The Cutting Edge (1992)

At the 1988 Winter Olympics at Calgary, we see Doug Dorsey battered in a vicious hockey game against West Germany. We then see Kate Moseley doing her program and falling when a lift goes ... See full summary »

Director:

Paul Michael Glaser

Writer:

Tony Gilroy

Stars:

D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
D.B. Sweeney	...	Doug Dorsey (as D. B. Sweeney)
Moira Kelly	...	Kate Moseley
Roy Dotrice	...	Anton Pamchenko
Terry O'Quinn	...	Jack Moseley
Dwier Brown	...	Hale Forrest
Chris Benson	...	Walter Dorsey
Kevin Peeks	...	Brian Newman
Barry Flatman	...	Rick Tuttle
Rachelle Ottley	...	Lorie Peckarovski
Steve Sears	...	Spindler
Nahanni Johnstone	...	Gita
Michael Hogan	...	Doctor
R.D. Reid	...	Calgary Cop
Dick Grant	...	Olympic Commentator
Melanie Miller	...	Olympic Commentator

Storyline

At the 1988 Winter Olympics at Calgary, we see Doug Dorsey battered in a vicious hockey game against West Germany. We then see Kate Moseley doing her program and falling when a lift goes bad. Both have fought all their life to get to the Olympics and suddenly the dream has been shattered. The movie then follows Kate, a tempermental but talented figure skater, through many partners until finally her coach resorts to recruiting a hockey player. Through the difficult training of 15 hours of skating a day they finally prepare for Nationals and the Olympics. A romance is budding and their final show could bend or break them as they try to achieve their dreams of an Olympic Gold medal.

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Plot Keywords:

olympics | coach | figure skating | hockey | winter olympics | 

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Taglines:

Theirs is a love/skate relationship

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Sport

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

27 March 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Pasión por el triunfo

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Gross:

$25,105,517 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Interscope Communications

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Some of the commentators and reporters were actual U.S. figure skating stars. Judy Blumberg (one of the Nationals and Olympic commentators) was a US ice dance champ and Olympic medalist, JoJo Starbuck, the blonde interviewer who is at rinkside when Kate and Doug come off the ice after their Olympic short program, was a US pairs champion in the early '70s, and Robin Cousins (Nationals commentator, who also choreographed the skating programs) was a men's Olympic and World champion from Britain. (For some reason the filmmakers chose to dub over his English accent with an American voice.)

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Goofs

In the scene between Doug and his brother Walter where they are arguing about a letter from the Detroit Red Wings, near the beginning of the scene Doug lays down some hockey sticks, but when he sits down at the end of the scene the hockey sticks have disappeared.

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Quotes

Doug: [Doug chases Kate into the hotel elevator] Kate! Kate, will you wait a minute? Kate! Kate! Kate! Kate!
Kate: Don't! Don't even try it! Just looking at you makes me sick! To think I was coming to apoligize! Lorie Peckarovski!
Doug: Were you, or were you not engaged to be married until last night?
Kate: Hardly the point.
Doug: You threw me out of your room!
Kate: Count your blessings. She may not have waited much longer!
Doug: That's not how it happened!
Kate: Spare me the details.
Doug: Where the hell do you get off?
Kate: *Me?*
[...]

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Connections

Referenced in Battle of the Blades: Episode #1.7 (2009)

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Soundtracks

"It Ain't Over Till It's Over"
Written by Lenny Kravitz
Performed by Rosemary Butler and John Townsend
Produced by Scott Humphrey

User Reviews

a classic

This is one of those movies that show that you don't have to have special effects or lots of money for a movie to be great. This is like a movie from 1940s in which acting is the main factor.

The tension between two leads is the structure of this movie.

Its a great romantic/comedy movie and one of my favorites.