RACE
THE SUN 1996
This
movie is a fictionalized account of the exploits of an Hawaii high
school tram (Konawaena Intermediate and High School on the Big
Island of Hawaii) in the 1990 World Solar Challenge in Australia.
Halle
Berry and James Belushi star in this adventure in which a group of
low-income, under-achieving Hawaiian students are inspired by their new
science teacher to design a solar powered car for a local competition.
Their determination ultimately lands them in Australia in a 2,000 mile
race across the Outback. A must see for any Solar Car Team and one
of my personal inspirational favourites NK. See also, The
Worlds fastest Indian for a true story of determination against all
odds.
World
Solar Challenge - Start Line
Charles T.
Kanganis
(WGA)
Barry Morrow (written
by)
Race
the Sun is a nice little movie which captures the feel of the Australian
outback and gives a brief insight into the challenges faced by real life
competitors, although very much superficial and glossy, but this is of
course just a film. Race the Sun is undoubtedly inspirational to
other would be solar racers, and a timeless family movie, based around
the true story of a group of allegedly under-achieving Hawaiian school
kids who set out to win a solar car race in Australia.
Genre:
Drama / Adventure
/ Comedy
Tagline: A dream can make all the difference under the
sun.
User Comments: A sweet little flick
User Rating: ***** 5.1/10 (606 votes)
Halle
Berry as Miss Sandra Beecher
Halle
Berry and James Belushi
MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language and a brief incident of teen drinking.
Runtime: 82 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: SDDS
(8 channels)
Certification: Spain:T
/ USA:PG
/ Singapore:PG
Goofs: Continuity: When introducing herself to the
students, Ms. Beecher prints her name on the blackboard. It repeatedly
changes between printed and cursive throughout the scene.
Race
the Sun info
|
Cast : |
Halle
Berry, James
Belushi |
Director : |
Charles T.
Kanganis |
Studio : |
Columbia Tristar
Hom |
Format : |
Color,
Closed-captioned |
Released Date : |
March 22, 1996 |
DVD Released Date
: |
April 30, 2002 |
Language : |
English (Dubbed),
English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) |
Audience Rating : |
PG (Parental
Guidance Suggested) |
Halle
Berry on location
HALLE
BERRY
Halle
Berry was born on August 14, 1968, in Cleveland, Ohio. The youngest
daughter born to African American father Jerome Berry, a former hospital
attendant, and Caucasian mother Judith Berry, a retired psychiatric
nurse. Halle, and her older sister Heidi, spent the first few years of
their childhood living in an inner-city neighborhood. In the early
1970s, Jerome Berry abandoned his wife and children, after which Judith
moved her family to the predominantly white Cleveland suburb of Bedford.
Berry
attended a nearly all-white public school, and as a result was subjected
to discrimination at an early age. Her early bouts with racism greatly
influenced her desire to excel. Throughout high school, the determined
teen participated in a dizzying array of extracurricular activities,
holding positions of newspaper editor, class president, and head
cheerleader.
A
natural performer, Berry earned a handful of beauty pageant titles
during the early 1980s, including Miss Teen Ohio and Miss Teen America.
She was eventually awarded first runner-up in the 1985 Miss U.S.A.
competition. For a short time she attended Cleveland’s Cuyahoga
Community College, where she studied broadcast journalism. However,
Berry abandoned her idea of a career in news reporting before receiving
her degree. Choosing to wholeheartedly devote her time to a career in
entertainment, Berry moved to Chicago then New York City, where she
found work as a catalog model.
As
the ‘80s turned into the ‘90s, the aspiring actress began a career
in television with a role on the short-lived sitcom Living Dolls
(1989), followed by a year-long run on the CBS prime-time drama Knot’s
Landing, in 1991. Berry’s first big-screen break came later that
year when she was cast as Samuel L. Jackson’s drug-addicted girlfriend
in Spike Lee’s Jungle Fever. More substantial supporting roles
followed, including that of a stripper in the action-thriller The
Last Boy Scout (1991), starring Bruce Willis; and as the woman who
finally wins Eddie Murphy’s heart in the romantic comedy Boomerang
(1992).
With
a few films under her belt, Berry accepted more offbeat roles, making
cameos in the rockumentary CB4 (1993), which traced the rise and
fall of the titled rap group. 1994’s live-action version of The
Flintstones featured Berry as a Stone Age seductress.
