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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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The Ultimate Love/Skate Relationship
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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 where Doug is giving Kate her Christmas present, her hair is in different positions in different shots even though she never touches it
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Quotes
Doug:
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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
Spoofed in
Blades of Glory (2007)
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Soundtracks
"Walking the Dog"
Written by
Rufus Thomas
Performed by John Townsend
Produced by
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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.