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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. Written by
Pat Delin <jscott@iastate.edu>
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Theirs is a love/skate relationship
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When Doug first meets Kate, he moves only a few steps towards her, as she is near the edge of the ice. In the subsequent wide shot, they are shown to be in the middle of the rink, some 40ft from the edge, even though they have not moved.
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Quotes
Doug:
It can't be any harder to stay together than it was to stay apart.
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Soundtracks
"Love Shack"
Written by
Fred Schneider (as Frederick Schneider),
Kate Pierson (as Catherine Pierson),
Cindy Wilson and
Keith Strickland
Performed by
Rosemary Butler
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I found this movie very enjoyable to watch. The chemistry between Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney is very realistic. Even their arguments with one another appears genuine. Each of them wounded from previous experiences, not willing to open up to one another. All of this taking place in a point in their lives where they are each struggling to find something more out of life and end up discovering themselves and one another. Eventually, taking both of them beyond the quest of a gold medal.
The skating scenes are wonderful and the music (especially the scores from Patrick Williams) was incredible.
This is a movie that I never get tired of and it keeps drawing me back to it.