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Four Jamaican bobsledders dream of competing in the Winter Olympics, despite never having seen snow
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00:02:00The scared me is finished.
00:02:03All right, team, let's get ready for the pre-race cheer.
00:02:05Ready?
00:02:05Yes, sir!
00:02:06Ready?
00:02:06Yes, sir!
00:02:07All right.
00:02:08One, two, three, boom.
00:02:10Who's the captain of our crew?
00:02:12Who's a friend to me and you?
00:02:13Kind of nice to look into.
00:02:15Taka, Taka.
00:02:16Yeah, Taka.
00:02:17Get back to work.
00:02:19Who's a big hot bag of air?
00:02:20Who doesn't have to comb his hair?
00:02:22Who doesn't bathe and doesn't care?
00:02:23Taka, Taka.
00:02:25Hey, Taka.
00:02:26Hey.
00:02:26What's happening, sir?
00:02:27Where you been, man?
00:02:28You almost missed my all-time world record.
00:02:30Seventh Garby in a row.
00:02:31Easy, Rasta.
00:02:32I'm not going to get my best friend on his day of day.
00:02:34Darius, my grandfather says you're definitely going to make it to the little people.
00:02:37He says, drink faster than your father.
00:02:39Yeah, man.
00:02:40Drink bad, Jamaica.
00:02:41Hey, you know what my grandfather said?
00:02:42What?
00:02:42Get back to work.
00:02:44What?
00:02:44What?
00:02:44What?
00:02:44What?
00:02:45What?
00:02:45Good luck, man.
00:02:46See you at the finish line, all right?
00:02:52I love that.
00:02:53Hi, Darius.
00:02:54Did we stop already?
00:02:55Who knows?
00:02:55We're ready.
00:02:56That boy's never ready.
00:02:57He's a lazy, crazy, sorry, no-good bag of you.
00:03:00So what's in the afternoon?
00:03:01All pushed out to the side position.
00:03:05Ready, little man?
00:03:06Ready, little man.
00:03:07Get the lucky head.
00:03:09Let's go.
00:03:12On the mark.
00:03:14Feel the rhythm.
00:03:15Feel the right.
00:03:15Get up.
00:03:16Push guard time.
00:03:17And go.
00:03:22We're going to go with that.
00:03:24We're going to help me to launch.
00:03:25Hey, you're going to get in that car.
00:03:27Get up.
00:03:28Go, go, go, go.
00:03:29Go, go, go.
00:03:59Oh, jump with the jumper.
00:04:09Cyka.
00:04:18Cyka, you're dead?
00:04:20Yeah, man.
00:04:22Oh.
00:04:25And where do you think you're going?
00:04:28The garden.
00:04:28You have papers to read.
00:04:31It just gives me one last run.
00:04:32Mm-hmm.
00:04:34Can't believe the child has to find me here.
00:04:37You nervous?
00:04:38I'm not nervous.
00:04:40I'm ready.
00:04:41I'm ready to stay my whole life.
00:04:43I don't care how fast they run.
00:04:45I'm going to run faster.
00:04:46I don't care how much they want.
00:04:48I want them more.
00:04:49I'm going to go.
00:04:50I'm going to go.
00:04:51I'm going to go to the Olympics game.
00:04:53Feel it.
00:04:54I'm going to win the ball.
00:04:56Are you nervous?
00:04:59I'm terrified.
00:05:00It's my turn, Joy.
00:05:06It's my turn.
00:05:07It's my turn.
00:05:07Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the final event of today's Olympic tryouts.
00:05:15We have now come to the main event of our games, the running of the 100-meter finals.
00:05:20We've had a most successful afternoon, and I'd like to congratulate all the athletes who have participated in today's events.
00:05:27Are you sure no one can beat him?
00:05:28Oh, sure, I'm sure.
00:05:30He's a little concerned about that big ball, dude.
00:05:32No!
00:05:36Let me first congratulate our athletes on our standard performance, and let me remind them that under the top four finishers,
00:05:42we'll earn the rights to represent Jamaica in the forthcoming summer games in Seoul, Korea.
00:05:46Wait.
00:05:47You have to re-span it, right?
00:05:49That's right.
00:05:49I hope I make the team.
00:05:51It would be a real honor to run the team.
00:05:53Good luck to you.
00:05:54Good luck to you.
00:05:54Hey, good luck to you, too.
00:06:00Runners, take your marks.
00:06:10Get set.
00:06:24Mr. Coolis, please.
00:06:48You have to run the race over.
00:06:50I'm sorry, DeRice.
00:06:51Nothing can be done.
00:06:51But I was born to compete in the Olympics.
00:06:53Then you're going to have to work on your boxing or your cycling.
00:06:55Those are the only other two sports in which Jamaica competes.
00:06:58I am not a boxer.
00:06:58I am a runner.
00:07:00And it wasn't fair.
00:07:02It rarely is, my boy.
00:07:03It rarely is.
00:07:07Well, Papa, what do I do now?
00:07:09Look, DeRice, let it go here.
00:07:13Let it go.
00:07:14You will have another chance in four years.
00:07:17Yeah.
00:07:20Mr. Coolis, who's the other man who picks you with my father?
00:07:24Erwin Brickson.
00:07:24He's an American who lives here.
00:07:26Unless, of course, he's been arrested or shot.
00:07:28Excuse me?
00:07:28Well, he's a bookie now.
