Product Details

• Actors: Michael Douglas, Susan Anspach, Lawrence Dane, Eugene Levy, Chuck Shamata
• Format: PAL
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009KP26
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #272,842 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Running [Region 2]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars What ever happened to this movie???, May 11, 2006

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Eric F. (Long Island, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Running [Region 2] (DVD)

I saw this movie when it was released in theaters back in 1979 and remember liking it a lot. A few years later, I think it had a debut TV broadcast on ABC, but since then, it has virtually DISAPPEARED! No VHS, no DVD, not even an occassional broadcast on cable television. Nothing!

It's a shame, because long before Michael Douglas's characters were banging the likes of Glenn Close, Sharon Stone and Demi Moore, he gave a rare and emotional performance as a divorced father trying to achieve his dream of Olympic-marathon glory.

Michael, please, if by chance you're a web browser, tell your fans what became of this movie! And if not, please send me $[...] to pay the outrageous rip-off price for a European Region 2 coded DVD that will probably play like [...]anyway!

Thanks for listening.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars LOVED this movie!, June 25, 2008

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Cara Stone "clstone85" (Baltimore) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Running [Region 2] (DVD)

I saw this movie on TV a few years after it came out. I'm a runner and I LOVED it, as I suspect most runners would....IF they could see it! This site is the only place I can find it now and it's obviously quite a bit more expensive than the average DVD - especially for a movie that's almost 30 years old! Ugh! I would absolutely LOVE to see it again, but I just can't see spending this kind of cash on a DVD...
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1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointed -- "My memory isn't as good as I thought!", July 27, 2011

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Fleetfoot Scripts "on the run" (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Running (1979) ( Le vainqueur ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Spain ] (DVD)

I ran cross country/track in college in the early 70s and I remember when this movie came out and was excited, especially since I liked M Douglas, and competing in the B Rogers & F Shorter era. Over the years I have been extremely disappointed that I could not find a copy to see it again. I'm kind of a running movie junkie owning a number of similar movies (DVDs): Prefontaine (J Leto), The Jericho Mile (P Strauss), On The Edge (B Dern), The Loneliest Runner (M Landon), Without Limits - Prefontaine (B Croudup), Running Brave (R Benson), ... in my DVD collection.

Picking up this DVD a month-or-so ago I was astounded how up-side-down my memories of this movie were --- ouch. Have watched the Prefontaine and Running Brave movies numerous times, but I will not watch Running again as it accumulates dust on my bookshelf. M Douglas is still a favorite, but this movie is a thumbs down.