Race

Name: Race
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2016-02-19
Duration: 2 h 14 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Eli Goree, Shanice Banton, Carice van Houten

The incredible true story of gold medal champion Jesse Owens

Race (2016)

Timing: 2:14 (134 min)

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Video for the film Race — RACE - Official Trailer [HD] - In Theaters February 19

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Release date

2016-02-19

Country

Canada, Germany

Production

Focus Features, Mister Smith Entertainment, Forecast Pictures, Trinity Race, Solofilms, JoBro Productions, Trinica Entertainment, ID+, The Jesse Owens Foundation

Genre

Drama, History

Budget

$25 000 000

Box office

$25 070 261

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Director

Stephen Hopkins

Actors

Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Eli Goree, Shanice Banton, Carice van Houten, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, David Kross, Jonathan Higgins, Tony Curran
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Joe Shrapnel, Anna Waterhouse

Producer

Stephen Hopkins, Karsten Brünig, Jean-Charles Levy, Nicolas Manuel, Louis-Philippe Rochon, Luc Dayan, Kate Garwood, Dominique Séguin

Camera operator

Peter Levy

Composer

Rachel Portman

Artist

David Brisbin, Jye Skinn

Audition

Suzanne Crowley, Stephanie Gorin, Andrea Kenyon

Editing

John Smith
Whole Team (74)

Short description

Based 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.

What's left behind the scenes

Filming began on July 24, 2014, in Montreal and at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
The liner carrying the US team to Berlin is called the "Manhattan." Launched in 1931, it made regular transatlantic voyages until 1941, when the ship was renamed "Wakefield" and converted into a World War II transport vessel. "Wakefield" was assigned to the US Coast Guard, where it became the largest ship in the fleet. After the war, the ship remained in reserve and was scrapped in 1964.
The daughters of Jesse Owens provided invaluable assistance in the making of the film. The filmmakers sent them the script for review, and then the screenwriters traveled to France to meet with them in person. The daughters called the script "heartfelt." They visited the set repeatedly, providing Stephan James with detailed accounts of what their father was like.
Initially, Jesse Owens (1913-1980) was to be played by John Boyega, but the actor chose to film in J.J. Abrams' space opera "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015).
Jesse Owens won 4 gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The film was released on the 80th anniversary of the Berlin Olympics.
Snyder, played by Jason Sudeikis, buys Owens a new pair of shoes from Adolf “Adi” Dassler, who would later found the Adidas company.
Jason Sudeikis’ first dramatic role in his career.
The film depicts a conversation between Jesse Owens and Luz Long. Long even helps his competitor with a long jump. According to an interview Owens gave to historian Tom Ecker, author of "Olympics: Facts and Fables," in 1965, nothing like this happened in Berlin, and he did not speak with Long. Nevertheless, Owens and Long did become friends towards the end of the Olympic Games and remained in contact until Long's death in Sicily in 1943. Owens always spoke of Long with undisguised respect.
While athletes listen to a radio broadcast of boxer Joe Louis's (1914-1981) fight, one of them drinks Erin Brew. This was a brand of beer produced by The Standard Brewing Co, a brewery in Cleveland, Ohio, that existed from 1904 to 1961.
Almost no confirmed information remains about Larry Snyder. While working on his image, Jason Sudeikis drew inspiration from Gene Hackman's performance in David Anspaugh's "Hoosiers" (1986) and Kevin Costner's in Ron Shelton's "Bull Durham" (1988).