80's Movie Weekend

1981 produced a classic fact based movie of two athletes from the 1924 Olympics. One a Scottish Christian and the other an English Jew. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, won four, and featured one of the most iconic soundtracks in the last 30 years. It is "Chariots of Fire"... the trailer... Here is the video that was shot for the musician behind the famous instrumental. He was Greek electronic composer by the name of Vangelis. The album itself topped the Billboard 200 for 4 weeks, and won an Academy Award for best music score. Chariots of Fire Directed by Hugh Hudson Produced by David Puttnam Dodi Fayed (executive producer) Written by Colin Welland Starring Ben Cross Ian Charleson Nigel Havers Cheryl Campbell Alice Krige Ian Holm Music by Vangelis Cinematography David Watkin Editing by Terry Rawlings Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date(s) 30 March 1981 Running time 118 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Budget $5.5 million Box office $58.9 million (USA)