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Line 4: {{quote\|"I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure."\|'''Eric Liddell'''}} ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' is based on the two [[Real Life]] athletes Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, who competed for Britain in the 1924 Olympics. The film does have a large dash of [[Hollywood History]], but was still impressive enough to win the [[Academy Award~~\|best picture Oscar~~]] for Best Picture. The film is largely notable today for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYJzcUvS_NU its score], by Vangelis, who was famous for making incredible music with synthesizers, ~~despite~~such ~~the hatred~~as in the ~~music~~film ~~industry~~score for ~~those~~''[[Blade ~~devices.~~Runner]]''▼ ▲The film is largely notable today for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYJzcUvS_NU its score], by Vangelis, who was famous for making incredible music with synthesizers, despite the hatred in the music industry for those devices. {{tropelist}} * [[Artistic License]]: Several scenes were altered from [[Real Life]] to help the drama. Line 26 ⟶ 27: * [[Notable Original Music]]: And this is turned into a [[Memetic Mutation]], thanks to its use when someone is running in ''slow-motion''. * [[Opposing Sports Team]]: Averted. The American track team are reasonably decent people. * [[Patriotic Fervor]]: aA notably amiable form in which everyone was greeting each others' flags, etc and assuming themselves and everyone else was part of a [[True Companions\|True Companionship]] of nations. * [[Period Piece]] * [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] : Harold gives this to the Cambridge Masters. * [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] : Eric is red, Harold blue. * [[The Roaring Twenties]]: Largely averted, even for a British film. * [[Serious Business]]: For different reasons, running is a matter of life and death for the two leads. Lindsay, by contrast, takes it much less seriously. Line 36 ⟶ 37: * [[Writer on Board]]: One of the producers was a socialist, and didn't like that a lord had completed the quad race at Cambridge, so he changed it to Abrahams. This understandably didn't sit well with David Burghley, the real life runner, so he didn't allow his name to be used in the film. The completely original character of Lord Lindsay was written instead. * [[The X of Y]] * [[Ye Goode Olde Days]] : ''Lots'' of nostalgia. Practically fuels the show. {{reflist}} ~~[[Category:~~{{Academy Award]] Best Picture}} {{BAFTA Best Film}} {{Vatican Best Films List}} [[Category:Chariots of Fire]] [[Category:Films of the 1980s]] [[Category:Sports Stories]] [[Category:~~Chariots~~Academy ~~of Fire~~Award]] [[Category:BAFTA Award (Film)]] [[Category:Film]]