Crew List & Locations

Director/Co-Writer: Christopher Miles

Co-writer:  Cliff Temple

Producer: Derek Horne

Executive producers: Andrew Ronay, Clive Williamson

Narrator: Paul Vaughan

Music: Ken Freeman

Production Assistant: Hazel Hart (not credited)

Camera: Alistair Cameron, Greg Dupré, Graham Fowler, Adam Rodgers

l-r Paul Hertzberg, Trevor Hotz, Greg Dupré, Alistair Cameron, CM, Graham Fowler, Adam Rodgers, Hazel Hart, Ray Frier, Mort Delson and Derek Horne

Chris Plevin (not credited)

Stavros Chassapis - Greece (not credited)

Stephan Motzek - Germany (not credited)

Alex Cuozzo - USA NY participant (not creditied)

Ambrose Salmini - New York 

Camera-car driver:  Paul Hertzberg (not credited)

Sound: Trevor Hotz, Jim Cowan, Rod Guest, Nikos Despotides - Greece (not credited)

Editor: Ron Pope

Laboratory:  Technicolor

Thanks to: Burnham Joggers and New York Road Runners Club

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LOCATIONS

Marathon - Greece

At Marathon - the start of the race to Athens 1983		Stop for water

  

Olympic Stadium - Athens, Greece 

Olympia - Peloponnese, Greece

Windsor, Peascod Street - Berkshire, UK

Windsor Great Park & Long Walk - Berks, UK 

Heathrow Airport - Middlesex, UK 

Bainbridge Island, Seattle -  Washington, USA

Burnham and environs - Slough, UK

Squirrels Wholefoods - Taplow, Maidenhead, UK

Verrazano Bridge - New York, USA 

Central Park - New York, USA

Marathon winners times in film

Polytechnic Harriers Marathon -  Alan McGee (Eng)  2:22:55   June 1983

Athens Marathon - Martin J.McCarthy (GBR)  2:25:34  November 1983

New York Marathon -  Rod Dixon (NZ) 2:8:58  October 1983

New York Marathon - (Women) -  Greta Waitz (NOR) 2:27:00  October 1983

 

Alan McGee winning the Polytechnic Harriers Marathon in June 1983

Company & Distribution 

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First broadcast Channel 4 UK and then ABC TV in the USA 1984

(Rated 2nd in C4's Top Shows that week with 3.50 million)

Video Available TMI Ltd.,

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