Kurt Russell as Herb Brooks with his arms folded at a hockey game in Miracle
The Big Picture If there's one thing that a Canadian like me can appreciate, it's hockey. And the proud history of Canadians beating the Soviet Union hockey team, so two things. While we up north have our own celebrated story of Canadians beating the USSR in 1972, knowing our neighbors down south have their own story about emerging victorious over the Soviet Union on the ice, at the height of the Cold War, is no less satisfying.
Release Date February 6, 2004 Director Gavin O'Connor Cast Kurt Russell , Patricia Clarkson , Noah Emmerich , Sean McCann , Kenneth Welsh , Eddie Cahill Runtime 135 minutes Main Genre Drama Writers Eric Guggenheim Expand 'Miracle's Story Is Built on a Foundation of Truth Hall of Fame broadcaster Al Michaels, the TV voice behind the 1980 games, recalls that when the producers of Miracle asked him to participate in the film, he agreed, but on one condition: the story had to be...
Off the ice, Brooks' methods of culling the herd from 68 players at camp to 26 included a 300 question psychological test he designed personally. It was created to help weed out, in Brooks' own words, "The ignorant people, the self-centered people, the people who don't want to expand their thoughts," explaining, "They're not going to be the real good athletes." Brooks himself was the last one cut from the 1960 team.
It wasn't only players on the 1980 team that contributed, however, but also players who were playing the game at the time. Cinematographer Dan Stoloff says, "We cast guys who could really skate... There are a few stunt guys in there. Some of those hits were stunt guys. But for the most part, what you see is really there." Longtime NHL goalie Bill Ranford was brought in to perform the action scenes of U.S.
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