10 Things You Didn't Know About CoolRunnings

[@sinswhisper9588]

RIP John Candy ... he added a light and life to every role he chose to take -- truly a canadian legend and missed to this day

[@SummaGirl1347]

“I’ll pay you a dollar to SHUT UP!” Classic!😂 Such a sweet film with so many hilarious and uplifting moments. And, if you’ve never been there, they’re not joking. Jamaica is as hot as the Devil’s backyard! They must have thought they were straight up insane to want to do a winter sport.

[@jesusperez8394]

John Candy left us too soon. No matter what he did, he was always worth watching. I'm blessed to have grown up watching his movies and his t.v. shows.

[@ianbrowning7437]

agreed John Candy was my childhood, it breaks my heart to think what he could have achieved. Uncle Buck BTW is my fav.

[@michaelrue1400]

He was a big man with a big heart and he will be missed for a long time to come.

[@Naedlus]

It really didn't help that our last movie memory of him was a shitty reverse-pioneer movie.

[@karmad.twelve6613]

@@ianbrowning7437 i also love uncle buck! the great outdoors is another memorable one for me

[@madmick6275]

"No matter what he did?" what did he do?

[@curtislindsey1736]

I miss John Candy, he was a great comedian.

[@sid2112]

He was one of the last old breed actors. Came up through comedy troupes and was a genuinely decent guy.

[@jerrywattendorf317]

He wasn't a comedian. He was a comedic actor. There's a different. He was funny. Miss him.

[@sid2112]

@@jerrywattendorf317 A matter of scope, really. He never did any stand up I don't think, but his skit comedy was really great.

[@aaronburratwood.6957]

He was just bigger than life. I was a teenager when he died, it hurt.

[@kishabeard683]

He was a very humble and genuine guy which you don’t see much in Hollywood anymore.

[@garrettbays6942]

This wasn't John Candy's final film; his last film was Wagons East (1994). However, his last film he completed was Canadian Bacon (1995), but it was released after Wagons East.

[@ebbderelict]

I guess there's some conflicting info somewhere, since Minty gave a different account @9:30 . I thought the same as you though.

[@TheLocutus70]

He died while making Wagons East.

[@sethlabroad4065]

From heart attack brought on by heat stroke.

[@sethlabroad4065]

​@ebbderelict Cool Runnings was completed in '92 released in '93. Canadian Bacon was started filming in '93, but wasn't released til late '95 til a year from his death had passed. Wagons East was filmed in late 93 to early 94, and was released as soon as it was finished, though it was supposed to be a little longer with more Candy scenes, but he died before filming them. Wagons East was the only John Candy film I saw in theatres upon release.

[@hcaballero57]

​@@sethlabroad4065it was brought on by heat stroke? Didn't he die in his sleep in his hotel room.

[@mattblom3990]

One of my top 5 movies I'd watch over and over again as a kid.

[@phantom0456]

This movie is a 90’s classic. I loved this film as a kid, and I really want to find it so I can re-watch it as it’s been decades since I’ve seen it.

[@kaykepop4084]

I can't imagine Cool Runnings without John Candy. Would not have been what it was without him.

[@edkeaton]

This is one my favorite movies! I remembered seeing this in the theaters with my friend and twin brother. I have this movie on DVD and I still enjoy it to this day, 30 years later in 2023. RIP John Candy.

[@SleeperInTravel]

They used to play this on Disney Channel back in the day, and I really developed a soft spot for this movie as a little kid. I loved Doug E. Doug and John Candy, it was just such a sweet movie and a great story.

[@MichaelFajardo]

I remember renting this movie with my Dad back in the day, watching it while he drank his beer and me with a virgin Coca Cola on the rocks... Funny how certain things stay in your mind. It's an awesome memory I of him, plus it's tied to great movie. Minty, thanks for putting this one out there. hugs from Costa Rica!

[@CozumelTy]

John Candy is a LEGEND. I love and miss him. He was in so many classics. Thank you for this!

[@nsasupporter7557]

Yes, can you believe next year will be 30 years since he’s been gone?

[@CozumelTy]

@@nsasupporter7557 Makes me sad thinking about it. BUT we know he will always be remembered as a legend. Wasn't here for Social media to try and destroy him.

[@CwL-1984]

I see pride, I see power, I see a badass mother that doesn't take any crap off anybody.

[@DoloresLehmann]

In my mind, I always compare this scene to the father-son-confrontation in "Dead Poet's Society", and I think, if Neal only had a friend like that on his side, he wouldn't have taken his own life.

[@adamspivey]

One of my all time favorite movies as a kid!

