Cool Runnings is a quintessential 90’s movie with all of the typical Disney hijinks you would expect from that era: American actors poorly executing accents, slapstick humor, witty one-liner comebacks, and of course the disgraced American coach who has to inspire a group of misfit athletes.
The film also has amazing life lessons and educational value. Most people know the movie portrays the unlikely rise of the 1988 Jamaican men’s bobsled team who made it to the winter Olympics in Calgary.
However, did you know that Jamaica has had at least one sled compete in every Olympics from 1988 to 2002? That is an impressive accomplishment for a tropical country.
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