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Olympic-Eligible Movie Characters who Run the Show
Monday, April 18, 2011 at 4:18PM 
âOâ is for âOlympicsâ today, specifically in the running category selected by The Bumbles for this weekâs Monday Movie Meme. Here are movies that, according to the Bumbles, make my âfeet tired just watching them.â Itâs not necessarily the films that cause a tired feeling. These movies have characters whose running scenes reach Olympic proportions, putting them in a position to give medalists like Carl Lewis or Joanna Hayes a run for their money. Pun intended.
Runaway Bride
Julia Robertsâ character becomes famous for leaving men at the altar, but itâs the way she does it that makes these exists memorable and the talk of the town. After running with no concern about who or what she knocked down in the process, this bride eventually obtains a more effective means of transportation...in a four-legged variety!
The Bourne Supremacy
Matt Damon plays Jason Bourne, a character who does a lot of running in this movie. Sometimes, its for recreation or exercise such as the earlier scenes where he is running on the beach in a peaceful state, with what seems like no worries in the world. Most of the time however, Bourne is running for mere survival. He runs from the cops, he runs from contract killers, he runs from the Goverment......it is the type of experience where a phrase like ârunning out of breathâ may not even begin describe what this man is feeling. Bourne is running out of more than that. He is running out of breath, time, friends, resources, passports, blood (if you donât know what Iâm talking about, then watch the movie) and energy.
The Graduate
His car may have run out of gas but Dustin Hoffmanâs character has not run out of love...or at least, the pursuit of love. The last scenes of this movie contain so much running, it makes me exhausted but also sympathetic to his mission based on the circumstances and events that went down prior to his running journey.
Can YOU name some characters who could compete in the running or Track & Field category of the Olympics?
This post also is part of my participation in the A to Z challenge during the month of April.
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Reader Comments (7)
The Graduate -- such a great film!
Lee,
I agree and enjoyed The Graduate when I watched it.
I think Hoffman in Marathon Man :)
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Charmaine,
Thanks for adding "Marathon Man" to the list. I didn't see this movie but Hoffman is such a good actor, that I have no doubt that it's worth a mention :)
Love all of your selections this week. I remember how clever the soundtrack mimicked the pace of Hoffman's character as he ran to try to get to that church in time. But Bourne is probably the perfect selection for this theme - one of our absolute favorite characters and series of movies. It is exhausting to watch - but I would do most anything to see Matt Damon in such supreme shape ;0)
Great movies! I like what you are doing with the a-z challenge. :-)
The Naked Prey with Cornel Wilde where Englishman captured by African natives is given head start with hunters in pursuit, Apocalypto Mel Gibson's movie about human sacrifice victim escaping from Mayan warriors, and Run, Lola, Run a heart-pounding German film--all with lots of running and lots of excitement.
Lee
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