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Released
1996 · FILM

Race the Sun

A dream can make all the difference under the sun.

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Runtime
100 min
AdventureComedyDrama

Synopsis

A group of high school misfits in Hawaii, brought together by their new teacher, participate in a science fair that inspires them to build their own solar-powered car. Their efforts earn them a trip to compete in the 1990 World Solar Challenge in Australia.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Wendy Greene BricmontShot by David BurrScored by Graeme RevellDesigned by Owen Paterson

Box Office

1996 · Box office

Grossed $1.9M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$1.9M

Worldwide gross$1.9M

Opening weekend: $1.1M 57% of its US run. Front-loaded — most of its money arrived opening weekend.

Opening week (7-day): $1.4M73% of its US & Canada run.

Peak 1,218 theaters

Also known as

  • Race the Sun - Im Wettlauf mit der Zeitde
  • In corsa con il soleit

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