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Miracle

  • 20042004
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  • 2h 15m
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The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.The true story of Herb Brooks, the player-turned-coach who led the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to victory over the seemingly invincible Soviet squad.
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    • Gavin O'Connor
    • Eric Guggenheim
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    • Kurt Russell
    • Patricia Clarkson
    • Nathan West
    • Gavin O'Connor
    • Eric Guggenheim
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    • Patricia Clarkson
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    Kurt Russell
    Kurt Russell
    • Herb Brooks
    Patricia Clarkson
    Patricia Clarkson
    • Patti Brooks
    Nathan West
    Nathan West
    • Rob McClanahan
    Noah Emmerich
    Noah Emmerich
    • Craig Patrick
    Sean McCann
    Sean McCann
    • Walter Bush
    Kenneth Welsh
    Kenneth Welsh
    • Doc Nagobads
    Eddie Cahill
    Eddie Cahill
    • Jim Craig
    Patrick O'Brien Demsey
    Patrick O'Brien Demsey
    • Mike Eruzione
    Michael Mantenuto
    Michael Mantenuto
    • Jack O'Callahan
    Kenneth Mitchell
    Kenneth Mitchell
    • Ralph Cox
    Eric Peter-Kaiser
    Eric Peter-Kaiser
    • Mark Johnson
    Bobby Hanson
    • Dave Silk
    Joseph Cure
    Joseph Cure
    • Mike Ramsey
    Billy Schneider
    • Buzz Schneider
    Nate Miller
    • John 'Bah' Harrington
    Chris Koch
    • Mark Pavelich
    Kris Wilson
    • Phil Verchota
    Steve Kovalcik
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    • Trivia
      Kurt Russell took a pay cut, so the 800-1000 extras used as the fans at the hockey game could enjoy a full hot meal instead of a brown-bag lunch.
    • Goofs
      During the match against West Germany, the scoreboard shows that the U.S. is playing the GDR, the English abbreviation for East Germany. The score board in the original game was incorrect - the scoreboard coordinator in the original game made the mistake, not the filmmakers.
    • Quotes

      Herb Brooks: Great moments are born from great opportunity. And that's what you have here, tonight, boys. That's what you've earned here tonight. One game. If we played 'em ten times, they might win nine. But not this game. Not tonight. Tonight, we skate with them. Tonight, we stay with them. And we shut them down because we can! Tonight, we are the greatest hockey team in the world. You were born to be hockey players. Every one of you. And you were meant to be here tonight. This is your time. Their time is done. It's over. I'm sick and tired of hearing about what a great hockey team the Soviets have. Screw 'em. This is your time. Now go out there and take it.

    • Crazy credits
      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.
    • Connections
      Edited into From Hockey to Hollywood: Actors' Journeys (2004)
    • Soundtracks
      Mr. Boogie
      Written by Stephen Gaboury and MacHan Taylor (as Taylor Machan)

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    8/10
    A Surprisingly Good Sports Film Lacking Most Cliché
    During the 2010 Winter Olympics, NBC broadcast a 30-minute documentary piece on the 1980 US Olympic ice hockey team. While I knew the story of how they beat the Soviets and won the Gold Medal (I had seen it live as a kid), I was expecting some clichéd rhetoric about the team and what they had done, akin to films like "Knute Rockne, All American" (1940) and "Rocky" (1976). I was pleasantly surprised to find that the story was anything but. The coach of that team, Herbert Brooks, was no hackneyed clone of a Knute Rockne or a Vince Limbardo. Instead he was a tight-fisted uncompromising hockey general who distanced himself from his players, more like a Bobby Knight than a Knute. This was not someone with whom teammates would feel comfortable having a beer. Instead, his inspiration to the players came from the other direction, by exposing their weaknesses and in some cases using unfairness and resentment as anchors from which to get the best out of his players. I decided that "Miracle" might be worth a look, especially as a prelude to the US vs Canada in the gold medal round of 2010 Olympic Hockey.

    Kurt Russell portrays Herbert Brooks as a lean and mean hockey coach who leaves sentimentality at the front door of the ice hockey rink. From the get-go he informs his players he's not there to be their friend. His goal is to let loose their highest playing potential coupled with the best conditioning among the Olympic hockey players at all costs. At times, he seems to be driving the players too hard well-beyond their comfort zones. Much of the story is the unconventional training techniques he uses to prepare the players for the 1980 Winter Olympics. According to the film, Brooks is relatively new to these techniques which he adopted while studying USSR hockey. His plan is to use the Soviets' techniques against them in the Olympics, which is not just about strategy but also about extreme discipline and an uncompromising tough sensibility akin to the military. One character points out that everything Brooks does has a purpose behind it.

    The only short-coming in the script may be the portrayal of Brooks' wife who finds her relationship with her husband compromised, at least according to the film. I wondered if it played out in real life as in the film or if it was fabricated by the screenwriters. Too many sports movies have this sort of relationship with the wife acting as the balance between the obsessive coach and the needs of his family. She's been through this before. Why did she marry him in the first place? To be a successful account?

    Certainly, most Americans know the outcome of the story, although the sequence of the game between the US and the Soviets is riveting and plays out about as well as the fight between Rocky and Apollo Creed. However, the meat of the story is really about the relationship between Brooks and his players, and the coach's single-minded determination to create the best Olympic team possible. By putting a certain amount of anger and determination into their hearts and heads, Brooks brings out the best in them, much like a sergeant in boot camp. The speech before the Americans played the Soviets is one of the better scenes of its type, leaving behind the "do it for the Gipper" silliness that has become a sports cliché. The only moment which was lacking in the film was the speech before the very final game when the US played Finland after the Soviets. In that speech, apparently Brooks told his team that if they didn't win, they would go to their graves regretting the missed opportunity. I would have liked to have seen Russell give that speech as well. Apparently Herb Brooks died before the principal shooting of this film had ended, and the film is dedicated to him. Just about as fitting a tribute as a coach could ask for.
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    • What was the Soviet team roster?
    • Were all of the players on the 1980 Soviet team Russian?
    • Why did canadian goalie Bill Ranford play the goalie double?

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      • February 6, 2004 (United States)
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      • Prince George, British Columbia, Canada
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      • Determination Productions
      • Mayhem Pictures
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