Miracle 2004

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 136 min

genre: drama

theme: sports

director: Gavin O'Connor

Score: 7 / 10

Miracle is a 2004 American sports film directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Eric Guggenheim. It is about the U.S. men's ice hockey team, whose gold medal victory in the 1980 Winter Olympics over the heavily favored seasoned Soviet team was dubbed the "Miracle on Ice". Kurt Russell stars as head coach Herb Brooks with Patricia Clarkson and Noah Emmerich in supporting roles.

Plot

Herb Brooks, head ice hockey coach at the University of Minnesota, interviews with the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) for the national team coach's job, discussing his philosophy on how to beat the dominant Soviet team who have won the gold medal in the previous four Olympics, calling for changes to the practice schedule and strategy. The USOC is skeptical, but gives Brooks the job.

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More details

author	Eric Guggenheim
contentLocation	New York
director	Gavin O'Connor
editor	John Gilroy
events	Cold War
genre	drama
keywords	10 minute 1960 olympic gold medal 1980 winter olympics buzz schneider craig patrick czechoslovakia czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team dave christian finland finland men's national ice hockey team first time game germany men's national ice hockey team herb brooks how to ice hockey ice hockey at the 1960 winter olympics injured jack o'callahan jim craig knee injury madison square garden mark johnson mike eruzione national team norway norway men's national ice hockey team oslo penalize penalty power play rob mcclanahan romania romania men's national ice hockey team slash soviet soviet union national ice hockey team sports history spring steve janaszak sweden sweden men's national ice hockey team the national united states men's national ice hockey team united states olympic committee united states olympic & paralympic committee university of minnesota viktor tikhonov vladimir krutov vladimir myshkin vladislav tretiak walter bush west germany win
musicBy	Mark Isham
producer	Gordon Gray Greg O'Connor Jon Mone Justis Greene Mark Ciardi Ross Greenburg
productionCompany	Walt Disney Pictures
publisher	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
recordedAt	Vancouver
theme	amateur biographical sports war