Ice Princess (2005)

With the help of her coach, her parents, and the boy who drives the Zamboni machine, nothing can stop Casey (Trachtenberg) from realizing her dream to be a champion figure skater.

Director:

Tim Fywell

Writers:

Meg Cabot (story), Hadley Davis (story),

Stars:

Michelle Trachtenberg, Joan Cusack, Kim Cattrall

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michelle Trachtenberg	...	Casey Carlyle
Joan Cusack	...	Joan Carlyle
Amy Stewart	...	Ann
Steve Ross	...	Mr. Bast
Hayden Panettiere	...	Gen Harwood
Kim Cattrall	...	Tina Harwood
Trevor Blumas	...	Teddy Harwood
Kirsten Olson	...	Nikki Fletcher
Jocelyn Lai	...	Tiffany Lai
Connie Ray	...	Nikki's Mom
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee	...	Tiffany's Dad
Roy Bradshaw	...	Tiffany's Coach
Mark Hird	...	Nikki's Coach
Ben Gilbank	...	Brian
Thanh Nguyen	...	Hot Dog Kid

Storyline

17-year-old physics whiz Casey Carlyle is urged by her physics teacher to work on a physics project over the summer for presentation to Harvard. As a skater, Casey decides on a project that shows the elements of physics applied in competitive figure skating. To start, she visits a skating club run by former professional skater Tina Harwood. Casey eventually finds that in order to better understand the principles she's using, she will have to become her own test subject, and joins the skating school. The more she gets involved, the more she falls in love with figure skating....and must ultimately make a choice; Will it be Harvard - which her mother and Casey have both dreamed of, or will it be her new dream - as a competitive figure skater?

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Plot Keywords:

physics | harvard | zamboni | championship | coach | 

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Taglines:

Big things happen to those who dream big.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney [us] Walt Disney Records - soundtrack

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 March 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Eisprinzessin

Filming Locations:

Millbrook, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$107,243 (South Africa) (29 April 2005)

Gross:

$24,381,334 (USA) (10 June 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, Bridget Johnson Films, Skate Away Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The back-to-back photo of Michelle Trachtenberg on the movie posters is similar to the back-to-back photo of Donna Wilkes on the posters for Angel.

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Goofs

There are many times during the mid-end of the movie where you can see a microphone hanging from the edge of the screen. (In those scenes, the microphone is covered by a black, furry microphone cover.) There is also one scene where the pole of the microphone is easily seen.

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Quotes

Tina Harwood: [about Casey's triple jump] She figured that out on her computer.
Gen Harwood: Mom, the computer can't make the jumps for you.

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Connections

Referenced in Black Christmas (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Trouble"
Written by Tim Armstrong (as Timothy Armstrong) and Pink (as Alecia B. Moore)

User Reviews

A Very Good movie.

When I watched this movie, last night, I was very satisfied. I think this movie was very well made. Even though it was predictable but I like how it was portrayed, there was something very different about this movie in my eyes.

And all the actors/actresses I think, did very well in this movie.

And Michelle T's character looked very graceful while skating, and I think she did a really excellent job.

If you haven't seen this movie, I recommend seeing this. And I know this might be considered a chick flick, but I watched this movie by myself, on my own, and I'm a guy. So I don't think being a guy matters, just try to open your eyes up a little.

I would probably watch this movie again, sometime. Perhaps next time with a girl. But I say watch this movie, its well worth it.