Talk:Chariots of Fire

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• I am desperately looking for the script of Chariots of Fire. If anyone has, please send me and email: equinoxe@post.cz

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• Is the poem from which the title was taken called "and did those feet in ancient time" or "the new jerusalem"? --Crucible Guardian 18:24, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

I believe the correct title of the poem/song is "Jerusalem" (and that it's credited this way in the film), but not certain enough to change it on the Wiki. Many poems are indexed only by their first line in published collections and this could give rise to someone mistaking "and did those feet..." for the actual title. "The New Jerusalem" gets mentioned in relation to the poem because of its Biblical connection and may also result in its attribution as a title. See [1] Slowmover 19:54, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

The soundtrack album also titles it "Jerusalem". Wahkeenah 00:41, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

I either fixed it, or screwed it up. Please review. I changed "The New Jerusalem" to "Jerusalem", and explictly named the poem. If the "The New Jerusalem" is a proper name, than The New Jerusalem should be a disambig page. --Rob 19:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Disambig link has been added to that page now. -- Slowmover 20:25, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Does the film mention the Blake poem? Because the phrase "Chariots of Fire" is actually originally from II Kings 2:11 and II Kings 6:17. (I had actually edited the page to this effect a while back, but I made a mistake and put Isaiah rather than II Kings). -- HowardW June 24, 2006

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A scene exists in the movie wherein Liddell is thrown down early in a Scotland–France 400 m duel, but recovers to make up a 20 m deficit to win the race. This really happened.

I'd like to suggest a rewrite to this paragraph. The "This really happened", in my opinion, sounds like Dave Barry's "I swear I'm not making this up," line. As much as I love Dave Barry, his style is hardly appropriate for an encyclopedia. --Hazey Jane 07:35, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

What's stopping you from doing it? Wahkeenah 13:18, 28 February 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner? 2 Best Foreign Language Film? 3 Madagascar in "Cultural references" 4 He Remains an Englishman

[edit] Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner?

I am not aware of any Warner Brothers' send-up by the title "Chariots of Fur." However, there is a Muppet segment of the children's TV show _Sesame Street_ in which "Chariots of Fur" appears as an episode of "Monsterpiece Theater." Cookie Monster plays Alistair Cooke in presenting, with Herry and Grover as the protagonists. It aired in the mid-1980s. 12.40.61.2 21:27, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Best Foreign Language Film?

Hey Americans!!! This film is in English. Is that a forein language for you?!

Tut tut tut. It won "Best foreign film" in the Golden globes, and not "best foreign LANGUAGE film".

[edit] Madagascar in "Cultural references"

I think that the part where those two animals meet on the beach should be put into "Clutural references".

I disagree. There are hundreds of tv shows, and movies that make fun of the Chariots of Fire theme. It would be impossible to name every movie that slows down and plays this song. Roads01 02:59, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] He Remains an Englishman

There is a song in the movie with the lyrics: " He is an Englishman!

 He is an Englishman
 For he himself has said it
 And it's greatly to his credit
 That he is an Englishman
 England beckons for sprint blue.
 From a special correspondent.
 Clean sweep for Cambridge star.
 Abrahams hat trick.
 From a special correspondent.
 But in spite of all temptations
 To belong to other nations
 He remains an Englishman
 He remains an
 Englishman  "

Does anyone know where I can find the song on the net? 59.183.184.123 19:27, 23 December 2006 (UTC)Vader1941

H.M.S. Pinafore 65.26.154.192 05:23, 23 June 2007 (UTC)