Analysing the film Chariots of Fire.

This movie is kind of reminiscent of HOOSIERS minus the basketball and the Indiana, but the competitive aspect is still there. Hopes, dreams, excitement, sorrow, all woven into one story, are feelings associated with movies such as this.

Our two protagonists Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddle are real Olympic runners (as this is a true story). They try to deal with there problems (both involving religion) and at the same time try to win every race they can. Liddle must deal with his sister who is worried that his racing is distracting him from his main purpose in life (in her eyes), to become a missionary. Abrahams has a slightly different type of problem. He is discriminated against because he’s Jewish and therefore has a much harder life than the others on his team. At least one of these two characters is in most all of the scenes.

By the end of the movie, both of these characters realize that it’s not what other people think that matters. It’s what they want inside that really counts.