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The Jew Who Ran Away
Jewish Commentary
Forty years ago this month, a small movie was released in England by the name of
Chariots of Fire. One year later, it won the Oscar for Best Picture, defeating the out-and-out favorite, Warren Beatty’s
Reds. Both were about real people;
Reds tells the story of leftist journalist John Reed while
Chariots is a portrait of two British runners who competed in the 1924 Olympics. Strikingly, the Academy ultimately honored a film that celebrates Christian faith and religious liberty rather than Beatty’s multi-hour tribute to a famous American Communist.
The two runners we see in