00:07:30Takes his bets in a small pool hall just past San Diego.
00:07:32Isn't that a gold medal around his neck?
00:07:35Oh, yeah.
00:07:35That lunatic was an Olympic bobsledder who tried to get your father to switch sports.
00:07:40He had some theory about using transprinters to push the bobsledder.
00:07:43It's not a ridiculous thing like that.
00:07:45Can you imagine a Jamaican bobsledder?
00:07:47Are you sure this man, he lives on the island?
00:07:52Oh, yes.
00:07:52Mr. Coolis takes a lot.
00:07:54Gooders.
00:07:55Oh, can I borrow his picture?
00:07:56Bring it back.
00:07:57Yes.
00:07:58Take your back, Mr. Coolis.
00:07:59Oh, just one more thing.
00:08:01Hmm.
00:08:02What's a bobsled?
00:08:05That's a bobsled.
00:08:07Oh, so a bobsled is a pushcart with no wheel.
00:08:10That's what it looks like here.
00:08:11Let me see that.
00:08:11All right.
00:08:16The key elements for a successful sled team are a steady driver and three strong runners
00:08:20to push off down the ice.
00:08:22Ice!
00:08:23Ice!
00:08:24It's kind of a winter sport, you know.
00:08:29You mean winter as in ice?
00:08:31Maybe.
00:08:32You mean winter as in igloos and eskimos and penguins and ice?
00:08:35Possibly.
00:08:36Here.
00:08:37Where you going?
00:08:39I want to take a hat back.
00:08:40I'm getting cold to speak about all this ice.
00:08:41No, man.
00:08:42You're going to be part of a bobsled team.
00:08:44What do you need me for?
00:08:45Who is the best pushcart driver in all of Jamaica?
00:08:49You're looking at him.
00:08:49Then you're going to do it?
00:08:50No!
00:08:52Hey, man, you're going to be famous.
00:08:54You could have a picture on a Wheaties box.
00:08:56But you said no, and that's all right, because I don't need you.
00:09:00Everybody is going to want to be on my bobsled team.
00:09:02Look, Star, let me tell you a little something, all right?
00:09:05When you need something from me, you don't have to hand me a bunch of lines.
00:09:07All you have to do is look at me in the eye and say,
00:09:09Sanka, you are my best friend.
00:09:10We've been through a whole heap together, and I really, really need you.
00:09:15Sanka, you're right.
00:09:17And you are my best friend.
00:09:18We've been through a whole lot together.
00:09:19Heap, heap.
00:09:20Sorry, man.
00:09:21Both heap together.
00:09:22And I really, really need you.
00:09:24And I really, really need you.
00:09:26Forget it.
00:09:27But you just said, if I said that, man.
00:09:28All right.
00:09:29All right.
00:09:29All right.
00:09:30All right, lad.
00:09:32So, let's talk about this bill, Slepte.
00:09:33No.
00:09:34Mark Slepte.
00:09:35Whoever.
00:09:35Now, about the Wheaties box.
00:09:37I'm going to be on by my tongue, right?
00:09:38No, man.
00:09:39You're going to be on with me.
00:09:42Yes, Tumbleweed.
00:09:43Yes.
00:09:44Come on.
00:09:45That's it.
00:09:46Good Tumbleweed.
00:09:47Good Tumbleweed.
00:09:48No Tumbleweed.
00:09:49No.
00:09:50Bad Tumbleweed.
00:09:50What are you doing?
00:09:51Tumbleweed can't hold it.
00:09:52Don't do that.
00:09:54Let him out.
00:09:56No.
00:09:56I need this one.
00:09:57Please.
00:09:58Come on.
00:09:59Here they come.
00:10:00No.
00:10:00Yes.
00:10:01Tumbleweed can't hold it.
00:10:02It's kept the video.
00:10:02It takes charge.
00:10:03And it's Rooster finishing in seconds.
00:10:04Susan Fry.
00:10:05I'm sorry.
00:10:07But my, oh, my.
00:10:08The odds on me are sure the truck caused that late stretch run.
00:10:11Tumbleweed held the room.
00:10:12But realistically, only a fool would put their money on Tumbleweed.
00:10:14That horse had no chance.
00:10:15That guy won two gold medals?
00:10:24I think so.
00:10:29Tumbleweed can't.
00:10:32Oh, my grace.
00:10:35Excuse me.
00:10:36Are you Mr. Irving Blitzer?
00:10:38Well, that depends on who's asking.
00:10:40My name is Darius Bannick.
00:10:41This is my teammate, Psychicoff.
00:10:43What do you think, Slead God?
00:10:44You were just wondering.
00:10:46If you'd be interested in coaching the first Jamaican Bob safety.
00:10:50Three.
00:10:51I'm on the radio.
00:10:51Radio.
00:10:52Stick.
00:10:53Sitting in the stick.
00:10:54Let's go.
00:10:55Let's go.
00:10:57Come on, Coach.
00:11:08Just hit me and get started.
00:11:10No.
00:11:15Go away.
00:11:31Okay.
00:11:32Let me go.
00:11:34Maybe today is a bad day.
00:11:36Yeah.
00:11:37I'll come back tomorrow.
00:11:38And the next day.
00:11:39And the next day.
00:11:40And the next day.
00:11:41No.
00:11:41Look, whatever your name is.
00:11:43Darius.
