The guy who funded this film Chariots of Fire was Mohammed al-Fayed. He later became famous when his son Dodi al-Fayed was killed along with Princess Diana in the infamous car crash in Paris in 1997.
Rest in Eternal Peace, Vangelis. Thank you for sharing your musical soul with humanity. Your work will touch the hearts and minds of generations forever.
@@rosaaparicio6374 Raiders of the Lost Ark was a good film in its own right, but it was a summer action blockbuster picture. Different genre not really historically respected by the voters of the Academy. Notice that there is hardly any applause when it’s name is announced as a nominee?
Now before I go to sleep, there's something I should know about this. The Oscar nominated filmmaker of Chariots of Fire was Sir Hugh Hudson who passed away in 2023 at his London home. He also did Greystoke, Lost Angels and I Dreamed of Africa. Survived by his wife, children and family. Hugh was more than just a filmmaker but an artist who does everything naturally well on all the projects he had ever done in his lifetime. With all the love and gratitude he gave us, Sir Hugh Hudson will be deeply missed.
Miss Young later commented that She wanted the film to win and felt she "willed the winner" and thus the pause between reading and announcing it. She had hoped she did not err in wanting it so much she would not read it correctly. A grand star. And I loved Chariots of Fire. And what a score!
How could it not win with the greatest opening and music...EVER! The West Sand Beach at St Andrews, Scotland as they couldn't recapture the historical period of the 1920's at the then current day Kent, England. Carson as host only adds to the class of the event which is so sorely missed today.
I saw it at the cinema in a city about twenty miles away from where I lived. Left the cinema wanting to run home in slow motion. However, my then girlfriend insisted we took the bus.
Reds and Raiders are phenomenal movies, but I think this movie deserved it on it's main theme: The drive and dedication it takes to master your craft. It's a theme that's universal to everyone.
Timothy Freeman it was one of the themes... But it also talked about how different can two men be even if they have the same nationalitu and fight for the same things
An absolutely wonderful and inspiring film. Captured much of the world at the turn of the century into the 20th Century of war, blood, and guts. This film was inspired by two very extraordinary lives.
Loretta Young, a real Movie Star, gave an interview after the Oscars saying she personally wanted Chariots of Fire to win the Oscar and when she tore open the envelope one notices a pause ....Miss Young felt she "willed" Chariots to win and wanted to be sure. It is a great great movie and I am glad it won in a year of outstanding films
Cool that she wanted it to win. But honestly…I don’t like her. Mediocre actress. Republican. Need I say more? Hollywood Royalty…I think not. Ethel Merman knew she was a sanctimonious bore. When she used to charge people a quarter for cursing on the set of her stupid, boring TV show, Ethel had to pay up more than once. On the third offense, fully over Loretta’s sanctimony, she put a $5 in the coffee can and said “Here’s five bucks Loretta. Go fuck yourself!” 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
all films nominated were good, but Chariots of Fire was a true inspiration and quite profound and artisitic for most people, i'm glad it won, it deserved it.
Raiders changed action-adventure cinema forever. The impact it's had was that in those days; If your action-adventure film was somewhat close to being as entertaining as Raiders; you had a winner. You didn't have Raiders, but a good movie nonetheless. Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Spielberg pretty much shaped the 80s world of cinema.
One of the biggest and most welcome surprises in Oscar history especially following Loretta Young's pontificating. Johnny Carson was a great Oscar host.
Reds went into the evening as heavy favorite, but when Chariots won costume design and screenplay and when Raiders picked up the key film.editing award - there was real suspense when it came to the final award. It was 9 years since the last split between director and picture so it was due. Before Ms. Young announced the winner = Raiders had won 4 with On Golden Pond, Chariots and Reds 3 each. Only Atlantic City was out of the race.
Chariots of Fire won four Academy Awards. We have here the movie winning Best Picture and also Best Costume Design, in another video. Please, could you upload the other two awards (Original Screenplay and Music Score)? Thank you.