[@cheneethompson5756]

I love this movie! "Sanka, yuh dead?" "Yes, man!" Lol! Being a Jamaican myself, the accents they use are more Trini

[@BeeKool__113]

Awww!!! I love this movie!! I remember there was a field trip to Saint Louis and my art class booked a super nice bus. We had our pick of movies we could watch on the little TV sets on the bus but this gem was the one everyone voted to watch. Always a good memory.

[@CorpsDiplomatique22]

Still one of the movies I enjoy watching over and over, and I get teary-eyed at the end just like you, Minty 🙂

[@KumaBean]

I’m a forty year old bloke, this is still one of my favourite feel-good movies of all time. Man, I miss the 80’s and 90’s, they were fun, kids don’t know what they missed, but I guess every generation says that in some form. 🤝 🍻

[@thunderstruck5484]

Every time I see John Candy I get teary eyed geeez! The more time goes by the more I miss him , thanks Minty!

[@MelloMood1]

Rest in Peace to the great John Candy 🕊🕊🕊🕊.................Classic Feel Good movie.

[@BelleMort6]

Man, what happened to movies like this? Feel good, inspiring and all about hard work and perseverance to overcome the odds. I feel beyond lucky to have been a kid growing up with movies like this one and others that conveyed such a great message!

[@vanillabean3183]

What a classic movie. I had a young airman that lived down the street from me. He was from Jamaica and had this badass camaro, and across the brow of his windshield he had "Cool Runnings"

[@dennisanderson7034]

Candy was one of my favorites. He was a great person and actor. R.I.P.

[@shaynekatchmark810]

This is a childhood favorite of mine, always remember sitting down with the whole family to watch for the first time. Thanks minty

[@johnmorris7815]

It is a superb film that I still roll out every now and again, I’m so glad John Candy was able to help this movie into existence, he really was an amazing human being.

[@leffew2000]

"I'm feeling very Olympic today." One of my favorite movie lines ever.

[@danielflynn8530]

The thing about John Candy is he was so lovable as a character in most of his movies it was always enjoyable to watch him.

[@AwesomeOpenSource]

Love it! One of the best underdog movies ever made...and it still brings a tear to the eye at the end where they carry the bob-sled to the finish.

[@darylg7484]

That last seen was this first time I cried during a movie. I was 10 and couldn’t keep it together. Such a great movie!

[@jdaywork2693]

This and The Sandlot are a few of my favorite sports movies!

[@anthonyturner791]

John Candy in a movie goes a along way for making me wanna watch that movie

[@THESLICKNESSEDM]

Right!?

[@Mike-Irons]

I think it's a free movie here on KZbin

[@jamesabernethy7896]

It helps being roughly the same age as you but considering how many movies you’ve covered you never cease to show movies that really appeal to me. It’s been ages since I’ve watched this but have fond memories of it. Funny and heartfelt. Something that we all appreciate is the effort you go to to find things that few people know rather than lazy facts. In fact, this is a lot like your channel. Funny and heartfelt. Cheers for the videos.

[@gofigure11511]

I second everything @jamesabernethy7896 just said. Very well put, and my sentiments exactly🙏

[@alexwlf8434]

Couldn’t have expressed my opinion any better. Minty is just so cool….whether peppermint, spearmint, or wintergreen variety.

[@mattblom3990]

His channel is also well named. Being a theatre actor for a chunk of my life "comedic arts" wouldn't mean out loud laughing. It's about stories with lighthearted delight, that's what Minty makes.

[@SF-wm7zf]

“Disney came to the rescue” is a phrase that you don’t hear anymore for the last few years.

[@zephyrr108]

Lmao. I too remember when Disney was code for all time quality family entertainment!

[@aaronbeauchamp3312]

Wagons East was Candy's last film. He died while filming it. I remember hearing it on the news. Bummed me out. I always liked Candy.

[@sleasy5305]

I loved watching this movie with my brother and sisters as a child

[@brunospfc8511]

Very popular in Brazil, it was on tv every 2 months.

[@80sDisneyFan]

This movie is one of my favorite live-action Disney movies.

[@BeatRoot14]

When will Disney go back to making live action like this😢

[@cylersmiley5259]

@@BeatRoot14never Hollywood is full of snowflakes

[@marcusblackwell2372]

Holes is better

[@Hogtownboy1]

A minor error Minty. The term is turn around not turn about.

[@sporttracxlt]

John Candy passed away half way through wagons east, not cool runnings. Fact check needs to be done. Even google it.