00:11:43All right, Darius.
00:11:44Let me lay out some difficulties for you.
00:11:46Snow.
00:11:47You don't have any.
00:11:48It's 900 degrees out there.
00:11:50Time.
00:11:50You don't have any.
00:11:51The Olympics are in three months.
00:11:53And me.
00:11:54You don't have me.
00:11:55As far as I'm concerned, the sport of boxletting no longer exists.
00:11:58I don't want to do it.
00:11:59I don't want to coach it.
00:12:00And most of all, and I mean most of all, I don't want to be within 2,000 miles of anyone
00:12:05who does.
00:12:06Now, did you follow all that?
00:12:08Then how come you said that they're pushed on the wall?
00:12:11Is that what's bothering you?
00:12:16There.
00:12:17Is that better?
00:12:18Are you happy?
00:12:25Like I said, my name is Darius Spani.
00:12:27I'm Ben Lannick's son.
00:12:33I haven't seen this picture in 20 years.
00:12:36Would you look at me then?
00:12:39Ooh.
00:12:40Would you look at me now?
00:12:42Please, Mr. Blitzer.
00:12:43Just give me a chance.
00:12:45I don't have what it takes.
00:12:46I forget the whole thing.
00:12:47Believe me, kid.
00:12:47You do not have what it takes.
00:12:49But you thought my father did.
00:12:51Your father was one of the toughest competitors I ever saw.
00:12:54He ran 100 meters in 10 flat.
00:12:56But I ran at the 99.
00:12:57Come on.
00:13:02Coach him.
00:13:04Sorry.
00:13:06They're a couple of decades late.
00:13:08Oh, I see.
00:13:09But it might be easy for you to walk away from me, Mr. Blitzer.
00:13:11But you can't walk away from this.
00:13:1320 years ago, you came down here to see
00:13:14if you could make a Jamaican splinter into a bar center.
00:13:17And you never got that chance.
00:13:19Look at me, Mr. Blitzer.
00:13:20I'm your chance.
00:13:22Take it.
00:13:23Take it.
00:13:23Take it.
00:13:23Take it.
00:13:23Take it.
00:13:23Take it.
00:13:24Take it.
00:13:25Take it.
00:13:25Take it.
00:13:27Take it.
00:13:28Take it.
00:13:29Take it.
00:13:30Take it.
00:13:31Take it.
00:13:32Take it.
00:13:33Take it.
00:13:34Take it.
00:13:35Take it.
00:13:36Take it.
00:13:37Take it.
00:13:38Take it.
00:13:39Take it.
00:13:40Take it.
00:13:41Take it.
00:13:42Take it.
00:13:43Take it.
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00:13:48Take it.
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00:13:55Take it.
00:13:56Take it.
00:13:57Take it.
00:13:58Take it.
00:13:59Take it.
00:14:00Take it.
00:14:01Take it.
00:14:02Take it.
00:14:03Take it.
00:14:04Take it.
00:14:05Take it.
00:14:06Take it.
00:14:07Take it.
00:14:08Take it.
00:14:09Take it.
00:14:10Take it.
00:14:11Take it.
00:14:12I almost forgot one minor drawbacks.
00:14:31Always remember, your bones will not break a bobsled.
00:14:35No, no, they shatter.
00:14:36Who wants it?
00:14:55Look, Baldi's here.
00:14:58Glad you could make it mine.
00:15:00Don't touch me.
00:15:02No problem.
00:15:04So what's your name?
00:15:05The old brother.
00:15:06Well, it's good to have you as a teammate, Brenna.
00:15:12Let's get one thing straight, Panak.
00:15:14We may be on the same team, but I am no one's teammate.
00:15:17As long as you come here to bobsled.
00:15:19Hey, listen, man.
00:15:20The only reason why I come here is to get off of this stinking island.
00:15:24I have to take one of those bobsleds to do it then.
00:15:27All right.
00:15:28No problem?
00:15:29Uh, yes.
00:15:30Yes, I have a problem.
00:15:32There's no such thing as a three-man sled.
00:15:33You're one jementia short.
00:15:35Hey.
00:15:38Meeting start yet?
00:15:40Uh-oh.
00:15:41You!
00:15:42No, I'll kill you.
00:15:43Wait, wait, boy.
00:15:44I'll kill you!
00:15:45Hey!
00:15:45I'll kill you!
00:15:46Wait a second!
00:15:47It doesn't mean anything!
00:15:48It's dead on the air!
00:15:49I'll kill you, and we don't have a team.
00:15:52I'm not riding in the same sled as that.
00:15:53You treat me too, you know.
00:15:55But in case you haven't noticed, there's no one else here.
00:15:58You're crawling with me, slinky head.
00:16:00Slinky head, that's a good one.
00:16:02What are you laughing about?
00:16:03Nothing.
00:16:04If it wasn't for you, rich boy, I'd be in the Olympics right now.
00:16:07I don't know what you all are arguing about, because the reason was going to be both your
00:16:10butts anyway.
00:16:11What are you talking about?
00:16:12How about I beat your butt right now?
00:16:14How about I draw a line down the middle of your head so it looks like a butt?
00:16:21Forget it, man.
00:16:21I'm gone.
00:16:23Fine.
00:16:24Stay here on the island.
00:16:25We are going to Canada.
00:16:30All right.
00:16:32I'll do it.
00:16:33But you better tell this mama's boy to stay the hell away from me.
