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Tuesday, Feb 23rd 2010
Miracle
Synopsis: When one sees "Disney" and "Hockey" on the poster the results have been suspect (Mighty Ducks I-VI). This treatment is vast departure. Focused on achieving the impossible -- defeating the Soviet Union's unbeaten hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics -- brash U.S. hockey coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) unites a motley group of college athletes and turns them into a force to be reckoned with. Based on an improbable true story that shocked the world.
Upside: Great performance by Kurt Russell. Remarkably suspenseful even though I knew the outcome. Felt the goose bumps all over again. So did my 8 year old.
Downside: If you are Russian you will feel the stinging pang of defeat all over again.
Clippity Clip: 25 years ago Herb Brooks delivered this speech (or a version of it).
Greg Whiteley
Greg Whiteley is the producer of several films — most recently the award winning and Emmy-nominated documentary “Resolved”
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by Nathan #
I especially like "I'm sick of tired..."
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by Nancy French #
It shows how easily kids can memorize things!
I missed out on my opportunity.