[@aceq361]

R.I.P. John Candy you were the funniest actor and your movies were able to give me amazing memories with my family.

[@silverdaleks1]

12:53 "Easy peasy poo" 😂 But yeah I really like this film, and I remember watching it several time in high school, I even remember one class mate moaning how we'd watch it a 1000 times 😂

[@egyptwns89_26]

I love this movie. I miss John but he's still around in his movies.

[@GTFORDMAN]

"Wagons East" was John Candys last film, he literally died while making it 😞 (R.i.p you legend)

[@praisebrown6113]

I Remember seeing this with my mom on pay per view and she recored on VHS, I believe I saw it in the Movies with a friend. It was one of the greatest Movies ever. Rest in Peace John Candy he was the best actor there was, I also remember seeing this during my last day in 5th grade in 1994 when they told us that John Candy died. So we saw this movie on the day he passed. I also love Uncle Buck and the Great Outdoors and Canadian Bacon, Cool Runnings, Uncle Buck, and The Great Outdoors were my favorite John Candy Movies.

[@dreamsofsnow6521]

I went to the Olympics when it was held in Salt Lake City Utah and one of the events we attended was the 4 man bobsled . Watched all the teams as they came in and the most memorable was when the Jamaican bobsled team came in and they had no absolutely no resemblance to the guys in Cool Runnings they looked like Linebckers from American Football , they were big dudes lol.

[@MikeHarris1984]

I remember going to the theater as a kid too see this. John candy was awesome!!!!! This was before theaters were stadium style. When the floor was flat with a slight lop upward to the back a little.

[@scottreardon6697]

The 90’s had the BEST sports movies!! Especially the ones for families and children.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Agreed… Sandlot, Big Green, Space Jam, Little Giants, Cool Runnings, Major League, Mighty Ducks trilogy,

[@RonBaker456]

Fun vid. Cool Runnings is one of my all time favorites and I watch it at least once every couple of years. Pretty sure Wagons East was his last flick though, since he died on the set a short time before they finished the movie. They were able to finish it by making some changes to scenes and his character to finish the movie. I guess technically he didn't finish it, but it was definitely his last flick.

[@etorrence3328]

RIP John Candy 🙏🏾❤️Great movie. I miss the 90’s

[@petermacdonough9077]

YESSS!!!!---You did "Cool Runnings"!!! I actually remember seeing this when it first came out with my friend Ethan. We were both 10-years old and it has stuck with us our entire life. I am not a 128th gold medalist runner and when I am out training my miles, I listen to the training song "Rise Above It", one of my personal favorites. A lot of people dont know this, but in the movie PLANES, TRAINES AND AUTOMOBILES, John Candy makes a joke that he would like to retire in Jamaica. Ironically, 10-years later he does as his character is exiled in Jamaica after cheating in the Olympics. I think it's the last time Ive heard a Disney movie say "Assholes" in a joke. "Benny and Joon" is a good movie too!! It's one of my personal favorites since I was a kid. RIP JOHN CANDY!!!

[@OldMan_PJ]

Wagons East was John Candy's last film. He literally died during its filming, a really sad day and shocking news that was covered on every news station in the US.

[@christophecamus3295]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Great movie and great video thanks

[@andrestube]

the scene when they are carrying the sled and the dad who was against his son joining the team opened his jacket to show the teams shirt made it for me. i couldn't hold the tears

[@colincofield3747]

John Candy performance in this movie was well deserved. RIP John.

[@andrewharris7517]

Doug E. Doug and I graduated from High school together class of 87 and I remember how proud we were of him when this film came out. This film is a classic…

[@nsasupporter7557]

Agreed, but it hasn’t aged well

[@THESLICKNESSEDM]

Mighty ducks would also be fun to hear about 😎

[@boskostoybox]

There's a recent article that gave a little more details about what the serious script was suppose to be before Disney took over. I would have liked to see the original version script

[@Tully_23_32]

I remember i was in year 10 when this movie came out. I remember being on a school excursion to our nations capital, Canberra & one of the nights we were allowed to go to the movies & this was the movie we saw.

[@UncleBadT]

filmed in my home city, and I got to see some of the filming as a kid. Dont think I met John, but I do remember seeing him. the bobsled was kept in a bar for a long time, not sure where it is now

[@kandicejanusz1829]

I went to see this for my 16th birthday. I loved it then, and I love it now. I personally think it's John Candy's best movie

[@liloreoinya]

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up... It's bobsled time. Cool Runnings!!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@jerrywattendorf317]

I still quote it. When someone doesn't answer me,I ask,"sanka .... U dead?" Nobody knows what I mean. It's like that w/ all my quotes, unless it's star wars or mel Brooks movies.

