The Long Run (film)

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The Long Run
Directed byJean Stewart
Written by Johann Potgieter
Produced byAnant Singh
Helena Spring
Starring
CinematographyCinders Forshaw
Edited byAvril Beukes
Music byTrevor Jones
Production
companies
Distributed by Universal Focus [1]
Release date
  • 4 May 2001 (2001-05-04)(United States [2] )
Running time
112 min
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish

The Long Run is a 2001 film starring Oscar nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl as a running coach and Nthati Moshesh as a young runner. It was directed by Jean Stewart and written by Johann Potgieter.

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The film is based around the Comrades Marathon, an ultra-marathon race run over a distance of approximately 90 km (55.9 mi) between the capital of the Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa, Pietermaritzburg, and the coastal city of Durban.

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  1. https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-long-run-us-poster-2001-universal-focuscourtesy-everett-collection-72368034.html
  2. ""The Long Run" movie advertisement". St. Louis Post-Dispatch . 4 May 2001. p. E7.