Looking for the name of an American movie. It tells the story of a coach who led the American ice hockey team to defeat the Soviet team in the Olympic Games and win the championship.

Original name: MIRACLE

Translated name: Miracle on Ice

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Director Gavin O'Connor )

Screenwriter Eric Guggenheim

Genre Drama/Biography/Sports

Premiere date: February 2, 2004, United States (premiere)

Length 136 minutes

Country Region United States

Language English

Subtitles Chinese

Color Color

Era 2004

Produced by Disney/Buenai

Rated PG (foul language, stadium violence) (USA)

Promotional language If you believe in yourself, anything can happen.

The story of the greatest moment in sports history.

Believe. Stills Their game made them winners. Their spirit made them heroes.

Do you believe in miracles?

(If you believe in yourself, anything can happen. Stories of great moments in sports history. Believe. Their game made them winners, and their spirit made them They became heroes. Do you believe in miracles?)

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Kurt Russell... Herb Brooks stills Eddie Cahill... Jim Craig

Patricia Clarkson... Patty Brooks

Michael Mantenuto ... Jack O'Callahan

Noah Emmerich .... Craig Patrick

Sean McCann ... . Walter Bush

Kenneth Welsh .... Doc Nagobads

Patrick O'Brien Demsey .... Mike Eruzione

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The film is adapted from true events that occurred at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. At that time, the stills (23 photos) were during the "Cold War" period between the two giants, the United States and the Soviet Union. In the United States, the early 1980s was a period of relative economic difficulty and an embarrassing status in the world. During this period, the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union could be expressed in any aspect, and the sports competition that best reflected the national honor was of course no exception. This time, it was ice hockey.

The protagonist of this film is a man named Herb Brooks (played by Kurt Russell). When he was young, Herb was also a member of the United States National Hockey Team. He represented the United States in the 1964 Winter Olympics, but failed to win the championship. This was the biggest regret in Herb's life. In order to get a taste of his long-cherished dream, he finally led a group of newcomers as a coach to compete in the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics.

Before 1980, the Soviet national team had won four consecutive Olympic championship trophies. They were well-trained and experienced, and they had defeated the US national team and NHL star teams by large margins many times. What the fledgling American boys have to face is not only a powerful enemy that is almost difficult to defeat, but also various difficulties such as their own tactical quality and lack of team spirit. Before the finals, no one was optimistic about the young American team.

However, a miracle really happened! On February 22, 1980, the U.S. team led by Brooks finally defeated the Soviet team with a score of 4:3 in the semifinals, and then defeated the Finnish team in the final to win the championship, staged a scene of ice legend in the eternal sports world- —This team is called the "Miracle on Ice" and is still talked about by sports fans today.

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The English name of this film "Miracle" comes from a famous broadcast line by the famous American sports broadcaster Al Michaels. : "Do you believe in miracles? ...Yes! (Do you believe in miracles? Yes, you should believe it!)"

Similar to 2002's "The Rookie", " "Miracle on Ice" is also an inspirational sports film that promotes the main theme. It also stars a second-rate action star. The behind-the-scenes team is basically the original cast of "The Rookie". The script is written by "The Stick" screenwriter Mike Rich. (Mike Rich) was adapted from a first draft by newcomer Eric Guggenheim. With an investment of only 16 million U.S. dollars, "Rookie" returned 75 million at the box office, allowing the career of Dennis Quaid, who was already on the verge of obsolescence, to pick up again. I wonder what Kurt Russell's luck will be this time.

Kurt Russell, who plays the hero Brooks, is a tough guy action star who is very familiar to movie fans. Few people know that Russell was a popular child star when he was a child. , made famous by Disney, was later discovered and successfully transformed by the famous B-movie director John Carpenter. His works include "Escape From New York" in 1981 and "The Thing" in 1982. etc., although Russell has also acted in many literary films, such as "Silkwood" (Silkwood) with Meryl Streep and Cher, and Mel Gibson and Michelle Pfeiffer. He co-starred in "Tequila Sunrise", etc., but overall it is his action movies that are most popular, such as "Soldier", "Highest Danger", "Backfire", etc. In the past two years, Russell, who is getting older, has once again faced transformation. Last year, he played the role of an aging middle-aged policeman in "Dark Blue", which was considered a successful attempt.

Except for Kurt Russell, a veteran in the film industry, more than half of the cast in "Miracle on Ice" are young handsome guys making their first appearance on the screen, including Michael Mantenu, who plays the main attacker Jack. Michael Mantenuto is a college student majoring in drama and the main player of the school ice hockey team; another leading actor, Eddie Cassil, played Rachel's assistant Tiger in the series "Six". Most people who watch this series will find him familiar.

In order to truly reproduce Brooks and his Miracle Team on the screen, the crew specially invited Herb Brooks himself to serve as a special consultant, providing many valuable details for the film. Unfortunately, Brooks was released last year. Unfortunately, he passed away in a car accident in August, and this film has become people's best memorial to him.

In the history of Hollywood, there are not too few movies about ice hockey. This may also be related to Americans’ enthusiasm for ice hockey.

From 1992 to 1996, Disney filmed the popular "The Mighty Ducks" trilogy, and in 1999, actor Russell Crowe also filmed "Mystery, Alaska" , but the box office was disastrous.

Movie review

In the post-9/11 era, the United States still needs a kind of power to inspire the people's fighting spirit and national honor, defeat all "enemies", and win the final honor. . Most of the reviews from various media outlets on the famous American website Rotten Tomatoes are full of praise for the film. It is generally considered to be one of the best hockey films ever made, full of patriotism and excitement. However, Hollywood's sensationalist approach is always relatively "subtle", allowing you to blend in without even realizing it. Therefore, even as a non-American, it is easy to feel the surge of enthusiasm as the plot of the film progresses. Sometimes, this national sense of honor is conveyed regardless of national boundaries.