Here's how it stacks up against the version currently in development. Therefore I must rely on the product packaging, and what little information I could find online, to judge the quality of 1993's Born to Run. Nothing will stop me from doing the most thorough research possible on your behalf. Now, guys, I am a resourceful, determined journalist. After a moments-long search, however, the only version I could find for sale was: And when his brother (Jay Acovone) gets in trouble with a Mafia kingpin, it's up to Nicky to save him the only way he know how: by revving his engine, pounding the gas and bolting across the blacktop as fast as he can. His skills behind the wheel have earned him money and fame.

Nicky Donatello (Richard Grieco) is one of the best street-racers in Brooklyn.

It's out there.įrom 'Purple Rain' director Albert Magnoli comes this made-for-TV drama set in the high-octane world of drag racing. Granted, it's not exactly a 'running movie' and doesn't appear to have much of a 'plot.' Also it's almost impossible to 'find' a 'copy.' Still.

Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. It was made in 1993 (I think?), stars Richard Grieco (of 21 Jump Street fame), and even has its own page on with its very own review ('The lighting in the film was all wrong as if it were done on a cheap budget.'). Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall. Well, people about to spontaneously combust, do I have some good news for you : A Born to Run movie already exists.

Born to run by christopher mcdougall