Agreed. I think Reds was the Best Picture, but it's kinda splitting hairs. I LOVED Chariots of Fire. Watched it in a Sports Literature class in high school and have enjoyed it ever since
Reds was good but sappy, Raiders is phenomenal but at that time, action-adventure-fantasy was just getting better recognition. I thought of all of them Chariots was the best because it got the true human emotions in a time when the world had lost a lot of it innocence after WWI. Just my opinion of course.
Although Raiders of the Lost Ark was my favorite choice, I remember watching the Oscars at 18 years and had no clue who the presenter for Best Picture was, all I could remember until now was a woman with dark hair announcing Chariots of Fire as the Best Picture. Thank you for providing this clip and now, 41 years later I can say the winner was a fine choice. I actually saw twice during its first release sometime in 1982.
A truly wonderful movie. I remember when they were speaking about the odds of the top 5 nominees. Nobody gave Chariots of Fire a chance to win, but it did.
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Here because of the crown. What a beautiful thing to know that the most British movie of all was funded by Mohamed Al-Fayed. Pure poetical beauty.
The guy who funded this film Chariots of Fire was Mohammed al-Fayed. He later became famous when his son Dodi al-Fayed was killed along with Princess Diana in the infamous car crash in Paris in 1997.
@@michaelverbakel7632 my only mistake was that I didn’t put the - in Mohamed’s last name. We all survived that mistake.
It was Dodi.that funded it, he made other movies too!
@@patbrown2699 he got the ok from his father, though. But yes, it was his doing.
Always a misserble cnt to try to ruim a great moment. You are doing this retrospectively that makes you an insufferable human cnt.
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Rest in Eternal Peace, Vangelis. Thank you for sharing your musical soul with humanity. Your work will touch the hearts and minds of generations forever.
Only if she believed in Jesus.
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Big credits go to Vangelis for his great film score for this film in my opinion. I really enjoyed this film. :).
What a golden moment. Chariots of Fire was a profoundly inspirational and moving film. Well deserved win.
Raiders of the Lost ark was more deserving
@@rosaaparicio6374 Raiders of the Lost Ark was a good film in its own right, but it was a summer action blockbuster picture. Different genre not really historically respected by the voters of the Academy.
Notice that there is hardly any applause when it’s name is announced as a nominee?
Both were made in the UK....
One of the most beautifully done & inspiring pictures ever made. a classic for all time.
Now before I go to sleep, there's something I should know about this. The Oscar nominated filmmaker of Chariots of Fire was
Sir Hugh Hudson who passed away in 2023 at his London home. He also did Greystoke, Lost Angels and I Dreamed of Africa.
Survived by his wife, children and family. Hugh was more than just a filmmaker but an artist who does everything naturally well on
all the projects he had ever done in his lifetime. With all the love and gratitude he gave us, Sir Hugh Hudson will be deeply missed.
Very well said.
Miss Young later commented that She wanted the film to win and felt she "willed the winner" and thus the pause between reading and announcing it. She had hoped she did not err in wanting it so much she would not read it correctly. A grand star.
And I loved Chariots of Fire. And what a score!
Never watched The Crown, have seen Chariots of Fire numerous times, and even spoken about it for audiences. Its message is that profound.
But Raiders of The Lost Ark was robbed
I was curious.. I'm here after seeing this picture in The Crown... Great movie!
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How could it not win with the greatest opening and music...EVER! The West Sand Beach at St Andrews, Scotland as they couldn't recapture the historical period of the 1920's at the then current day Kent, England. Carson as host only adds to the class of the event which is so sorely missed today.
What a perfect presenter for Chariots of Fire - Loretta Young.
It was amazing how this film generated interest in running and marathons for both men and women.
Only for competitions ?
I saw it at the cinema in a city about twenty miles away from where I lived. Left the cinema wanting to run home in slow motion. However, my then girlfriend insisted we took the bus.
