Run for Me is a film about hope, fear, chafed nipples and free Mars Bars. Charting
the course of the Bupa Great North Run, this major new work by Iain Forsyth and Jane
Pollard is a dynamic collage of talking heads involving dozens of
runners, their supporters and spectators.
Filming
in the week leading up to the 2007 Run and at the start and finish
lines on the day itself, Iain and Jane talked to race veterans and
novices, the man who devised the course, the manager of the information
kiosk and even Superman, as the fabric of the event is unpicked by those
who took part.
From the endurance of training through to nerves on the starting
line, finding your rhythm to trying to overtake Scooby Doo in the last
mile, then crossing the all-important finish line with your head held
high, ultimately Run For Me reveals, with crushing honesty, what makes us who we are, runners or not.