[@Schematical]

FYI: John Candy's final film was Canadian Bacon 1995. Though I am pretty sure he died while filming Wagons East 1994.

[@Schematical]

Okay he corrected the earlier statement later in the video

[@John01ization]

One of my favorite movies of all time. Happy 30th anniversary to Cool Runnings🎉🎈🎂

[@shatteredsoldier81]

I loved this movie growing up. I always wanted to ride a bobsled after watching that. Loved John Candy in this movie.

[@your1supporter]

This was my childhood! ❤

[@israelsson7772]

😊 This has always been one of my favorite films.

[@alfiebarrett2485]

This and space jam where my favorite films as a kid.

[@leo090286]

Such an great channel. Thanks Minty for all your work and humor too!

[@michaelmorrison6540]

Feel the rhythm! Feel the rhyme! Feel the rhythm! IT’S BOBSLED TIME!!!!! 😃😃😃😃

[@joppadoni]

It's a great movie, certainly heartfelt and hilarious. Loved it.

[@joeschmidt9674]

I love this movie. No matter how many times I see it, I’m always crying by the end of it!

[@MetalMann-de3xi]

This was one of my favorite movies growing up. I had it on VHS and watched it at least 50 times. This video was a nice flashback and enjoyed learning about everything behind the scenes.

[@brianwertman5848]

This is my favorite John Candy movie. I love him in Home Alone, Rookie of the Year, Armed and Dangerous, Uncle Buck and other movies. This is my #1 John Candy movie.

[@nsasupporter7557]

Home Alone and Rookie of the Year don’t really count as John Candy movies… because he wasn’t the main character in those. He just happened to be in those films. Heck, he wasn’t even the main character in Cool Runnings, he was the supporting actor. But it was a bigger role than Home Alone or Rookie of the Year

[@mrjoeyb717]

RIP John Candy. Truly a legend and treasure. He was such a great guy..... Love this movie. we used this as inspiration for our summer track and field training program one year. was great. we got so into it lol.

[@naomicarter1649]

Loved John Candy and I don't know how many times I have watched this movie.

[@snex000]

Depending on how you define "final," either Wagons East or Canadian Bacon was Candy's final film.

[@littlelady789]

Actually Cool Runnings was not John Candy's last movie. Canadian Bacon was his last movie released but Wagons East was the last movie he filmed.

[@adamlone5548]

I have a tendency to over-analyze movies and nitpick them to death, but I couldn't find any fault in this one. It's solid throughout. 10/10

[@2429Ryanspeer]

This film was incredible and I can't believe 30 years ago this came out same time my sister was born

[@OofHearted]

I saw this in the cinema and me and my friends found it funny especially quoting "you dead?" "yeah man!" Being kids, we found that line hilarious. I think I still have the ticket as I would keep all my cinema tickets when they used to be proper tickets, like business card like thickness.

[@rogerlynch5279]

COOL RUNNIGS is one of my favorites. I love that movie. It had been internationally so sucessful the concept of the movie became the inspiration for a bunch of similar movies, alone two of them had been done by German filmmakers 11OO Maybe the Naughty had been part o the Zeitgeist back then while writing the early Disney script. After all there had been successfull other movies around like the first POLICE ACADEMY movie or even the original GHOSTBUSTERS with several tongue in cheek scenes.

[@bio-jesus6967]

Top 5 favorite of mine. I absolutely adore this movie. I have so many great memories watching and quoting the entire movie with my family

[@urself25]

This was not John Candy's final film. He died while filming Wagon West. The last movie with him to be released, even if it was filmed in 1993, was Canadian Bacon in 1995.

[@gaffneyrailroading1982]

It was the last to be finished and released before he passed.

[@ShorebillySanctuary]

I love this movie! Not into sports movies either generally but I still get tears in my eyes at the end

[@michaelm2618]

John Candy had a couple of credits after Cool Runnings including Wagons East

[@scottwilson3741]

Always great to have a Minty morning

[@paulcochran1721]

I really miss John Candy. He died while filming Wagons East though, so I wouldn't say Cool Runnings was his last movie.

[@stefencooke]

I see pride I see power I see a bad ass mother who won't take no crap off of nobody

[@knickydymondz33]

Love this movie!!!!!!! Wore out at least 3 VHS tapes!