00:16:38You understand?
00:16:40No problem.
00:16:43Hey, Irv.
00:16:44Say hello to the first Jamaican bobsled team.
00:16:53Oh, goody.
00:16:56Gentlemen, this is a bobsled.
00:16:59Sorry.
00:17:01All right, here's what we're going to do.
00:17:02You, don't touch me.
00:17:04Of course, sorry.
00:17:05You're going to be the second middleman.
00:17:07You're strong, you're fast, and you're going to love that seat.
00:17:10I mean, you're the first middleman.
00:17:12You're quick, you're sharp.
00:17:13Hop in.
00:17:14Senka.
00:17:15I know, I'm the driver, right?
00:17:16No, you're the brake man.
00:17:17No, I'm the driver.
00:17:18No, you're not.
00:17:19You're the brake man.
00:17:20I'm the driver.
00:17:21You're not.
00:17:22You're the brake man.
00:17:23You don't understand.
00:17:24I'm Senka Coffey.
00:17:25I'm the best pushback driver in all of Jamaica.
00:17:27I must ride.
00:17:28Do you dig where I'm coming from?
00:17:29Yeah, I dig where you're coming from.
00:17:30Good.
00:17:31Now dig where I'm coming from.
00:17:32I'm coming from two gold medals.
00:17:33I'm coming from nine world records in both the two- and four-man events.
00:17:36I'm coming from ten years of intense competition with the best athletes in the world.
00:17:40That's the hell of a place to be coming from.
00:17:42You see, Senka, the driver has to work harder than anyone.
00:17:45He's the first to show up and the last to leave.
00:17:47When his teammates are all up drinking beer, he's up in his room studying pictures of turns.
00:17:51You see, a driver must remain focused 100% at all times.
00:17:54Not only is he responsible for knowing every inch of every course he races,
00:17:57he's also responsible for the lives of the other three people in his sleigh.
00:18:02Do you want that responsibility?
00:18:04I think you make the reason the driver.
00:18:05So do I, Senka.
00:18:07So do I.
00:18:11Oh, the back is nice.
00:18:14All right, Father.
00:18:15Listen here.
00:18:16You see, I've made up my mind.
00:18:17I'm going to be a bobster.
00:18:20That's right.
00:18:21A bobster.
00:18:23Oh, really?
00:18:25Well, I'm sorry you feel that way.
00:18:27Fine.
00:18:28Cut off my lungs.
00:18:30Because you see, Father,
00:18:32a man has got to do what a man has got to do.
00:18:43Just who I want to see.
00:18:45Me?
00:18:46You know where I just came from?
00:18:49Where?
00:18:49I got you a job.
00:18:51With Webster, Webster, and Cohen,
00:18:53the biggest brokerage house in Miami.
00:18:55Oh, right.
00:18:56Webster, Webster, and Cohen.
00:18:57That's right.
00:18:58And you, sir.
00:18:59End of the month.
00:19:02Yes, but I thought that I would.
00:19:03Look, we went along with this trap nonsense long enough.
00:19:08We agreed that it's time to get on with your real future.
00:19:11Right?
00:19:13I know.
00:19:13Right?
00:19:15Yes, sir.
00:19:20I'm going to tell you, Mother.
00:19:20I guess we sure told him.
00:19:31I guess we sure told him.
00:19:34Winning a box sled race is about one thing.
00:19:36The push start.
00:19:37Now, I know you dainty little trap stars think you're fast.
00:19:40Well, let's see how fast you are when you push a 600-pound sled.
00:19:45Now, our respectful start time is 5.7 seconds.
00:19:48If you steep demons can't whip off an even six flat,
00:19:51you have a better chance of becoming a barbershop quartet.
00:20:22Go, go.
00:20:24Stop, stop.
00:20:24Leave me.
00:20:25Stop waiting for me.
00:20:26Right.
00:20:27And in.
00:20:27Stop.
00:20:28Great.
00:20:31Very good.
00:20:32Right again.
00:20:34If I've shot it once, I've shot it 46 times.
00:20:37Cold weather endurance is vital to building a successful sled team.
00:20:42Cold enough?
00:20:46One, two, three.
00:20:52One, two, three.
00:21:08We do, sir.
00:21:32And who are you?
00:21:33The Jamaican basketball team, sir.
00:21:38I'm not asking for a winter sports program.
00:22:04All I need is a lousy 20 grand so I can get us to be Olympics.
00:22:07That's all.
00:22:08How in God's name are you going to get to the Olympics?
00:22:10These boys have never even seen a sled race before.
00:22:12Mr. Coolidge, I have been looking at sledders since I was 12 years old.
00:22:15If I say these kids can make it to the Olympics, they can make it to the Olympics.
00:22:18Okay.
00:22:19Well, I'll tell you what we'll do.
00:22:21Practice down here with the boys a bit more.
00:22:23And when you're a little further along, I'll come along and see you.
00:22:25No.
00:22:25No.
00:22:26No.
00:22:26Just a minute, Mr. Blitzer.
00:22:28This country enjoys a fine athletic tradition.
00:22:30And if you think I'm going to give you the little money we have so that you can parade
00:22:33us around in front of the world like a freak show, you've got another thing coming.
00:22:36It's bad enough how you embarrass your own country.
00:22:39I'm certainly not going to allow you to embarrass us.
00:22:43No, don't kill me.
