Chariots of Fire (1981)






Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.


Books with substantial mentioning of Chariots of Fire

David Thomson
Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films
New York, 2008

Peter van Gelder
Offscreen Onscreen, The inside stories of 60 great films
London, 1990

Anthony Slide
Fifty Classic British Films Films 1932-1982, A Pictorial Record
New York, 1985

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 1982, A Survey of 1981 Films
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1982
pp. 101-105 info

Articles on Chariots of Fire

Ian Nathan, The running men, in: Empire, nr. 277 (July), 2012 pp. 116-123

Reviews

Brendan Ward, Chariots of Fire, in: Films in Review, vol. 33, 1982 pp. 50

Ian Freer, Chariots of Fire, in: Empire, nr. 278 (August), 2012 pp. 56