Miracle (Widescreen Edition)
by Gavin O'Connor
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Actor: Kenneth Welsh, Kurt Russell, Noah Emmerich, Patricia Clarkson, Sean McCannDirector: Gavin O'Connor
Brand: RUSSELL,KURT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 136 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-18
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Movie Reviews of Miracle (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: THE Hockey Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
"Miracle" is much more that just a true account of an improbable and what should have been a virtually impossible - upset gold medal victory - in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Like a perfect storm the chronicles of Herb Brooks (an intriguing and remarkable man) and the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team is more than just a "story". At a time when the Rissian threat was real and in the midst of the cold war, a bunch of amatuer, rag tag - but talented - US "kids" from college - beat the unbeatable and the "professional" Red Army / USSR Hockey team. It shouldn't have happenned - but coach Brooks conviced his inferior but hard working kids - that they COULD. The casting is as good as the movie - all players / actors in the movie that were cast played hockey at some level. Being from Boston I could relate to the local players and their families who sacrificed so much for the opportunity to play on this team. Kurt Russell is excellent as Coach Brooks. My favorite scene is when Mike Eruzione (the team captain) decides to respond to coach Brooks while the team is being taught "a lesson." The team comes together and Brook's plan as coach does too. You don't have to love hockey to enjoy this movie - but any kid that ever played at any age or at any level MUST see this movie. It is as inspiring as any movie you will ever see!
Summary of Miracle (Widescreen Edition)
From the studio that brought you THE ROOKIE and REMEMBER THE TITANS comes the movie everybody loves -- MIRACLE. Filled with exhilarating nonstop hockey action and heart-racing suspense, it's the inspiring true story behind one of the greatest moments in sports history - the 1980 United States ice hockey team's triumphant Olympic victory against the Soviet Union. Kurt Russell gives a brilliant performance as the dynamic and determined coach Herb Brooks, who had an impossible dream -- beat the seemingly unbeatable Soviets at their own game. Starting with a handpicked group of 26 undisciplined kids, Brooks coached them to play like they never played before, and turned 20 of them into a team that believed they could achieve the unachievable -- and in the process, united a nation with a new feeling of hope.The miracle about Miracle is that it gets so many details right in telling its 24-year-old story about the historic victory of the U.S. hockey team at the 1980 Olympic Games. It's typical for Hollywood to compromise such period details as hairstyles and fashion when catering to a contemporary audience, but Miracle looks and feels right in every detail, capturing the downbeat mood of post-Watergate America while showing how obsessively determined Minnesota hockey coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) managed to assemble a once-in-a-lifetime team and whip them into a victorious frenzy over their Soviet champion opponents. With sharp support from Patricia Clarkson (as Brooks's wife) and Noah Emmerich (as his long-suffering assistant), Russell grounds the film with a well-balanced combination of aloofness, intimidation, and closely guarded strategy. No doubt the real Brooks (who died in a car accident shortly after filming completed) would have approved. Thanks to director Gavin O'Connor (Tumbleweeds) and the producers of the similarly laudable sports films Remember the Titans and The Rookie, Miracle brings plenty of heart--and historical accuracy--to an old, familiar formula. --Jeff Shannon
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