| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B |
| Sexual Content: | A |
| Language: | B- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | -- |
| Run Time: | 98 |
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| Video Release: | 24 Aug 1999 |
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Cool Runnings is rated PG: for mild language and brief violence.
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Cast: Doug E. Doug, John Candy
Studio: 1993 Walt Disney Pictures
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A Walt Disney movie, Cool Runnings is based upon the true story of the Jamaican bobsled team that competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Personally, not…
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Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
