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Young Jesse Owens (Stephan James) becomes a track and field sensation while attending the Ohio State University in the early 1930s. With guidance from coach Larry Snyder (Jason Sudeikis), Owens...
18 lut 2016 · ‘Race’: Film Review. The first big-screen biopic of Jesse Owens focuses on the three years culminating in his triumphant performance at the Hitler-hosted 1936 Summer Olympics.
Race: Directed by Stephen Hopkins. With Stephan James, Jason Sudeikis, Eli Goree, Shanice Banton. Jesse Owens' quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.
While the real-life story of Jesse Owens is spectacular and absolutely film worthy, Race doesn’t quite have enough working in it’s favor to finish on a strong note. It starts off the starting...
18 lut 2016 · Owens’ story is a fascinating tale of record-breaking athleticism enacted in a time of racism and anti-Semitism. Shady, controversial dealings stopped an Olympic boycott and enabled the United States to compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
18 lut 2016 · Stephan James as Jesse Owens in “Race.” Thibault Grabherr/Focus Features. The ingredients of “Race,” a studiously uplifting biopic of Jesse Owens, the phenomenal star of the 1936 Olympic Games...
19 lut 2016 · Stephen Hopkins’ film offers a safe, middlebrow slice of history that beats a snoozy lecture any day. Making a few admirable attempts to complicate what could have been a standard-issue inspirational sports narrative, Race is better than it has to be, but not by too much.
