Miracle tells the true story of Herb Brooks (Russell), the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Russian squad.
The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope. Based on the true story of one of the greatest moments in sports history, the tale captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice. In 1980, the United States Ice Hockey team's coach, Herb Brooks, took a ragtag squad of college kids up against the legendary juggernaut from the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning from a distraction from world events. With the world watching the team rose to the occasion, prompting broadcaster Al Michaels' now famous question, to the millions viewing at home: Do you believe in miracles? Yes!
Written by Sujit R. Varma
Kurt Russell took a pay cut so the 800-1000 extras used as the fans at the hockey game had a full hot meal instead of a brown-bag lunch.
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Goofs
Factual errors:
On the back of his shirt Kharlamov's name is written "Charlamov". However, sometimes the announcers would pronounce his name "Harlamov". In Russian, when a kh comes at the beginning of a word, it is pronounced like an h. Therefore it can't be spelled with a ch or else it'd be pronounced like the ch in "chair".
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During the closing credits of the film, each actor is shown on screen with
the name of the player he portrayed along with a "where are they now" update.
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