00:22:45That's okay, Coach.
00:22:46We'll get the money.
00:22:47Do the words give up mean anything to you?
00:22:49Not a thing.
00:22:50We're looking for a sponsor for the first Jamaican bobsled team.
00:23:05We're looking for a sponsor for the first Jamaican bobsled team.
00:23:35We're looking for a sponsor for the first Jamaican bobsled team.
00:24:05We're looking for a sponsor for the first Jamaican bobsled team.
00:24:13...
00:24:16The second Jamaican bobsled team.
00:24:21...
00:24:27Sanka, how did your singing on the street go?
00:24:30How did it go?
00:24:32It went like this.
00:24:34Enough people say you know they can't believe
00:24:36when they can't.
00:24:36We have our Bob's led team.
00:24:37We have the one there is.
00:24:39How much?
00:24:41I made a dollar and fifteen cents.
00:24:42Oh, that's great.
00:24:44We're only short about 19,000 bucks.
00:24:45Start real later, everybody.
00:24:46Okay.
00:24:47That is sort of...
00:24:47Don't take your suitcase, Junior.
00:24:49We're not going.
00:24:51That's too bad.
00:24:55Whoa.
00:24:56Whoa.
00:24:56Where'd you get it, man?
00:24:58I sold my car.
00:25:00Yes, man.
00:25:01I am good.
00:25:02No, we're not.
00:25:03Look here, Junior.
00:25:04I appreciate what you're trying to do here.
00:25:06We can't accept this money.
00:25:07Just wait to be proper.
00:25:08Oh, there is.
00:25:09If I hadn't tripped you fellas,
00:25:10we'd already been going to the Olympics.
00:25:12I want you to have it.
00:25:18You mean you want us to have it, right?
00:25:20Right.
00:25:21Us.
00:25:23Thanks a lot, Junior.
00:25:25Thanks a whole heap, man.
00:25:25Remember, this doesn't mean that I like you.
00:25:29You understand?
00:25:30Be sure to thank your father for us.
00:25:31Because Lord knows he didn't have to let you sell that car.
00:25:33Well, he doesn't know I sold the car.
00:25:36He doesn't know I'm on the team.
00:25:38He thinks I'm off to Miami.
00:25:39And I loaned the car to a friend
00:25:42to work for Webster-Webster and Coyne.
00:25:44Something like that.
00:25:45Some people say you know them can't believe
00:25:48Jamaica, we have a Bob's light in there.
00:25:50Yes.
00:25:50And no one, Junior.
00:25:53You sunk, eh?
00:25:54The fastest are the fastest of Jamaican sprinters.
00:25:56Go to Olympics, fight for Jamaica.
00:25:58Go to List.
00:26:03A ...
00:26:04a ...
00:26:05a
00:26:07a
00:26:09...
00:26:09a
00:26:11...
00:28:13Okay, yeah.
00:28:14Can I help you?
00:28:16Yeah, I'd like to register for the trials.
00:28:17What country?
00:28:18Jamaica.
00:28:20What country?
00:28:21Jamaica.
00:28:22What do you know?
00:28:26Jamaican bobsled team.
00:28:28Okay.
00:28:29There it is.
00:28:30It says here your qualifying run will be held on the evening of the 10th.
00:28:33Your judges will be Schindler, Gremmer, and Krojcik.
00:28:35I'm not Krojcik.
00:28:36He's a good guy.
00:28:37Yeah.
00:28:37In order to qualify, you must complete the course safely in one minute, two seconds, flat 400.
00:28:42Must be a minute of fire.
00:28:44Yeah.
00:28:45Times change.
00:28:45Irv?
00:28:51Hi, Roger.
00:28:52How do you feel?
00:28:53Hello, Kurt.
00:28:54It's been a long time.
00:28:57Obviously not long enough.
00:28:59Hello, Larry.
00:29:00Jesus Christ, Irv.
00:29:02What the hell did you do to yourself?
00:29:03Don't worry about that, Irv.
00:29:06Roger, you've got to give me a favor.
00:29:07What?
00:29:08Please.
00:29:08You know that revolving restaurant thing?
00:29:09Meet me there in half an hour.
00:29:10No, no, no.
00:29:11Please.
00:29:12Come out.
00:29:13I'll try.
00:29:27Thanks, Roger.
00:29:29What's up, Irv?
00:29:30How about a drink?
00:29:30No, I'm fine.
00:29:31Let's swim court night.
00:29:32Couldn't wait.
00:29:32You want some to eat?
00:29:33No, I'm fine.
00:29:34Let's have a salad or something.
00:29:37I need a sled.
00:29:38You came all the way to Calgary without a sled.
00:29:41I got $4,800.
00:29:42I just need something to pack.
00:29:43For five grand?
00:29:45I know you've got something lying around, Roger.
00:29:46What the earth?
00:29:47Anything.
00:29:48You know I can't do that.
00:29:49Wait a minute, Roger.
00:29:50Remember when you were desperate to make that last slot on the 68 Grenoble team, and you pleaded
00:29:54with me to talk to Kurt?
00:29:55Did I say sorry, Roger?
00:29:56I can't do it?
00:29:58My phone might need to beg.
00:30:00Roger, it's me.
00:30:00All right.
00:30:03Maybe I can get you one of our practice sets.
00:30:04You're a saint.
00:30:05You know that a saint?
