• BFI Top 100 British films (1999) - rank 19
• Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1982 (USA) (May 8) - Vangelis, Chariots of Fire theme
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers (2006) - rank 100

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References in popular culture

• During the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, an American Express credit card commercial ("Don't leave home without it") included Ben Cross and the 87-year-old Jackson Scholz. When Cross says something about beating Scholz, the latter remarks with mock indignation, "You never beat me!" Proving he is "still pretty fast," Scholz beats Cross to the draw in picking up the tab with his credit card.
• The English rugby league player Martin Offiah was nicknamed "Chariots," after the film.
• One Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner short is called Chariots of Fur.
• On Sesame Street, one segment of Monsterpiece Theater was called "Chariots of Fur"; it involved Grover and Herry Monster having a race down the beach.
• In one episode of Two and a Half Men, Alan Harper (Jon Cryer) is running on a beach (He has insomnia and his brother suggests exercise). He does a parody of Chariots of Fire, before being mistaken for a burglar and being picked up by the police.
• In Mr. Mom, Jack Butler (Michael Keaton) competes in a company-sponsored decathlon, which is seen in slow motion to the famous Chariots of Fire theme.
• In National Lampoon's Vacation, Clark and Rusty Griswold (Chevy Chase and Anthony Michael Hall respectively) are seen running through the Walley-World parking lot (in slow motion) to the famous Chariots of Fire theme.
• In Bruce Almighty, Bruce Nolan (Jim Carrey) is covering a news story on Buffalo's Biggest Cookie. He tells the camera to "cue the cheesy inspirational music", to which the movie enters a slow motion version of Bruce attempting to throw milk into a line of children's cups, all while the theme from Chariots of Fire plays in the background. He fails miserably, drenching them in the milk.
• In Season 4 of SCTV, the movie is spoofed as "Chariots of Eggs," presented as a series of clips from a movie written and directed by comic Bobby Bittman. Though still a period piece set in the world of track and field, in the spoof the event is an egg-and-spoon race and the runners are played by musical guests Hall & Oates. They square off against Andrea Martin and Catherine O'Hara, who parody the lesbian overtones in the track-and-field film Personal Best, The spoof is available in Volume 3 of SCTV DVD series.
• In Good Burger, Kenan and Kel run to the theme song when they deliver a burger to Shaquille O'Neal.
• In the 1983 arcade game Track & Field, whenever a game over happens and the screen cuts to the high score table, the Chariots of Fire theme can be heard.

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See also

• Sabbath breaking
• Philip Noel-Baker

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Notes

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External links

• Chariots of Fire at the Internet Movie Database
• 4 Speeches from the Movie in Text and Audio from AmericanRhetoric.com
• Great Court Run
• BBC Radio 4 - The Reunion: Chariots of Fire In August 2003, actors Ben Cross and Nigel Havers, director Hugh Hudson, writer Colin Welland, and producer David Puttnam discussed the movie in a 45-minute radio interview. Requires RealPlayer to listen.
• Chariots of Fire at the Arts & Faith Top100 Spiritually Significant Films list

Awards
Preceded by Ordinary People	Academy Award for Best Picture 1981	Succeeded by Gandhi
Preceded by Tess	Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film 1982	Succeeded by Gandhi
Preceded by The Elephant Man	BAFTA Award for Best Film 1982	Succeeded by Gandhi

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