Eric Guggenheim. Top credits Director Gavin O'Connor. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Clip Photos Top cast Edit. Gavin O'Connor. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. The inspiring story of the team that transcended its sport and united a nation with a new feeling of hope.
Based on the true story of one of the greatest moments in sports history, the tale captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice. Despite the long odds, Team USA carried the pride of a nation yearning from a distraction from world events.
With the world watching the team rose to the occasion, prompting broadcaster Al Michaels' now famous question, to the millions viewing at home: Do you believe in miracles? What America needed was a miracle. What it got was a hockey game. Biography Drama History Sport. Rated PG for language and some rough sports action. Did you know Edit. Trivia Kurt Russell took a pay cut, so the eight hundred to one thousand 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. 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.
Crazy credits Dedicated to Herb Brooks who died shortly after principal photography was completed. He never saw it. He lived it. Soundtracks Mr. User reviews Review. Top review. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the story was anything but. 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 Olympic Hockey. Claims by President Lyndon Johnson that the offensive was a complete failure were misleading.
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