00:30:06You want to change the bank?
00:30:06You're still a saint.
00:30:07Don't get all mushy on me.
00:30:08Just tell me one thing.
00:30:09Is this whole thing a big joke?
00:30:11Or do you really expect these Jamaicans to qualify?
00:30:13Not only are they going to qualify, they're going to turn some heads down.
00:30:16Listen, three of these guys can run a hundred and a hundred and ten flat.
00:30:20I don't care who you are, that's like it.
00:30:22Yeah.
00:30:23I can let you run a nice.
00:30:37No problem, man.
00:30:40Wait for a minute.
00:30:46Wait.
00:30:51Earth, these special shoes aren't very effective.
00:31:03Quit with your toes.
00:31:05All right, you super 40 track stars.
00:31:07Move out.
00:31:07I'm going to let the ice rock to show you how it's done.
00:31:11Yeah, like that, yeah.
00:31:13Good.
00:31:14Hey, fellas, look at my progress.
00:31:16Traction me.
00:31:23All right, fellas, that's it.
00:31:25Let's get off the ice before practice.
00:31:27What practice?
00:31:28That practice.
00:31:29Is that it?
00:31:29I'm going to let the ice rock to show you how it's done.
00:31:32I'm going to let the ice rock to show you how it's done.
00:31:33All right, fellas, that's it.
00:31:36That's right.
00:31:4515 this year.
00:31:46I'm going to let the ice rock.
00:33:25There will be your team, man.
00:33:27Gentlemen, I'd like to introduce you to the newest member of our team.
00:36:28Oh, my God.
00:36:58Yeah, man.
00:37:01Hey, you can pee now.
00:37:05Oh, too late.
00:37:09This is embarrassing.
00:37:14Man, shut down that hot plate, fool.
00:37:17These bananas are stinking like a dead dog.
00:37:19Peck up, peck up!
00:37:20Hey, boy.
00:37:20This is my mama's secret recipe.
00:37:22Now, I hope you don't mind keeping quiet while I catch up on my reading.
00:37:25What are you talking about reading?
00:37:26This is a children's book.
00:37:28Oh, is that so?
00:37:28Yes, that's so.
00:37:30But it's a children's book that means it's too advanced for the life of you.
00:37:32What are you trying to say?
00:37:33But I'm not smarter than a little child.
00:37:35No.
00:37:36What I am saying to you is that you are the kind of club-toting, raw meat-eating, meat-tars-an,
00:37:40you-jaming, big-ball-bubble-head that can only count to ten if you're barefoot or wearing sandals.
00:37:44Say whatever it is that you want.
00:37:47Because you're just like every other fool on the island.
00:37:49You're going nowhere, Sanka, and you're thrilled to death about it.
00:37:55But you see me?
00:37:57You see me?
00:37:58I'm different.
00:37:59Because I know exactly where I'm going.
00:38:03And after I, you and Brenna, win the Olympics and become famous,
00:38:07I'm going to leave the island and live right down there.
00:38:12Well, after the boat.
00:38:19That's Buckingham Palace.
00:38:21You plan on living there, you're going to have to marry the queen.
00:38:24You will.
00:38:25That's where the queen of England lives.
00:38:30Face it, you, Brenna.
00:38:32You're going to start calling yourself Madonna,
00:38:34but you're still going to end up in an outhouse shanty like every other dark-working nobody.
00:38:38Says who?
00:38:39Says me, rich boy.
00:38:39You know about it.
00:38:40Well, I know my father started off in a one-room hut.
00:38:43Now he lives in one of the biggest homes in Kingston.
00:38:45Well, he ain't your father.
00:38:46He doesn't have to be.
00:38:48All he has to do is know what he wants and work hard for it.
00:38:51And if he wants it bad enough, he'll get it.
00:38:54Look, believe me, Sanka,
00:38:57the more you, Brenna, you've got Macans in this world,
00:39:00the better off this world will be.
00:39:02Especially for Jamaicans.
00:39:10Go ahead, you, Brenna.
00:39:18Go get your pass.
00:39:19Go get your pass.
00:39:19Move, move, move.
00:39:32Off the turn.
00:39:37What do you have in there, BB?
00:39:41I can't believe you're still cold, man.
00:39:43Cold?
00:39:44I'm freezing my royal Rastafari anemies off.
00:39:47All right, we're up.
00:39:47Let's go, guys.
00:39:48This is it.
00:39:48Give me that.
00:39:50Okay.
00:39:51Now, this is our first real push start.
00:39:53Don't worry about it, okay?
00:39:54It's no different than what we practiced.
00:39:55We've done it a hundred times.
00:39:56The Reese, right here.
00:39:57Okay, get your helmets on.
00:39:59Cool.
00:39:59Okay, okay.
00:40:00Thanks, Coach.
00:40:01All right.
00:40:01Let's go, Reese.
00:40:02It's yours.
00:40:03Ridiculous.
00:40:03What's he doing?
00:40:05One.
00:40:06Two.
00:40:08Three.
00:40:09Whoa.
00:40:10Go, go, go, go.
00:40:11Go, go, go.
00:40:11Wait, go.
00:40:12Now, now, now, now.
00:40:14Now.
00:40:15Now.
00:40:33This is a really good one.
00:40:35How's he trying to get you right there?
00:40:37Come on.
00:40:37Come on.
00:40:38Those guys are pretty good, aren't they?
