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Whats the name of this movie about a boy and a dog sled race?

I was flipping around the channels 'till I started to watch a good movie. I have no clue whats it called. This is the part of the movie I only got to see... Well, this boy about age of 12 or 11 was racing the bad guy with dog sleds in a snowy place. But when the boy was almost to the finish line, he fell down because he was too cold and the bad guy was right behind him. But the cheering crowd fell silent and began to whistle some tune. And when the bad guy was right beside the boy, the young boy got up buy the spirit of the crowds whistling and barley won the dog sled race. That was the only part I saw. Thank you Charlie, It is Iron Will! :D

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1. Iron Will (1994) -- I think. When his father is accidentally killed, South Dakota farmboy Will Stoneman (Mackenzie Astin) decides to enter a dog sled race (a 522-mile dog sled race between Winnipeg and St. Paul that occurred in 1917.) in order to save his family from financial ruin. His mother (Penelope Windust) wants Will to use part of the prospective $10,000 race winnings for college, but Will just wants to save the farm. With the help of Indian handyman Ned Dodd (August Schellenberg), Will begins to train for the race. But the rich mogul underwriting the race, J.P. Harper (David Ogden Stiers), doesn't want Will to enter, thinking the competition too arduous and too dangerous for such a young boy. To Will's aid comes yellow journalist Harry Kingsley (Kevin Spacey), who convinces Harper to permit Will to enter the race. But Harry also has his own agenda he sees a great story in Will and thinks it will sell newspapers and advance his journalistic career. With his father's best dog Gus at the head of his dog team, Will is ready and determined to win the race. Will discovers that winning the race is only half his battle. Dealing with the petty and malevolent human beings involved in the race in particular, the egotistical Scandinavian champion Borg Guillarson (George Gerdes) and the wealthy gambler Angus McTeague (Brian Cox) prove to be as much of a challenge to his mettle than any natural obstacles Will might encounter.