“One dream. Four Jamaicans. Twenty below zero.”
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.
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Cast
39 people
Leon
Derice Bannock
Known for
Cliffhanger
A Day to Die
Doug E. Doug
Sanka Coffie
Known for
Shark Tale
Eight Legged Freaks
Rawle D. Lewis
Junior Bevil
Also in
K-PAX
Narcos: Mexico
Malik Yoba
Yul Brenner
Known for
Designated Survivor
Alphas
John Candy
Irv
Known for
Uncle Buck
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Raymond J. Barry
Kurt Hemphill
Known for
Born on the Fourth of July
Training Day
Paul Coeur
Roger
Peter Outerbridge
Josef Grool
Known for
IT: Welcome to Derry
I Will Find You
Paul Cœur
Roger
Known for
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf
Gunless
Larry Gilman
Larry
Known for
Final Destination
Charles Hyatt
Whitby Bevil, Sr.
Also in
Love Thy Neighbour
A High Wind in Jamaica
Leslie Swan
Extras Casting
Jon Turteltaub Director · Lynn Siefert Screenplay Tommy Swerdlow Screenplay
Worldwide gross $155M · Budget $14M · United States release October 1, 1993
Box office
Budget
$14,000,000
Worldwide gross
$154,856,263
Gross vs. budget
11.1×
Production
Walt Disney Pictures
Production
Dawn Steel Productions
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio · Production
United States · Jamaica · Canada
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Russian
Release dates
Romania · October 1, 1993
Theatrical
United States · October 1, 1993
Theatrical
Australia
March 3, 1994 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 3, 1994 · Theatrical
December 16, 2005 · Physical
Czechia
March 24, 1994 · Theatrical
August 15, 2003 · Physical
France
April 13, 1994 · Theatrical
February 16, 2026 · TV · M§
Germany
February 9, 1994 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 25, 1994 · Theatrical
Japan
February 19, 1994 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 14, 1994 · Theatrical
May 1, 2002 · TV · V8
South Korea
February 5, 1994 · Theatrical
Spain
February 9, 1994 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 1, 1993 · Limited theatrical
United Kingdom
February 25, 1994 · Theatrical
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