1980s news clips - Chariots of Fire wins Oscars

Title

1980s news clips - Chariots of Fire wins Oscars

Genre

Speech

TX Date

1982

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:00:47

Description

Speech by screenwriter and actor, Colin Welland, on receiving an Oscar for best original screenplay for the film, Chariots of Fire. Includes excerpt from film score. The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won four, including Best Picture. From a series of news clips from the 1980s used in a retrospective compilation at the end of the decade.

Contributors

Colin Welland

Keywords

Awards; Films; Cinema; Film scripts; Chariots of Fire; Colin Welland

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