00:40:42Good.
00:40:43They're our best.
00:40:45So you guys have been having a little trouble out there, huh?
00:40:47Ah, we'll be fine.
00:40:48I sure hope so.
00:40:49It'd be a real shame to waste all that talent.
00:40:51I'm not worried.
00:40:53I've got a good coach.
00:40:56Yeah, I hate to say it, but you've got to wake up.
00:40:58Coach Blitzer is what's killing you.
00:41:00He's been useless since the day he was busted.
00:41:02What do you mean, busted?
00:41:04The 72 games.
00:41:04The guy hit waste in the front of the sled to make it go faster.
00:41:09So what?
00:41:10It's no big deal.
00:41:12Having your gold medals taken away for cheating is a big deal.
00:41:17Reese, let's go.
00:41:18We've got a meeting.
00:41:28Giving my kid a few pointers, Larry?
00:41:29Larry, your kid's going to need all the help he can get.
00:41:37Coach.
00:41:43May you turn this up?
00:41:45Would you like a better now?
00:41:46Mint?
00:41:46Pops like a dust to your head.
00:41:48Whatever's wrong with you, there's no little thing.
00:41:52Hurry up, man.
00:41:53Have a dead grandmother that moves faster than you.
00:41:55Yeah.
00:41:56That fool won't know.
00:42:01What?
00:42:03Sorry.
00:42:09Where you have you, man?
00:42:10A telegram.
00:42:10No, it's a telegram.
00:42:11What does it say?
00:42:15For my father.
00:42:18He said I have to come home right now.
00:42:19No.
00:42:19No.
00:42:54You were too high and too low.
00:43:09Let me tell you something else to do with that.
00:43:11If it wasn't for you, we would be here right now.
00:43:15But you don't understand.
00:43:17He is really mad.
00:43:19I mean, you don't know him like I do.
00:43:21I think I better just do what he wants and go back home.
00:43:25And forget about your teammates.
00:43:27Blood, fire.
00:43:28The man, you act like he's the king of the whole world.
00:43:31What should I do?
00:43:33What should I do?
00:43:34Hey, Jamaica, keep me down.
00:43:36You're not horny to this.
00:43:38Sorry, sir, sorry.
00:43:39It means above the end.
00:43:42You have no business here, Jamaica.
00:43:44You and your stupid friend playing like your Bob's letters?
00:43:47Why don't you tourists go back to where you came from and leave your Bob's letters or even?
00:43:52Hold on.
00:43:53You want to say something, Jamaica?
00:43:55Come on up.
00:43:58Come on.
00:43:58Here you go.
00:44:06Come on.
00:44:08Right now.
00:44:10Yes.
00:44:13Now look in the mirror and tell me what you see.
00:44:16You see Junior.
00:44:17You see Junior.
00:44:18Well, you want to know what I see?
00:44:20I see pride.
00:44:21I see power.
00:44:22I see a badass mother who don't take no crap off of nobody.
00:44:27You really see all that?
00:44:28Yeah, man.
00:44:30But it's not about what I see.
00:44:31It's about what you see.
00:44:33Now look in this mirror and tell me again what you see.
00:44:36I see...
00:44:37Pride.
00:44:40Pride.
00:44:41Yes.
00:44:42Power.
00:44:43Power.
00:44:44I see a badass mother who won't take no crap off of nobody.
00:44:48Again.
00:44:48I see pride.
00:44:49Can I hear you?
00:44:49I see power.
00:44:50I see a badass mother who won't take no crap off of nobody.
00:44:53Once again.
00:44:54I see pride.
00:44:55Junior.
00:44:55I see power.
00:44:56I see a badass mother who won't take no crap off of nobody.
00:44:59That's right.
00:44:59That's right.
00:45:00Junior Bethel.
00:45:01What are you doing?
00:45:02Now you listen to me, buddy.
00:45:16I will not be talked to you that way, so you better come up with a damn good apology.
00:45:20Or else.
00:45:21Or else.
00:45:21Thoughts.
00:45:22Power.
00:45:23Make sure it.
00:45:25Or else.
00:45:26Power.
00:45:29Come on, Jamaica.
00:45:31Say something.
00:45:32No problem.
00:45:37I can't believe this.
00:46:05I just can't believe this.
00:46:07Didn't one of you have the sense to know better?
00:46:09Go on, laugh.
00:46:10I want to see who's laughing when the world gets here.
00:46:11Now wait, wait.
00:46:13When that East German fellow go ahead and push my teammates,
00:46:16and blow it fire, we have to fight back.
00:46:18You don't see the Swiss team fighting, do you?
00:46:20You don't see the Swiss team drinking and carrying on and such?
00:46:23And you don't see the Swiss team smiling either.
00:46:26In fact, if one of those Swiss boys ever come across a pretty girl,
00:46:29he'd probably yell,
00:46:29I ain't, I ain't, right, and try to push her down some ice.
00:46:35Oh, I took care of the whole thing.
00:46:37I told the owner of the bar these guys were mentally disturbed,
00:46:40so he's not going to press any charges.
00:46:41All right.
00:46:42Let God do it again.
00:46:43Shut up, Senka.
00:46:45Now maybe you haven't noticed,
00:46:46but we aren't exactly winning any popularity contests here.
00:46:49They hate me.
00:46:50They hate you.
00:46:51They hate us.
