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Director-
Stephen Hopkins
Writing-
Joe Shrapnel
Anna Waterhouse
Producer-
Karsten Brünig
Luc Dayan
Kate Garwood
Stephen Hopkins
Jean-Charles Levy
Nicolas Manuel
Louis-Philippe Rochon
Dominique Séguin
Cast-Stephan James,Jason Sudeikis
Genre-Actiom
Actor-
Stephan James
Jason Sudeikis
Jeremy Irons
Carice van Houten
William Hurt
Releasedate-February 19, 2016
Country-
United States
Canada
France
Germany
Languages-English
Race (2016) Full Movie History
Race is a 2016 biographical sports-drama film. It is the second feature biopic film about African American athlete Jesse Owens, who won a record-breaking four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. Directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse, the film stars Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Jeremy Irons, William Hurt, and Carice van Houten.
Principal photography began on July 24, 2014, in Montreal, Canada. Forecast Pictures, Solofilms, and Trinity Race produced the film, Entertainment One released the film in Canada, Focus Features and TriStar Pictures in the United States on February 19, 2016, Eagle Pictures will release it in Italy on March 31, 2016, and SquareOne Entertainment will release in Germany on May 5, 2016. TriStar will release the film in all other countries worldwide. The film was supported by the Owens family, the Jesse Owens Foundation, the Jesse Owens Trust and the Luminary Group.[4]
Track and field star Jesse Owens overcomes adversity to win four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
John Boyega was initially set to star as Owens, however he eventually dropped out to star in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.and was subsequently replaced by Stephan James. German and Canadian distribution is being handled by Squareone Entertainment and Entertainment One with Focus Features handling the distribution in the United States.
On October 1, 2014, Focus Features originally set the film Race a release date for April 8, 2016.In August 2015, the release date was changed to February 19, 2016.
On February 15, an advanced screening of the film was shown at Mershon Auditorium at The Ohio State University, Jesse Owens' alma mater. Stephan James and Owens' two daughters were in attendance and addressed the crowd. The President of Ohio State, Michael V. Drake, also addressed the crowd and spoke briefly about Owens' global impact and life at Ohio State.
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 59%, based on 106 reviews, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Race is nowhere near as thrillingly fleet or agile as its subject, but the story – and a winning central performance from Stephan James – are enough to carry it over the finish line."[16] Metacritic reports a score of 56 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". On CinemaScore, audiences gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.