[@dennistims2604]

Another spot on video Minty. It has been great to watch your channel grow. Your subs have more than doubled since my family discovered you. You keep getting even better and the variety and range of your movie choices has grown as well. Good job. Time to see you double again and get to 1 million. I challenge all who watch and sub to send your videos their to friends and family so they too can be informed and entertained on classic films as we have been over the years. Thanks and keep up the great work!

[@DanOCan]

I was an extra in the crowd of the crash scene, although you don’t see me in the final version. There is one brief scene where you see two tv crew members in silhouette and one throws a roll of cable up to the other one standing on top of a truck. Those are my friends Bill and Andrew. They recruited a bunch of us from the University of Calgary and bussed us out to Canada Olympic Park. As soon as we parked, someone from the film came onto the bus and picked them because they were close to the front and looked like they would fit into the costumes. We didn’t see them for the rest of the day. Later when we all got back on the bus they told us how they spent the day throwing a cable all day whereas we spent the day slow clapping in unison.😂. It was my first insight into how it takes hours to film something that is only minutes or seconds on screen.

[@marieazrak1951]

I loved it so much in theatres that when it came out on DVD I bought it

[@tomsenior7405]

Nice one. Cheers Minty. A lovely film. Well worth a watch. I took my kids to see this film. I can definitely say that I did not cry at the end. I had something in my eye, despite what my kids still say. Don't listen to my kids. Honest, it was grain of sand or something. It could have been a shell fragment. I made soft boiled eggs for breakfast that day. Yes, that's it. A shell fragment made my eyes fill-up.

[@dominicabbs2439]

John candy was a great actor what ever movie he was in its a shame that he's not with us any more rip John candy you are a legend

[@alanhilder1883]

One reason it worked so well was it didn't follow the usual "underdog" movie script of starting at the bottom but winning at the end. Instead it gave us the underdog doing their best, winning over the critics but, due to things out of their control, losing with dignity the competition. ( winning the crowd support ).

[@Diggy22]

When the cast reunited this year, my only thought was, "I wish John Candy were here with them."

[@TheSilentBattle]

It’s very common for movies to be shot out of order. Getting the most out of each location and set up takes precedence over chronological order. Great video as always!

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

That's why they have people on staff just to keep track of continuity between the scenes.

[@michaelrue1400]

Makes sense to get the climax and most important scenes shot first and then fill in the details around them.

[@NarwahlGaming]

This was the hardest concept to try to get through to the people I was trying to work with to make an Office type show at my actual workplace. They just couldn't grasp the concept that they were all already in place and set up for later scenes that we should film them, now, instead of trying to get everyone back together at a later time. That's why you never work with kids, animals and untrained actors. It never went anywhere, unfortunately, and, now, our workplace is way to big and busy to carve out time and area to do anything with.

[@Mr.k7979]

Love this movie today as I did when it came out. Never gets old RIP John Candy

[@Mr.k7979]

Yes John Candy was a ture Camelic genius love pretty much all his movies growing up as a kid Cool Running gotta be MY TOP 3 MOVIES OF THE LATE GREAT JOHN CANDY

[@jasondavidstapleton8337]

i miss john candy he was the best of making every one laugh there butts off

[@Jadyra]

As a Calgarin for many years, it was smart they filmed the winter scenes first. Calgary is subject to some rather unusual weather conditions, formost being called a Chinook *shin uk* The weather can go from cold to summer weather in just a few hours. In fact at the time of the Olympics being in Calgary, there was a chinook going through and for the first 4/5 days, they were near to cancelling the entire thing completely since any outdoor events had very little snow on the cround at all. The shots at the airport ( yes, that was YYC or Calgary International) that wasn't that bad, it was more wind than anything. 1988 was considered the year of the Underdog as it wasn't just the Jamacian Bodsled Team There was also a gent from England nick-named Eddie the Eagle. He has quit the story as well.

[@rezterralico4369]

Oh I say that Eddie the eagle film as well. I forgot that also took place on the ground. I was living in Slave Lake Alberta when we traveled down to Edmonton and say this movie in the hotel room with the rental service and eating royal pizza. Good times. Good family flick. I was stationed in one of the hotels across the way from the olympic grounds back on a high school band trip in the early 2000s.

[@leahveneau3678]

I lived in Calgary at the time. The only scene that really annoyed me was the scene with the white hatter. NO white hatter would behave in such a manner

[@mattblom3990]

Now Calgary is all suits, corporate offices, and white collar wealth...Much love from working-class, elbow-grease Edmonton :))

[@MENQN]

This Film is seriously funny at the same time a true sports film with the History about how a small underdog unknown underfunded team like Jamaica went to compete in a massive Olympic winter event, And did very well thanks to the teams spirit along with the determination.