00:46:53Now we're even going to think about qualifying,
00:46:55or we're each going to have to sit down and take a nice deep look inside.
00:46:58I didn't come all this way to get my butt whipped.
00:47:00As a matter of fact, now that I'm here,
00:47:01I thought I'd do a little whipping on my own.
00:47:04Good night, gentlemen.
00:47:05Good night, gentlemen.
00:47:05Good night, gentlemen.
00:47:23Rise and shine.
00:47:24It's button-wipping time.
00:47:54It's button-wipping time.
00:48:24It's button-wipping time.
00:48:54It's button-wipping time.
00:49:24It's button-wipping time.
00:49:26It's button-wipping time.
00:49:30It's button-wipping time.
00:49:32It's button-wipping time.
00:49:34It's button-wipping time.
00:49:36It's button-wipping time.
00:49:38It's button-wipping time.
00:49:42It's button-wipping time.
00:49:48It's button-wipping time.
00:49:50It's button-wipping time.
00:49:52It's button-wipping time.
00:49:54It's button-wipping time.
00:49:56It's button-wipping time.
00:49:58It's button-wipping time.
00:50:00It's button-wipping time.
00:50:02It's button-wipping time.
00:50:03It's button-wipping time.
00:50:04It's button-wipping time.
00:50:05It's button-wipping time.
00:50:06It's button-wipping time.
00:50:07It's button-wipping time.
00:50:09time from a minute two to a minute flat. Is that clear? No problem, man. Go get them,
00:50:21kid. Right, it's clear for Jamaica, one, one, one, one, two, three, six point one, three,
00:50:51seven, one, two, three, six point one, three, six point one, three, six point one, two, three,
00:51:21Under 60. Is it under 60?
00:51:36I'm sorry. I'm out of here.
00:51:42It's going to be like, I know we're going to pass.
00:51:52Yeah.
00:51:54Nobody had that much fun in a sled since Santa Claus.
00:51:59Fellas, you used to find your dreams.
00:52:01I said it to your father the first time I met him, and I'll say it again.
00:52:05Sprinters make the best props, ladies.
00:52:06He's not sprinting!
00:52:08So what are we going to name this sled?
00:52:10How about Tallulah?
00:52:14Tallulah! Tallulah!
00:52:17How about a two dollar booker?
00:52:19How you come up with that?
00:52:20That's my mother's name.
00:52:23Tallulah!
00:52:25What's it going to be, Star?
00:52:27What are the people going to be screaming when Jamaica takes the hill?
00:52:30I said it kind of cool runnets.
00:52:33Beautiful. I like it.
00:52:34Very strong. Nice, very nice.
00:52:36What exactly does it mean?
00:52:38Cool runnets means.
00:52:40Peace be that journey.
00:52:41Peace be that journey.
00:52:42Peace be that journey.
00:52:43Cool runnets.
00:52:43Cool runnets.
00:52:44Cool runnets.
00:52:45Excuse me.
00:52:46Put a runnets, dude.
00:52:47Put a runnets, dude.
00:52:50Put a messenger.
00:52:51Put a messenger.
00:52:52We are officially disqualified.
00:53:00Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:53:09Kurt, I really have to talk to you.
00:53:12Excuse me.
00:53:13I have nothing to say to you.
00:53:14Yes, you do.
00:53:15I want to know why you disqualified my guys.
00:53:17As you were told, your team must compete in the international race in order to qualify for the Olympics.
00:53:21But in an Olympic year, the qualifiers count as an international race.
00:53:24That may have been true in past Olympic years, but this year, the Alliance decided to change its policy.
00:53:29Oh, please, change its policy.
00:53:31The Alliance has the right to do whatever they feel is in their best interest of this world.
00:53:35We must also be concerned about the potential for an embarrassment.
00:53:37Oh, forgive me.
00:53:40I didn't realize the four black guys in a bobsleigh could make you blush.
00:53:43I think we've heard enough.
00:53:45Come on, Kurt.
00:53:46What you're doing is wrong, and you know it.
00:53:48Now, this is about you and me, and let's get it straight right now.
00:53:52All right, 16 years ago, I made the biggest mistake of my life.
00:53:55I cheated.
00:53:56I was stupid.
00:53:57I embarrassed myself, my family, my teammates, my country, and my coach.
00:54:04If it's revenge you want, take it.
00:54:07Go ahead.
00:54:08Disqualify me.
00:54:09Banish me.
00:54:09Do whatever you want.
00:54:10Do it to me.
00:54:11It was me who let you down, Kurt.
00:54:12It wasn't my guys.
00:54:14They've done everything you've asked of them, and they did it with all of your laughing in their face.
00:54:19Damn, it doesn't matter if they come in first or 50th.
00:54:22Those guys have earned their right to represent their country.
00:54:25They've earned their right to march into that stadium and wave their nation's flag.
00:54:29That's the single greatest honor an athlete could ever have.
00:54:34That's what the Olympics are about.
00:54:36Oh, 16 years ago.
00:54:38I forgot that.
00:54:40I thought you were going to do the same.
00:54:45Sorry if I interrupted your meeting.
00:54:46Hello?
00:54:53Hello?
00:54:58Yes?
00:55:02Yeah.
00:55:04Right.
00:55:05Goodbye.
00:55:06what
00:55:10what did they say
00:55:14oh
00:55:15we're back in
00:55:17let me see
00:55:32let me see
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