Champions

Biopic based on the true story of Top English National Hunt Jockey Bob Champion and his inspiring fight against cancerAfter Champion”s chances of recovey are slim, trainer Josh Gifford decides to humour the jockey’s determination to get back into racing. Bob is given a ride on the injury-plagued Aldaniti, and together, horse and rider face the biggest challenge in the racing world – The Grand National., Two teenagers from very different backgrounds, with very different attitudes about life, find love as they stand together on the threshold of greatness as a pair of champion figure skaters., True story of cancer-stricken jockey Bob Champion, who braved overwhelming odds in pursuit of the 1981 Grand National., John Hurt plays the British jockey Bob Champion in this true story of how Champion overcame cancer and the rigors of chemotherapy for an impressive personal and professional comeback. Just as Champion is in the middle of a vacation in Kentucky, he finds out he has cancer, and, like others before him, submits to the full, painful treatments of multiple injections and radiation, suffering as much or more from the cure as from the illness (these treatments are graphic). Gaunt and nauseous, Champion also endures realistic meetings with his doctors that hold forth no guarantee of a cure. His eventual remission leads to yet another grueling physical schedule to get him back into shape for the Grand National Steeplechase — a 30-fence, well-publicized race that offers difficult hurdles for both the horses and their jockeys. If the 115-minutes running time of this film were cut in places, it would create a better, trim and slim, fast-paced telling of an even more focused tale., The story of top English National Hunt jockey Bob Champion and his inspiring fight against cancer. After being told Champion’s chances of recovery are slim, trainer Josh Gifford decides to humour the jockey’s determination to get back into racing. Bob is given a ride on the injury-plagued Aldaniti, and horse and rider set their sights on the biggest challenge in the racing world – the Grand National., Love Story Two teenagers from very different backgrounds, with very different attitudes about life, find love as they stand together on the threshold of greatness as a pair of champion figure skaters.