The Cutting Edge (1992)

A temperamental figure skater and a former hockey player try to win Olympic gold as a figure skating pairs team.

Director:

Paul Michael Glaser (as Paul M. 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:

The King of the Rink is about to meet America's Ice Queen.

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Genres:

Comedy | 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

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,478,919, 27 March 1992, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$25,105,517

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Interscope Communications

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The interaction of Kate & Doug in the film has some resemblance to that of Kate & Petruchio in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and Beatrice & Benedick in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

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Goofs

The first time we see Doug Dorsey, he is in the Olympic village, in bed with a German athlete. As he's scrambling around, getting dressed, he states her name incorrectly. She corrects him by saying, "Ich namen Gita." Even in German, "I name Gita" is grammatically incorrect.

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Quotes

Kate: Who the hell do you think you are?
Doug: I know exactly who I am, sweetheart. I'm a guy who came a long way for lunch.
Kate: Well, please don't let me keep you from the trough.

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Alternate Versions

In Region 1, the earlier DVD (with only a trailer as an extra) is anamorphically enhanced, properly framed, and 101 minutes. The "Gold Medal Edition" DVD later released is non-anamorphic, missing a significant amount of picture on the left, right, and bottom, and only 97 minutes because it is time compressed somehow (the same way 25 fps PAL video is sped up from a 24 fps film source).

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Connections

Referenced in While We're Young (2014)

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Soundtracks

Ride on Time
Written by Dan Hartman, Mirko Limoni, Daniele Davoli and Valerio Semplici
Performed by Black Box

User Reviews

Good chemistry for a solid rom-com

It's the 1988 Winter Olympics at Calgary. Doug Dorsey (D.B. Sweeney) is a promising hockey player, but his career is cut short by an eye injury. Kate Moseley (Moira Kelly) is a spoiled temperamental pairs figure skater who goes through every partner. Then 2 years later, Moseley still can't find a partner, and Dorsey can't find a team. Her coach Anton Pamchenko decides to put them together despite their combative relationship.

They have good chemistry together. Their combative nature is the perfect heat for a relationship. It is a fundamental building block to a good rom-com. That's what we have here. Two perfectly match solid actors doing a good rom-com. Moira Kelly has the perfect indignant pout, and Sweeney has a great sly smirk.