I want you to, but if you can't, I understand. Irv: You wanna know why I cheated, right? Derice Bannock: Yes, I do. Irv: That's a…”
— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Irving 'Irv' Blitzer, John Candy, imdb.com
“[about to be pushed off start] Sanka Coffie: Oh, wait. Coach, I gotta go. You know? Irv: Hold it. Sanka Coffie: Hold it? Irv: Hold it. Sanka Coffie: Hold it? Irv: Yeah, hold it! Sanka Coffie: But, Coach, I can't hold it. We're not bobsledding yet. Irv: Oh, yes we are. [pushes them off] Sanka Coffie:…”
— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Sanka Coffie, Doug E. Doug, imdb.com
“Derice Bannock: You know, when the Swiss want to ge... Sanka Coffie: Ah, will you shut up about the damn Swiss! I mean, it was all that 'eins zwei drei' nonsense that got us all nervous in the first place. Derice Bannock: Hey, man, look here, I'm just trying to get us off on the right foot. Sanka Co…”
— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Sanka Coffie, Doug E. Doug, imdb.com
“Sanka Coffie: So, let's talk about this billsled team. Derice Bannock: No, bobsled team. Sanka Coffie: Whoever. Now, about the Wheaties box. I'm gunna be on it myself, right? Derice Bannock: No, mon, you gunna be on it with me.”
— Lynn Siefert, Michael Goldberg, Tommy Swerdlow, Sanka Coffie, Doug E. Doug, imdb.com