Teachers
meeting - Halle Berry and James Belushi
JAMES
BELUSHI - 5' 11"
(1.80 m)
-
James
Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Chicago. The third of four
children - his brother was John Belushi - he grew up in Wheaton,
Illinois. A high school teacher, impressed by his improvisational
skills while giving speeches, convinced him to to be in a school
play. After that he joined the school's drama club. Today if asked
why he got involved in acting, he will jokingly say, "Because
of girls. In the drama club, there were about 20 girls and six guys.
And the same thing with choir - more girls!". He attended the
College of Dupage and Southern Illinois University, where he
graduated with a degree in Speech and Theater Arts.
In 1977 he joined Chicago's Second City improv troupe and remained
for three years. In 1979 Garry Marshall saw Jim performing for
Second City and arranged for him to come to Hollywood and co-star in
the TV pilot "Who's Watching the Kids" (1978) for
Paramount, and then for a role in the series "Working
Stiffs" (1979) (co-starring Michael Keaton). Later, in 1983, he
joined the cast of "Saturday Night Live" (1975) for two
years. Jim came to national attention in About Last Night... (1986),
playing the role he originated in the Chicago Apollo Theatre's
production of David Mamet's Obie-award winning play "Sexual
Perversity in Chicago". He currently resides in Los Angeles
with his wife Jennifer, their daughter Jamison and a son, Robert,
from Belushi's first marriage.
James
Belushi as Frank Machi and Eliza Dushku as Cindy Johnson
SOLAR
CAR RACING EVENT A - Z
Race
the Sun (Sub Dts) (1996)
Starring:
Halle
Berry, Casey
Affleck Director: Charles
T. Kanganis Rating
PG
A
dream can make all the difference under the sun - when a bunch of high
school misfits in Hawaii, introduced by their new teacher (Halle Berry),
attend a science fair in which they draw up inspiration to build their
own solar car and win a trip to compete in the 1990 World Solar
Challenge in Australia. One of my favourites NK
Eliza
Dushku
SOLAR
CAR RACING TEAMS DIRECTORY:
ORGANISATION
A-Z
|
CAR'S
NAME
|
TEAM
NAME
|
Aristotle
Uni of Thessaloniki, Helios
|
Helios
|
Faculty
of Engineering
|
Arizona
Solar Racing Team - USA
|
|
Arizona
Solar Racing Team
|
Auburn
University
|
Sol
of Auburn
|
Sol
of Auburn
|
Aurora
Team, Australia
|
Aurora
|
Aurora
Vehicle Association
|
Bochum
Solar Car Team
|
|
Das
SolarCar der Fachhochschule
|
California
Poly S University
|
SLO
Burn Sidewinder
|
San
Luis Obispo
|
Clarkson
Uni Solar Car Team, USA
|
|
The
Solar Knights
|
Delft
University - Holland
|
NUNA
I & II
2003
|
|
Dell
Winston School
|
The
Hunter
|
Solar
Car Challenge
|
Desert
Rose, Northern Territory Uni
|
FUJI
DESERT ROSE
|
|
Drexel
SunDragon Home Page
|
|
|
École
de technologie supérieure Quebec
|
Eclipse
V (5)
|
Éclipse
Vehicular Solaire
|
École
Polytechnique de Montréal
|
Esteban
|
|
Eko-Auto
Poland
|
Eko-Auto
|
|
Electron
Analytic Corporation
|
Dark
Horse
|
EAC
Skunkworks
|
George
Washington University
|
|
George
Washington Uni Solar Car
|
Georgia
Institute of Technology
|
Solar
Jackets
|
Solar
Jackets
|
Heliodet,
Germany
|
Heliodet
|
Heliodet,
Solar Car Team
|
Helios
- Lille, France
|
Hélios IV
|
Hautes
Etudes d'Ingénieur
|
Honda
Car Company
|
Honda
|
|
Illinois
State University
|
Surya,
Ratha, Mercury
|
Illinois
State University
Team
|
Iowa
State University
|
Fusion
|
Team
PrISUm
|
Jonasun
Japan
|
Orbit
|
Solar
Car Paviion
|
Kansas
State University
|
Paragon
|
Solar
Car Racing Team
|
Los
Altos Academy of Engineering
|
|
Los
Altos Solar Car Team
|
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
|
Tesseract
|
MIT
|
McGill
University Monteal,
Canada
