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 Race (2016) 

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 Race (2016) 
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Race is an upcoming biographical sports-drama film. It is the first feature biopic film about African American athlete Jesse Owens, who won a record-breaking four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, the film stars Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, and Carice van Houten.

The film is being supported by the Owens family, the Jesse Owens Foundation, the Jesse Owens Trust and the Luminary Group.

Principal photography began on July 24, 2014, in Montreal, Canada. Forecast Pictures, Solofilms, and Trinity Race are producing the film, Entertainment One will release the film in Canada, Focus Features and TriStar Pictures in the United States on February 19, 2016, and SquareOne Entertainment will release in Germany on May 5, 2016.


Thu Feb 18, 2016 10:38 pm
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Kind of surprised this hadn't been reviewed yet on the site. Then again after seeing it myself on a flight, it really is just quite an average biopic. The film is a tad boring, it's long and not much really happens, or things happen and they're never fleshed out. It feels like not having any clear direction about what it wants to focus on. There's almost an equal amount of time for the character of Jesse Owens trainer, played by Sudeikis, as for Owens himself. From a historical perspective the film has moments of interest. But it fails to make it engaging or exciting, and falls into the regular Hollywood motion of story telling. It simply lacks any punch, and for a film that's supposed to be about achieving victory against odds more could surely be expected.

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Sat Dec 23, 2017 8:47 am
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lol. It took someone almost two years to see it since this thread was made.


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