The Long Run (2001)
The Long Run (2001)
A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race? Written by

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Cast

Armin Mueller-Stahl Armin Mueller-Stahl As: Bertold " Barry " Böhmer
Nthati Moshesh Nthati Moshesh As: Christine Moyo
Paterson Joseph Paterson Joseph As: Gasa
Seputla Sebogodi Seputla Sebogodi As: Terror
Desmond Dube Desmond Dube As: Miso
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Storyline

A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race? Written by


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Details

Genres: Drama

Language: English

Release Date: 04 May 2001

Country: ZA

Runtime: 112m

Company Credits

Company: Distant Horizon

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Costume and Makeup

Candice Smallwood

Candice Smallwood

Makeup Artist

Darion Hing

Darion Hing

Costume Design

Tania Brooke

Tania Brooke

Makeup Artist

Sue Michaels

Sue Michaels

Makeup Artist

Sound

Trevor Jones

Trevor Jones

Original Music Composer

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Cinders Forshaw

Cinders Forshaw

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

Emilia Roux

Emilia Roux

Art Direction

Jon-Jon Lambon

Jon-Jon Lambon

Set Designer

Mark Joubert

Mark Joubert

Set Decoration

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