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Running (1979)
Not Everyone loved it
I saw this IN THE THEATRE when I was 15 and a recreational runner. I found it awful. Ony 2 movies that I ever saw were worse (theater viewings only).
The other two movies that were worse were The Other Side of the Mountain and some snowmobiler movie where the guy crashed after flying off a mountain and spent the entire movie crawling through the snow on his stomach. Among films where the main character does not fall off a snowy mountain while traveling fast, this rates as my absolute least favorite.
SPOILER:
At 15, I was already tired of the whole "Take this job and shove it!" type of films and Running was one of them. Michael Douglas, quits his job, wraps his tie around his head and goes out for a long run.
Then he works his way up to the Olympic team.
He falls during the Olympic marathon after stepping in a pot hole (yeah, there'd be one of those on the course!) and hobbles to the finish in darkness.
END SPOILER
I like fantasy. I like sports. I even run myself. I like rooting for real underdogs.
This film just gave me the dry heaves.
If you want to see a good film that revolves around running, check out Without Limits.
Steve Prefontaine was both real and mystical. Most of all, he was nuts!