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Tue, Dec 20, 2005
Four Minutes
The Movie:
A well-done drama from ESPN, "Four Minutes" tells the story of Frank Bannister (Jamie Maclachlan) , a young man who has been running since he was little, yet remained untrained. As he's told early on, the only things that remain unconquered were Everest and the four-minute mile. After Everest has been climbed, the only thing left is the thing that many thought anyone who actually accomplished it wouldn't be walking away from.
We then see Bannister as a brilliant med student at Oxford, focusing on his studies until he gets roped in to run track after deciding that rowing was not exactly his thing. Throughout much of the early going, we see Bannister trying to decide whether or not to persue running or his studies (in a nice touch, we see him tie one into the other, as his persuit of the four-minute mile also has him wondering what the human body is capable of), an... Read the entire review
Four Minutes