<Tr> <Th> Budget </Th> <Td> $14 million </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $154.9 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Cool Runnings is a 1993 American comedy sports film directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis, Malik Yoba, and John Candy . The film was released in the United States on October 1, 1993 . It was Candy's last film to be released during his lifetime . It is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica national bobsleigh team's debut in competition during the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada . The film received positive reviews, and the film's soundtrack also became popular with Jimmy Cliff's cover of "I Can See Clearly Now" reaching the top 40 as a single in nations such as Canada, France, and the UK . </P> <P> Derice Bannock, a top 100m runner, fails to qualify at the Olympic Trial for the 1988 Summer Olympics when fellow runner Junior Bevil trips and falls, taking Derice and another runner, Yul Brenner, with him . </P>

Cool runnings based off of a true story