Cool Runnings Page #4

nineteen thousand bucks.

- Sorry I'm late, everybody.

- No, really, that is terrific.

Don't pack a suitcase, Junior.

We're not going.

Mmm, that's too bad.

- Whoa!

- Oh! Where'd you get it, man?

- I sold my car.

- Yes, man.

- I am going.

- No, we're not.

Look here, Junior, I appreciate

what you're trying to do here...

but we can't accept this money:

it just wouldn't be proper.

Uh, Derice, if I hadn't

tripped you fellas...

we'd already have been going

to the Olympics:
I want you to have it.

You mean you want us

to have it, right?

Right. Us.

Thanks a lot, Junior.

Thanks a whole heap, man.

Remember, this doesn't mean

that I like you, you understand?

Be sure to thank your father for

us, 'cause Lord knows, he didn't

have to let you sell that car.

Well, uh, he doesn't know

I sold the car.

Um, he doesn't know

I'm on the team.

He thinks I'm off to Miami...

and I loaned the car

to a friend...

to work for Webster, Webster

and Cohen, someplace like that.

Some people say you know

them can't believe

Jamaica

We have a bobsled team

- Yes!

- We have the one Derice

- And the oneJunior

Yu... Sanka

The fastest of the fastest

ofJamaican sprinters

Go to Olympics

Fight forJamaica

Welcome to Calgary, Alberta, Canada,

home of the 1988 Winter Olympic Games.

- This is it.

- We hope you all enjoy your stay.

Sanka, man, what you smokin'?

I'm not smokin'.

I'm breathin'.

- All right, fellas,

this is us. Let's go!

- Move! Let's go! Move!

- Aah! Me first!

- What's the matter? You guys cold?

It's not so much the heat: it's

the humidity that'll kill you.

Excuse me, do you know where

you can register for bobsled?

Do you know where you

register for bobsled?

- See you.

- I'll see you around.

- Okay, Mike, good to see you again.

- Ja?

- Take care. All the best.

- Ja? Okay, ja.

- Can I help you?

- Yeah, I'd like to

register for the tryouts.

- What country?

- Uh, Jamaica.

What country?

Jamaica.

Well, what do you know?

AJamaican bobsled team.

Okay, here it is.

Uh, it says here your qualifying run

will be held on the evening of the 10th.

Your judges will be Shindler,

Gremmer and Kroychzech.

- I know Kroychzech. He's a good guy.

- Yeah.

In order to qualify, you must

complete the course safely in 1

minute, 2 seconds-flat or under.

- Used to be a minute, five.

- Yeah.

Times change.

- Irv, is that you?

- Roger, how you doing?

Hello, Kurt.

Been a long time.

Obviously not long enough.

- Hello, Larry.

- Jesus Christ, Irv.

What the hell did you

do to yourself?

- Don't worry about them, Irv.

- Roger, you got to do me a favor.

- What?

- Please. You know that

revolving restaurant thing?

- Yeah.

- Meet me there in half an hour.

- Half an hour?

- Yeah. Please!

- Roger, come on!

I'll try.

- Thanks, Roger.

- Yeah, well... What's up, Irv?

- How about a drink?

- No, I'm fine.

- What's so important

that it couldn't wait?

- Want something to eat?

- No, I'm fine!

- A salad or something?

- Irv!

- I need a sled.

- You came all the way

to Calgary without a sled?

I got 4,800 dollars.

I just need something competitive.

- For five grand?

- I know you got something

lying around, Roger.

- But, Irv...

- Anything.

- You know I can't do that.

- Now, wait a minute, Roger.

Remember when you were desperate

to make that last slot on the

'68 Grenoble team...

and you pleaded with me

to talk to Kurt?

Did I say, "Sorry, Roger,

I can't do it"?

Come on, don't make me beg.

Roger, it's me.

All right, maybe I can get you

one of our practice sleds.

You're a saint, you know that?

A saint! You haven't changed

a bit! You're still a saint!

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, look, don't get

all mushy on me. Just tell me one thing.

Is this whole thing a big joke,

or do you really expect these

Jamaicans to qualify?

Not only are they going to

qualify, they're going to

turn some heads doing it.

Listen, three of these guys

can run the hundred in under ten-flat.

I don't care who you are,

that's lightning.

Yeah, but can lightning

run on ice?

No problem, man.

God!

Irv, these special shoes

aren't very effective.

Grip with your toes!

All right, you sugar-coated

track stars!

Move out and let the ice rasta

show you how it's done.

- Yeah. Like that, yeah. Good.

- Hey, fellas!

- Look at my progress.

- Stop touching me!

All right, fellas, that's it!

Let's get off the ice before practice.

- What practice?

- That practice.

That's right.

Good team this year.

Ein, zwei, drei.!

Oh, man, you should see this

on the hill.

- It's like a miracle.

- What's "Schweiz"?

- No, man! Swiss!

- This is the real thing, man.

Gentlemen...

I'd like to introduce you to

the newest member of our team.

Um, you won't believe what I

had to go through to get us

a sled in such good shape.

Uh...

If we're going to make it

into the Olympics...

this is the boat that's

going to take us there.

Well, I'm... I'm told

she's actually quite fast.

l, uh, know she's not

much to look at...

- But, uh...

- Shh! She's beautiful!

All coaches must sign teams in

before approaching bob run.

Here we go.

Let's go! Let's go!

- Hold on a minute.

- All right, come on.

Here we go.

Ah. This is good.

Okay, this is it.

- Everybody climb in.

- Hold up. I don't understand.

- We're not going to push start?

- No, we're going to push start

next time.

For your first run, I'm just going

to nudge you off, okay? Everybody in.

Let's go, let's go.

Come on. Come on.

- Don't touch me!

- Hey, Baldy, get off my foot!

- Don't touch me!

- Here you go. Come on.

Hey, Blitzer, why don't you put

some training wheels on that sled?

That's funny. Very funny.

You want to kiss my egg?

I'm not kissing no egg.

- Suit yourself.

- Now, listen up, fellas.

- I don't want you to worry

about looking good out there.

- Ah, Blitzie.

You going to tuck them in too?

Hey... Seeming to you

like nobody likes us?

We're different. People are always

afraid of what's different.

Hey, Jamaica.

Watch out for number 12 turn.

It's scary, huh?

- What's his problem?

- He's Josef Grool.

He's one of the best drivers

in the world.

Yeah, he's one of the biggest

a**holes in the world too.

Well, don't listen to him.

You listen to me.

Derice, right here.

You got it?

Remember, keep your hands soft

and your mind clear.

- High in, low out. What is it?

- High in, low out.

All right, put your helmets on,

everybody! Let's go!

Here we go! Come on!

Helmets on!

- Hey, Coach.

- Yeah?

I can't get my helmet on!

Oh, thanks, Coach.

- That's what I'm here for.

- Oh. Coach?

- Yeah.

- I got to go, you know.

- Hold it.

- Hold it?

- Hold it.

- Hold it?

- Yeah, hold it!

- B-But, Coach, I can't hold it!

We're not bobsledding yet.

- Oh, yes, we are.

- Coach! Coach!

Coach!

Coach! Coach!

Bob in track.

Coach!

Slow down! Oh! Slow it down!

Slow down! Slow it down!

Oh, my god! Oh!

Oh, Derice! Oh, Derice!

I hate you!

I hate you! I hate you!

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