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Champions(Movie, 1983)

1h 46min | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 6 votes) released 40 years ago

Champions is a 1984 British drama sports film based on the true story of jockey Bob Champion. It is directed by John Irvin, produced by Peter Shaw, written by Evan Jones, and stars John Hurt, Edward Woodward and Jan Francis. ()

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Duration: 1h 54min

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About Champions

The true story of jockey Bob Champion who overcame cancer to win the 1981 Grand National.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Made by: United British Artists (UBA), Ladbroke

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 7 languages: Czech (CS), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Romanian (RO), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 04/20/1984

Cast: John Hurt, Edward Woodward, Jan Francis, Ben Johnson, Alison Steadman, Kirstie Alley, Aldaniti

Director: John Irvin

Producer: Peter Shaw

Screenwriter: Evan Jones

Director of Photography: Ronnie Taylor

Composer: Carl Davis

Keywords: grand national, horse, steeplechase race, cancer, biography, chemotherapy, horse racing, racehorse

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Other movies with this title: Champions (US, 1998), Champions (CZ, 2004), Champions (HK, 2008), Champions (CH, 2010), Champions (RU, 2014), Champions (ES, 2018), Champions (US, 2019), Champions (CA, 2020), Champions (SA, 2022), Champions (US, 2023)

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