Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

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Colin Smith is the rebellious working-class teenage protagonist of the British film "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner," whose solitary running becomes a metaphor for his resistance to authority.

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instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
adaptedFromWork The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (short story) ⓘ
age teenager ⓘ
appearsIn The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (film) ⓘ
associatedMovement kitchen sink realism ⓘ
basedOn Colin (short story character in The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner) ⓘ
characterArc from petty criminal to self-aware rebel ⓘ
characterIn The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
conflictWith Borstal governor ⓘ
authority figures ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Alan Sillitoe ⓘ
definingAction refusing to win the long-distance race as an act of defiance ⓘ
familyName Smith ⓘ
fictionalUniverse The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner universe ⓘ
firstAppearance The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962 film) ⓘ
fullName Colin Smith ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Colin ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium cinema ⓘ
motivation assertion of personal freedom ⓘ
rejection of institutional control ⓘ
narrativeFunction voice of working-class youth ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableActivity long-distance running ⓘ
notableQuoteTheme loneliness and inner freedom while running ⓘ
occupation long-distance runner ⓘ
personalityTrait defiant ⓘ
independent ⓘ
introspective ⓘ
rebellious ⓘ
portrayedBy Tom Courtenay ⓘ
settingOfActivities Borstal (youth detention centre) ⓘ
settingOfOrigin Nottingham, England ⓘ
linked to: Nottingham
socialClass working class ⓘ
symbolicRole embodiment of nonconformity ⓘ
symbol of working-class resistance ⓘ
themeEmbodied alienation ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
resistance to authority ⓘ
timePeriodOfFictionalExistence mid-20th century ⓘ
workGenre British New Wave film ⓘ
yearOfFictionalDebut 1962 ⓘ

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Tom Courtenay → notableRole → Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
Thomas Daniel Courtenay → notableRole → Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner ⓘ
Colin Smith → basedOn → Colin (short story character in The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner) ⓘ
linked to: Colin Smith in The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner