Director: Hugh Hudson
Starring: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Lindsay Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Nigel Davenport, Brad Davis, Peter Egan, John Gielgud, Ian Holm, Patrick Magee
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Other Oscar noms/wins:
Director, supporting actor (Ian Holm), adapted screenplay (Colin Welland, winner), costume design (Milena Canonero, winner), film editing (Terry Rawlings), original score (Vangelis, winner)
Viewers remember vividly the score of Chariots of Fire, more than anything else. The movie is one of the least talked-about winners, though it is not a bad film, just a mediocre one.
Placed in context, the year of 1981 saw far more memorable movies than Chariots of Fire such as Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark and Warren Beatty Reds, which won Best Director and other kudos.
The story of two British track runners during the 1924 Olympics marked the end of a five-year consecutive run of the Oscars nominating sports movies, but it ushered in one of the least memorable decades of best picture winners in the 1980s.
Movies Genres: Sports Pictures at the Oscars–Chariots of Fire, British Winner, 1981
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Nominated producer(s): David Puttnam (winner)
Director: Hugh Hudson
Starring: Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige, Lindsay Anderson, Dennis Christopher, Nigel Davenport, Brad Davis, Peter Egan, John Gielgud, Ian Holm, Patrick Magee
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Other Oscar noms/wins:
Director, supporting actor (Ian Holm), adapted screenplay (Colin Welland, winner), costume design (Milena Canonero, winner), film editing (Terry Rawlings), original score (Vangelis, winner)
Viewers remember vividly the score of Chariots of Fire, more than anything else. The movie is one of the least talked-about winners, though it is not a bad film, just a mediocre one.
Placed in context, the year of 1981 saw far more memorable movies than Chariots of Fire such as Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark and Warren Beatty Reds, which won Best Director and other kudos.
The story of two British track runners during the 1924 Olympics marked the end of a five-year consecutive run of the Oscars nominating sports movies, but it ushered in one of the least memorable decades of best picture winners in the 1980s.