|
iSun
|
Team
iSun
|
McMaster
University
|
Phoenix
|
McMaster
Uni Solar Car Project
|
Messiah
College Grantham, Penns
|
Genesis
II
|
Genesis
II Solar Racing Team
|
Michigan
State University
|
|
Solar
Racing Team
|
Michigan
Technological University
|
|
Solar
Car Team
|
Minnesota
S Uni-Mankato/Winona S Uni
|
|
Minnesota
Solar Car Team
|
North
Dakota State University
|
The
Double Deuce
|
Sunsetters
- Solar Race Team
|
Northwestern
University
|
N'Uvation
|
Northwestern
University
|
Nuon
Solar Team, Netherlands
|
Nuon
3
|
Het
Nuon Solar Team
|
Osaka
Sangyo University, Japan
|
OSU
model S
|
Solar
Car Team
|
Prairie
View A&M University
|
Solaris
|
Sun
Panthers
|
Principia
College
|
RA
6
|
Principia
College Solar Car Team
|
Purdue
University
|
SPOT
2
|
Purdue
University Solar Racing
|
Queen's
University Canada
|
Radiance
Gemini
|
Queen's
Solar Vehicle Team
|
Red
River College
|
Red
River Raycer
|
Red
River College Solar Car
Team
|
Rice
University
|
|
Rice
University
|
Rose-Hulman
Institute of Technology
|
|
Rose-Hulman
Solar Car Team
|
Southern
Illinois Uni Edwardsville
|
Cougar
Cruiser
|
Southern
Illinois University
|
South
Bank University, UK
|
Mad
Dog
|
South
Bank Mad Dog Team
|
South
Dakota School Mines & Tech
|
Solar
Motion
|
South
Dakota Solar Motion Team
|
Southern
Taiwan University Tech
|
|
Southern
Taiwan Solar Team
|
Stanford
University
|
Solstice
|
Stanford
Solar Car Project
|
Tamagawa
University - Japan
|
|
Tamagawa
Solar Challenge Project
|
Team
Futura, Italy
|
FUTURA
2
|
Team
Futura
|
Team
SunLake - Japan
|
Phaethon
model
|
Team
SunLake TOYOBO
|
Texas
A&M University
|
Columbia
Sunraycer
|
Texas
A&M Motorsports
Team
|
The
Power of One -
Toronto
|
Xof1
|
The
Xof1 solar car team
|
Tufts
University
|
ANNE
E. B. II
|
Nerd
Girls
|
University
of Alberta
|
|
University
of Alberta Team
|
University
of Arizona
|
Drifter
|
Solar
Racing Team
|
University
of Calgary
|
|
UC
Calgary
Solar Car Team
|
University
of California-Berkeley
|
CalSol
|
California
Calsol Team
|
University
of Kansas
|
Solution,
CATalyst
|
KSU
Solar Car Racing Team
|
University
of Kentucky
|
Gato
del Sol II
|
Solar
Car Team
|
University
of Massachusetts
|
Spirit
of Mass 413
|
Lowell
Solar Racing Team
|
University
of Michigan
|
Momentum
|
University
of Michigan
|
University
of Minnesota
|
Borealis
III
|
U
of M Solar Vehicle
Project
|
University
of Missouri
- Columbia
|
Suntiger
VI
|
The
Mizzou Solar Car Project
|
University
of Missouri -
Rolla
|
Solar
Miner V
|
Solar
Minor Car
Team
|
University
of North Dakota
|
Subzero
3
|
Team
SubZero
|
University
of Ontario Institute of Tech
|
|
UOI
Solar Vehicle Team
|
Uni
of New South Wales SCR Team
|
UNSW
Sunswift III
|
New
South Wales SCR Team
|
University
of Patras, Hermes
|
|
Solar
Car Team
|
University
of Pennsylvania
|
Keystone
|
Penn
Solar Racing
|
University
of Queensland
|
Sunshark
|
Queensland
Solar Team
|
University
of South Australia
|
Ned
KELLY
|
SA
Solar Car Consortium
|
University
of Texas at Austin
|
Solar
Steer
|
Solar
Vehicles Team
|
University
of Texas at El Paso
|
|
Solraycers
|
University
of Toronto
|
Blue
Sky
|
Blue
Sky Solar Racing
|
University
of Toulouse
|
Heliotrope
|
Heliotrope
Solar Car Team
|
University
of Utah
|
|
Vehicle
Design Team Utah
|
University
of Virginia
|
|
UVa
Solar Car Team
|
University
of Waterloo
|
Midnight
Sun VIII
|
Midnight
Sun Solar Race Team
|
University
of Western Ontario
|
Sunstang
|
Sunstang
USP
Solar Car Team
|
USP
Solar Car Team
|
|
USP
Solar Car Team
|
Western
Michigan University
|
Sunseeker
05
|
W
Michigan Solar Car Team
|
Yale
University
|
The
John Lee
|
Team
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|
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