I am sorry for not knowing about this earlier, I came here because of Netflix's the crown season 5, episode 3.
Chariots of Fire 1981 has one of the Most uplifting inspiring Theme music of all time!🤗🎼🎵🎶🇬🇧
I run the. NYC marathon each year. When I hear this song, it brings tears. :)
@@danielminutilli5372 I Bet It Does!😂🏃🏖️
Reds and Raiders are phenomenal movies, but I think this movie deserved it on it's main theme: The drive and dedication it takes to master your craft. It's a theme that's universal to everyone.
That wasn't the theme of this movie, sorry, mate. Close, but not quite.
Timothy Freeman it was one of the themes... But it also talked about how different can two men be even if they have the same nationalitu and fight for the same things
PERFECT DESCRIPTION THANK YOU
An absolutely wonderful and inspiring film. Captured much of the world at the turn of the century into the 20th Century of war, blood, and guts.
This film was inspired by two very extraordinary lives.
Well said !!
Loretta Young, a real Movie Star, gave an interview after the Oscars saying she personally wanted Chariots of Fire to win the Oscar and when she tore open the envelope one notices a pause ....Miss Young felt she "willed" Chariots to win and wanted to be sure. It is a great great movie and I am glad it won in a year of outstanding films
She seemed pretty happy to see it win :)
Cool that she wanted it to win. But honestly…I don’t like her. Mediocre actress. Republican. Need I say more? Hollywood Royalty…I think not. Ethel Merman knew she was a sanctimonious bore. When she used to charge people a quarter for cursing on the set of her stupid, boring TV show, Ethel had to pay up more than once. On the third offense, fully over Loretta’s sanctimony, she put a $5 in the coffee can and said “Here’s five bucks Loretta. Go fuck yourself!” 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
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all films nominated were good, but Chariots of Fire was a true inspiration and quite profound and artisitic for most people, i'm glad it won, it deserved it.
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Raiders changed action-adventure cinema forever. The impact it's had was that in those days; If your action-adventure film was somewhat close to being as entertaining as Raiders; you had a winner. You didn't have Raiders, but a good movie nonetheless. Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Spielberg pretty much shaped the 80s world of cinema.
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The votes got it right. Chariots of Fire is a game changer and one of the greatest British films of all time.
so it deserved a BAFTA not an oscar
***** chariots of fire is the only script that made Sean Connery cry
I agree David
What game did it change and how did it change it?
It reasserted that decency can win an Oscar.
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Loretta Young looked incredibly great for her age (69).
Brilliant movie..I love it now and always..
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I’m here after the crown episode!! 😊 who else?!
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What does all this have to do with The Crown?
Loretta Young was obviously thrilled with a fine, old fashioned and moving motion picture about courage and ideals winning the award.
Good lord, Loretta Young is a stunner!! So is "Chariots."
"The Crown" brought me here.
hello from The Crown!
The Crown inspired me to watch this again.
Yes. We're here because of The Crown s5
Everything in this film is perfect: the editing, the soundtrack, the performances, if all this were not enough, a script with a deep human history.
And now we’re back thanks to the crown.
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Both Loretta and David delivered great speeches. I enjoyed Chariots of Fire. It was its music that made me want to.
One of the greatest soundtrack of all time
Not even the best in its year. Raiders should have won, easily.
@@adriannn3720yep or Conan OST - not a one song or theme but a full movie music...
@@adriannn3720 That's incorrect because Chariots of Fire is a 360° masterpiece, while Raiders is not.
@@hxhdfjifzirstc894raiders is more iconic then the entire movie of Chariots of Fire
Yes, we get it, a lot of people are here because of The Crown. You dont all need to say it 500 times, this is a great movie in itself.
I saw this before season 5 of The Crown aired, I came back only to see the recent comments.
The Crown and Dodi Fayed brought me here!
still the best movie of all time. inspirational.worth watching 100 times
It was a time when the Oscar ceremony was still watchable...
because they had great films with only 1 producer.
Great films where studios took risks and trusted a Director's vision.
Class starts with Carson hosting the event.
Cristinact Agree.
Ok boomer
One of the biggest and most welcome surprises in Oscar history especially following Loretta Young's pontificating. Johnny Carson was a great Oscar host.
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Chariots of Fire will remain, always, one of the very best films ever.
One of my favorite movies in my top 5
My favorite of all time. It holds up so well, and is written so well.
Me too!
What are your other four favorite movies?
@@sharonsolana 7 Days in May (1962 version), Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind, The King's Speech, Auntie Mame
@@miamidolphinsfan Thank you for the recommendations. I have not seen these movies.
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Of course
RIP to Vangelis, who gifted the world with the extraordinary music of this film. It never fails to enthrall & give me hope. Thank you Sir!! 🌈
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03:15 I remember watching this live. Listen to the reaction of the crowd -- the win by Chariots of Fire was a shocker. Totally unexpected.
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Greatest sport film of all time.
Maybe not THE greatest, but undoubtedly one of.
What about Rocky and Raging Bull?
The Natural is up there too. but this movie stands on it;s own
Rocky raging bull and jeery McGuire and,close
Kevin Clements it's better
Reds went into the evening as heavy favorite, but when Chariots won costume design and screenplay and when Raiders picked up the key film.editing award - there was real suspense when it came to the final award. It was 9 years since the last split between director and picture so it was due. Before Ms. Young announced the winner = Raiders had won 4 with On Golden Pond, Chariots and Reds 3 each. Only Atlantic City was out of the race.
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Chariots of Fire won four Academy Awards. We have here the movie winning Best Picture and also Best Costume Design, in another video. Please, could you upload the other two awards (Original Screenplay and Music Score)? Thank you.
Yes, it would be great!
Agreed. I think Reds was the Best Picture, but it's kinda splitting hairs. I LOVED Chariots of Fire. Watched it in a Sports Literature class in high school and have enjoyed it ever since
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Reds was good but sappy, Raiders is phenomenal but at that time, action-adventure-fantasy was just getting better recognition. I thought of all of them Chariots was the best because it got the true human emotions in a time when the world had lost a lot of it innocence after WWI. Just my opinion of course.
Exactly!
All the nominees deserved this award. All were great!
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Watching a 69 year old woman navigate two flights of stairs in heels, without a helping hand...Loretta Young was totally graceful.
I remember watching.I had seen all 5 nominees prior. Totally agreed with COF winning.
Me too I had seen them all and it was a great year for movies, one of the best
How so, when Raiders is superior?
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The views for this video will skyrocket in sometime after people watch crown season 5
Chariots of Fire beat out some very impressive competition.
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I saw ''Chariots of Fire'' today! It is a great movie!
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I wonder what kind of roles Ian Charleson could have played had he not passed away in 1990.
Loretta Young so beautiful !🤗
5:06 *insert happy Mou Mou noises
One of my favorite movies ever.
Although Raiders of the Lost Ark was my favorite choice, I remember watching the Oscars at 18 years and had no clue who the presenter for Best Picture was, all I could remember until now was a woman with dark hair announcing Chariots of Fire as the Best Picture. Thank you for providing this clip and now, 41 years later I can say the winner was a fine choice. I actually saw twice during its first release sometime in 1982.
chariots of fire was the best of the films. just saw it last night and ti was amazing.
Thank you. The Chariots of Fire winning screenplay also would be great.
Loretta Young was always glamourous and marvellous ♥️♥️♥️
chariots of fire is the best film of all the times!!!!
Yes, it is!!!
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A truly wonderful movie. I remember when they were speaking about the odds of the top 5 nominees. Nobody gave Chariots of Fire a chance to win, but it did.