The Long Run
2001 · 112 MIN · IMDB 5.7 · 383 VOTES · DIR. Jean Stewart
Overview
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
Dialogue Timeline — 904 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:33 At the pump, 18 kilometers exactly.
00:05:45 I mean...
00:08:28 - I'm old. - Here.
00:14:04 - This country's full of them! - You illegal immigrant.
00:20:12 Her uncle is here.
00:23:54 You are like wild dogs on an old buffalo.
00:27:34 ...was like doing a complex mathematical equation.
00:33:37 Thank you.
00:37:02 I'm trying to give you the optimal chance...
00:40:29 - Would you? - We are with you.
00:43:12 No. He's not an asshole. He's a bumpkin!
00:46:49 No, I want to ask Miss Soci's advice about something.
00:49:15 - She's gorgeous. - Are you all right, Christine?
00:52:10 I won't believe that for a minute.
00:57:56 Tell me, what must I do? Kill him?
01:01:38 Now, you know us. We're broad-minded people.
01:06:44 Okay.
01:14:31 I was wrong to walk away from you.
01:18:57 My body tells me to sit down.
01:23:04 Christine! Stop! Stop!
01:28:24 Where are we? How we doing?
01:32:09 You cannot run the Comrades like this.
01:37:41 Christine Moyo has caught up with Hilda Snyman...
01:43:15 I've got to go now.