The Long Run (film)

{{Short description|2001 film}}

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| director = Jean Stewart

| producer = Anant Singh
Helena Spring

| writer = Johann Potgieter

| starring = {{ubl|Armin Mueller-Stahl|Nthati Moshesh}}

| music = Trevor Jones

| cinematography = Cinders Forshaw

| editing = Avril Beukes

| studio = Baer Production Company
Distant Horizon

| distributor = Universal Focus{{cite web | url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-the-long-run-us-poster-2001-universal-focuscourtesy-everett-collection-72368034.html | title=THE LONG RUN, US poster, 2001, © Universal Focus/Courtesy Everett Collection Stock Photo - Alamy }}

| released = {{film date|df=y|2001|05|04|United States{{cite news |author= |title= "The Long Run" movie advertisement|url=|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |agency= |date=2001-05-04 |page=E7}}}}

| runtime = 112 min

| country = South Africa

| language = English

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The Long Run is a 2001 film starring Oscar nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl as a running coach and Nthati Moshesh as a young runner. It was directed by Jean Stewart and written by Johann Potgieter.

The film is based around the Comrades Marathon, an ultra-marathon race run over a distance of approximately 90 km (55.9 mi) between the capital of the Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa, Pietermaritzburg, and the coastal city of Durban.