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"The incredible true story of gold medal champion Jesse Owens"

Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.

Top Cast

  • Stephan James

    Stephan James

    Jesse Owens

  • Jason Sudeikis

    Jason Sudeikis

    Larry Snyder

  • Eli Goree

    Eli Goree

    Dave Albritton

  • Shanice Banton

    Shanice Banton

    Ruth Solomon

  • Carice van Houten

    Carice van Houten

    Leni Riefenstahl

  • Jeremy Irons

    Jeremy Irons

    Avery Brundage

  • William Hurt

    William Hurt

    Jeremiah Mahoney

  • David Kross

    David Kross

    Carl "Luz" Long

  • Jonathan Higgins

    Jonathan Higgins

    Dean Cromwell

Overview

Based on the story of Jesse Owens, the athlete whose quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history thrusts him onto the world stage of the 1936 Olympics, where he faces off against Adolf Hitler's vision of Aryan supremacy.

Rating

7.3 / 10
1,625 Reviews
2 Popular

1 Reviews

  • GenerationofSwine
    GenerationofSwine
    10 Jan 12, 2023

    Wow, Hopkins directed this and, honestly, at best he's directed a lot of guilty pleasure movies. You know, the movies that you know are bad but you like them anyway. This one is actually, well, good. It's a legit good film and that is odd for Hopkins. Anyway, the failing is the Nazi thing. The discrimination in America plays, because that was really the principal challenge that Owens needed to overcome to even make it to the Olympics in the first place. That was a struggle in and of itself. But, when it came to Germany it should have been more of a focus on him, and how he beat the "master race" and, instead, it was a little too focused on the Nazis. And, honestly, everyone knows who the Nazis are and what they did. We aren't watching the movie because of that, we are watching the movie because of what Owens did. However, despite that, the movie works with a strong opening act that dealt in an albeit heavy-handed but still absolutely dramatically compelling story about Owens. The only fault is that it loses focus in Germany.

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