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Spirit of the Marathon

Spirit of the Marathon

2007Movie⏱️ 1h 44mPG
DocumentarySport
⭐ 7.4
IMDB Rating
645 votes

The first ever feature-length film to capture the essence, drama and unique spectacle of the famed 26.2-mile race, the production features five runners - three amateurs and two elites - as they train for and ultimately run the Chi...

Director
Jon Dunham
Writers
N/A
Stars
Dick Beardsley, Ryan Bradley, Leah Caille
Release Date
January 24, 2008
Language
English
Country
United States
πŸ† 1
Wins
πŸ’¬ 9
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 1.2K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

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Dick Beardsley
as Self - Dick Beardsley
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Ryan Bradley
as Self - Ryan Bradley
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Leah Caille
as Self - Leah Caille
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Deena Kastor
as Self - Deena Kastor
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Jerry Meyers
as Self - Jerry Meyers
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Daniel Njenga
as Self - Daniel Njenga
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Lori O'Connor
as Self - Lori O'Connor
Paula Radcliffe
Paula Radcliffe
as Self - Paula Radcliffe
Bill Rodgers
Bill Rodgers
as Self
Frank Shorter
Frank Shorter
as Self - Frank Shorter

πŸ’° Box Office

$40,588
Worldwide Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Filming Location
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Production
Calico 1880

🏷️ Keywords

the olympic gamesracemarathontriumphrunning

🎯 Categories

DocumentarySport

⭐ Featured Review

Disappointing, uninspiring, won't motivate non-marathoners
by imdb-15877 β€’ 2008-02-20
3/10

"I saw this movie with a friend who ran a marathon with me, and we both had the same feeling about it: it wasn't terribly motivating, and didn't even broach the idea of what a training schedule would look like, so that non-marathoners could have an idea of what it would take for them to train and run one. In fact there was almost zero technical information at all. I didn't expect this to be a tech-heavy instructional video, but when that info was near zero then the film just wasn't balanced, and wasn't particularly useful to non-marathoners contemplating their first run..."

πŸ“– Synopsis

The first ever feature-length film to capture the essence, drama and unique spectacle of the famed 26.2-mile race, the production features five runners - three amateurs and two elites - as they train for and ultimately run the Chi...