From Gold Medal to Silver Screen: 9 Olympian Movie Efforts
As the Beijing games keep us riveted to the small screen, we look back at some of our favorite flicks starring Olympians, like Mitch Gaylord, or that tell their stories, such as ''Chariots of Fire''
By Whitney Pastorek Updated August 12, 2008 at 07:00 PM EDT
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Chariots of Fire | CHARIOTS OF FIRE (1981) It's an inspirational, based-on-a-true-story tale of two track stars — one Christian, one Jewish — picked to represent Britain in the
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Jared Leto, Prefontaine
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Mariel Hemingway, Personal Best
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Ralph Fiennes, Sunshine
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D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, ...
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