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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Predicate Object
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