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- 'cause Derice was going to

beat both your butts anyway.

- What are you talking about?

How 'bout I beat your butt

right now?

How 'bout I draw a line down the middle

of your head so it looks like a butt?

Forget it, man. I'm gone.

Fine. Stay here on the island.

We're going to Canada.

All right.

I'll do it.

But you'd better tell

this mama's boy...

to stay the hell

away from me.

You understand?

No problem.

Hey, Irv...

say hello to the first

Jamaican bobsled team.

Oh, goody.

Gentlemen, this is a bobsled.

Sort of.

- All right, here's what

we're going to do. Yul...

- Don't touch me.

Of course. Sorry. You're going

to be the second middle man.

You're strong, you're fast, and

you're going to love that seat.

Junior, you're the first

middle man.

You're quick, you're sharp.

Hop in.

- Sanka...

- I know... I'm the driver, right?

- No, you're the brake man.

- No... No, I'm the driver.

No, you're not.

You're the brake man.

- I'm the driver.

- You're not! You're the brake man.

See, you don't understand!

I am Sanka Coffie!

I'm the best pushcart driver

in all ofJamaica!

I must drive! Do you dig

where I'm coming from?

- Yeah, I dig where you're coming from.

- Good.

Now dig where I'm coming from.

I'm coming from two gold medals.

I'm coming from nine world records

in both the two and four-man events.

I'm coming from ten years of

intense competition with the

best athletes in the world.

That's a hell of a place

to be coming from.

You see, Sanka, the driver

has to work harder than anyone.

He's the first to show up

and the last to leave.

When his teammates are all out

drinking beer, he's up in his

room studying pictures of turns.

You see, a driver must remain focused

one hundred percent at all times.

Not only is he responsible for knowing

every inch of every course he races...

he's also responsible for the lives

of the other three people in his sled.

Now, do you want

that responsibility?

I say we make Derice

the driver.

So do l, Sanka, so do I.

Oh, the back is nice.

All right, Father, listen here.

You see, I've made up my mind.

I'm going to be a bobsledder.

That's right. A bobsledder.

Oh, really?

Well, I'm sorry

you feel that way.

Fine. Cut off my allowance.

Because you see, Father...

a man has got to do

what a man has got to do.

Just who I wanted to see.

- M-M-Me?

- You know where I just came from?

- W-Where?

- I got you a job...

with Webster, Webster and Cohen,

the biggest brokerage house in Miami!

- Oh, right. Webster, Webster and Cohen.

- Yes! That's right.

And you start end of the month.

- Yes, but I thought that I would...

- Look...

we went along with this

track nonsense long enough.

And we agreed that it's time to

get on with your real future. Right?

- I know...

- Right?

- Yes, sir.

- Good.

I'm going to tell your mother.

I guess we sure told him.

Winning a bobsled race

is about one thing: the push start.

Now, I know you dainty little

track stars think you're fast.

Well, heh, let's see

how fast you are...

when you push

a 600-pound sled.

Now, a respectable start time

is 5.7 seconds.

If you speed demons can't

whip off an even six-flat...

you have a better chance of

becoming a barbershop quartet.

Derice, come on! Hey!

Junior, get in! Never mind!

We'll have to move it back.

Let's go!

- Here on this mountain top Whoa-oh

- Slow down! What are you

doing to me? Slow down!

- I got some wild, wild life

- 14.3. No good.

- I've got some bills

to pay, whoa-oh

- 13.5. 11.7.

This is what it's all about!

This is where you win or lose the race!

Right here in the pushcart! This

is where you're gonna practice!

Right here! Right here in the

Volkswagen, you're gonna practice!

No, Junior, quit falling down!

Come on, hustle!

Catch up to them!

There you go!

Junior! No! Do it again!

Whoa, whoa! Stop! Stop, Derice!

Stop! Wait! Wait for me!

Wait! I'm in! Stop!

Slow down!

- Great. Very good. Try it again.

- Wild, wild life

If I've said it once,

I've said it 46 times.

Cold weather endurance is vital

to building a successful sled team.

- Cold enough?

- Wild, wild life

- You got to live your life

You got to live your life

- One, two, three!

Wild, wild life

- Wild, wild life

- Go! Go! Go!

- Here on this mountain top Whoa-oh

- Whoa! Slow down!

- Sanka, hit the brakes!

Hit the brakes, man!

- I can't! It's stuck!

Hold on!

About some wild, wild life

Sanka, you dead?

Yeah, man.

What have you done to the

police unit? I shall arrest you!

- Who owns this thing?

- We do, sir.

- And who are you?

- TheJamaican bobsled team, sir.

Don't give me that business.

I wasn't born yesterday.

You did it! You did it!

We did it! 5.9!

Get out of the way. Get out

of the way. 5.9, guys. What?

- Who are you?

- I'm their coach! You guys okay?

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- How's the sled?

- Yeah, man, we're fine.

- Sled's okay?

Well, it's in the wrong place!

Get it back to the top of the hill!

Let's move it right now, you slackers!

Move it! Let's hustle! Come on!

Let's move it!

Come on, you guys! Move it!

I'm not asking for

a winter sports program.

All I need is a lousy 20 grand so I can

get us to the Olympics. That's all.

How in God's name are you

going to get to the Olympics?

These boys have never even

seen a sled race before!

Mr. Coolidge, I have been looking at

sledders since I was 12 years old.

If I say these kids can make it

to the Olympics, they can make

it to the Olympics.

Okay. Well, I'll tell you

what we'll do.

Practice down here with

the boys a bit more, and when

you're a little further along...

- I'll come along and see you...

- No! No! No!

Now, just a minute,

Mr. Blitzer.

This country enjoys

a fine athletic tradition...

and if you think I'm going to give you

the little money we have...

so that you can parade us around in

front of the world like a freak show...

you've got another thing coming.

It's bad enough how you

embarrassed your own country.

I'm certainly not going to

allow you to embarrass ours.

No go, kid.

That's okay, Coach.

We'll get the money.

- Do the words "give up"

mean anything to you?

- Not a thing.

Some people say you know

they can't believe

Jamaica

We have a bobsled team

'Nuff people say you know

they can't believe

Jamaica

We have a bobsled team

Hi. I'm here to offer you an

opportunity of a lifetime.

We're looking for a sponsor

for the firstJamaican bobsled team.

Oh!

We have the one Derice

and the oneJunior

I'll pay you a dollar

to shut up!

We got nine dollars and fifty-two cents

from Yul Brenner, thank you.

We got a hundred and eighty-four

dollars from Derice and me.

Sanka, how did your singing

on the street go?

How did it go?

It went like this:

'Nuff people say you know

they can't believe

- Sanka, we know.

- Jamaica, we have a bobsled team

- Sanka.

- We have the one Derice...

How much?

- I made a dollar and sixteen cents.

- Oh, that's great.

We're only short about

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