Race the Sun is a 1996 comedy-drama movie starring Halle Berry and James Belushi. The plot is loosely based on the true story of the Konawaena High School Solar Car Team, which finished 18th in the 1990 World Solar Challenge and first place among high school entries.
A new science teacher (Halle Berry) pushes a group of students at Kona Pali High School in Hawaii to come up with a project. With a combination of design vision, mechanical skills, k...
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Race the Sun is a 1996 comedy-drama movie starring Halle Berry and James Belushi. The plot is loosely based on the true story of the Konawaena High School Solar Car Team, which finished 18th in the 1990 World Solar Challenge and first place among high school entries.
A new science teacher (Halle Berry) pushes a group of students at Kona Pali High School in Hawaii to come up with a project. With a combination of design vision, mechanical skills, knowledge of batteries, and lightweight people to drive the car, they design and build a solar-powered car named "Cockroach". They manage to win a local Big Island competition with a weather prediction based on the surfing experience of the student captain, Daniel (Casey Affleck).
With the shop teacher as chaperone (James Belushi), the students go to Australia for the World Solar Challenge. To the happiness of their corporate sponsor (Kevin Tighe), who had wanted a different car to win the local competition, their car is delayed at the very...
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