Three Seconds (2017)

Going Vertical is a film based on real events that occurred in 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. It focuses on a legendary final battle between USSR and USA basketball teams.

Director:

Anton Megerdichev

Writers:

Sergey Belov (book), Aleksandr Konovalov (book)

Stars:

Vladimir Mashkov, John Savage, Marat Basharov

7 wins & 5 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vladimir Mashkov	...	Vladimir Garanzhin
John Savage	...	Hank Aiba
Marat Basharov	...	Tereschenko
Sergey Garmash	...	Sergey Pavlov, head of Goskomsport
Ivan Kolesnikov	...	Aleksander Belov
Otar Lortkipanidze	...	Mikhail Korkia
Irakli Mikava	...	Zourab Sakandelidze
Aleksandra Revenko	...	Aleksandra Ovchinnikova
Aleksandr Ryapolov	...	Alzhan Zharmukhamedov
James Tratas	...	Modestas Paulauskas
Kirill Zaytsev	...	Sergey Belov
Andrey Smolyakov	...	Sergey Bashkin
Ivan Orlov	...	Sergey Kovalenko
Egor Klimovich	...	Aleksander Boloshev
Dmitriy Frid	...	Referee

Storyline

The film tells us about the incredible events that occurred at the 1972 Olympics in Munich. The USSR basketball team was able to defeat the unbeatable Americans in the final of the basketball tournament. Three seconds before the end of the match, the Americans led by one point advantage. The Americans have already begun to rejoice in the victory, they were sure that in these three seconds the outcome of the match will not change. But not only the outcome of the match changed, but the whole basketball history.

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Plot Keywords:

kgb | political repression | disabled child | torture | plagiarism | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sport

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The last scenes of the film - the scenes of the final match of the 1972 Olympic Games basketball tournament between the USSR and the US national teams - were filmed in the first filming days. Instead of a crowd of fans, advertising and other attributes of the Munich match, the shooting technique used the "chromakey" technology.

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Goofs

In the finals the soviet coach tries to motivate the team by calling "ostriches" and tell them to "open the wings and fly". However ostriches can't fly.

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Quotes

Vladimir Garanzhin: Play for yourself and for Sashka! For yourself and for Sashka!

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Connections

Referenced in Vdud: Nikita Mikhalkov (2018)

User Reviews

Go watch Miracle (2004)

Sure the movie is entertaining, given the fact that it plagiarized Miracle (2004). If you really think about it the movie makes very little sense both story wise and characters' motivation. The relationships of the characters have no actual development, there are a lot of plots that were put in simply for the dramatic effect. It is an insult to the actual people that are portrayed in the movie how they change all of them, almost if not all the characteristics of the players are made up and don't actually represent the people behind the names. Maybe worst of all is the advertising of the movie, getting called "a documentary" or saying that it is an accurate retelling, when it couldn't be farther from the truth. The director prides himself on the accuracy of the movie when a lot of things in the movie are anything but the truth. If you want to watch a better movie, with character motivations that make sense and a plot that doesn't contradict itself watch "Miracle".

Details

Country:

Russia

Language:

Russian English Georgian Lithuanian

Release Date:

28 December 2017 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Three Seconds

Filming Locations:

Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$7,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$59,884,997

Company Credits

Production Co:

Three T Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

133 min

Color:

Color