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New York Yankees | Home » » » Miracle (Full Screen Edition) | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | From the studio that brought you THE ROOKIE and REMEMBER THE TITANS comes the movie everybody loves -- MIRACLE. Filled with exhilarating nonstop hockey action and heart-racing suspense, it's the inspiring true story behind one of the greatest moments in sports history — the 1980 United States ice hockey team's triumphant Olympic victory against the Soviet Union. Kurt Russell gives a brilliant performance as the dynamic and determined coach Herb Brooks, who had an impossible dream -- beat the seemingly unbeatable Soviets at their own game. Starting with a handpicked group of 26 undisciplined kids, Brooks coached them to play like they never played before, and turned 20 of them into a team that believed they could achieve the unachievable -- and in the process, united a nation with a new feeling of hope. | | | Features: | |
• Officially Licensed
• Highest Quality Recording
| | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Kurt Russell, Patricia Clarkson, Nathan West, Noah Emmerich, Sean McCann | | Director:
| Gavin O'Connor | | Format:
| Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| French | | Number of Discs:
| 2 | | Studio:
| Walt Disney Video | | Run Time:
| 135 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| May 18, 2004 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 229 reviews |
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 Superb presentation of a sports moment in historyJun 16, 2010
Excellent acting with the punch of great hockey action and drama that really happened. The casting for the team was a miracle in itself and footage of the actual Herb Brooks prior to his death is worth the price. If you're an Olympics fan (especially when the Games saw more amateur athletes) and/or a hockey fan, you will treasure this. If you're neither, you need to know just how this true story took place for it is still being mentioned in the sports world today. Great action shots that make you feel sometimes as if you're on the ice with the team or at the very least, in the stands, watching the game. Not to be missed.
Better than edge-of-your-seat watchingMay 29, 2010
For me, this falls into edge-of-the-coffee-table viewing, it's that good. We watch it all the time. Kurt Russell brings the coach to life, and Al Michaels re-voices the broadcast. The camera work is amazing. Terrific movie. Do you believe?
documentary style feel good movieApr 11, 2010
This is an accurate portrayal of the event in time when the US needed a miracle to win the gold. You can see clips of it in youtube. Herb Brooks needed to train his team to have the stamina in the fourth quarter where the Russian team always had the advantage with their physical stamina. He needed his team to work as a team so that different players will score the goal to confuse them. He needed them to have one imaginary enemy to focus their efforts on, and He chose himself. That drove them to the win. The win occured during the training, and that's what the movie is about.
So for those who gave lower ratings and even saying Russians won, you just don't get it.
Best sports movie EVER!Apr 08, 2010
I'm a hockey fan anyway but you can't like sports and not absolutely love this movie. I watch it on a regular basis - one of those movies that never gets old. Hard to believe America was once this great. I can only look at where we are today and wonder how incredible it would have been to be an adult in America in 1980 (I was 4). Look at the bright side....maybe the way things are going we'll be the Russians in no time and monopolize the games for 20 years....just don't smile 'cause you might get shot.
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HERE'S TO YOUMar 22, 2010
MIRACLE
There are two things that lead me to write this review, the most important being that this film was one of my mom's favorites. She passed away recently after 13 years of battling various types of cancer [no lie, multiple]. The second being that the winter Olympics just passed with the US doing very well in hockey, in this true story they went all the way and won the gold. When getting ready to write this I thought about various things, things I should say, should it be about the film and just that, or should I discuss my mama as well. The truth is I am not sure even still while typing this but it may serve as some kind of therapy, who knows. What I do know is that even if she was still around this is a very good film that shows what America is all about. In hockey, war, friendship, love, and life this is still the greatest country ever. From the actual hockey all the way to the acting the film is suburb in every way, and I mean that.
I am sure after all the years this film as been out you know the story, the story of the underdog. The story of the people who are not even looked at as worthy to be in there let alone win the thing. Yeah that is the story of the American Olympic Hockey Team from the 1980 Winter Games. The team was coached by Herb Brooks who was the coach at the University of Minnesota at the time, turns out this guy was a genius. He was counted out even before he got the job and once he did no one supported his decisions except maybe one or two people. Even still no one believed he could lead the US to victory especially over heavy favorites the Soviet team. Still as it would turn out he was the right man for the job, and his methods were excellent.
From the get go he wanted his team to be able to practice and come together longer than planned, so instead of a week long try out he had one day. Picked 26 guys who were all talented but maybe not the best over all in some cases, he wanted the best potential team players. Then he wilted it down to just 20 and off he went making his team of no name college guys [remember pros were not playing at the time in the Games] making them hate him so they wouldn't hate each other, which made them a team. Eventually that hate turned to respect for Brooks which made them into a family. It was that frame of mind that Herb wanted all along because it was no longer a team of individuals but one unit. It was that unit that would go on to give this country something it needed most off all in that time. What was that one thing, well for some it was hope, for others a good time, for others an escape, but one thing is for sure it was more than a hockey game.
Kurt Russell does a fantastic job of playing Herb Brooks and gets the man point blank, from his mannerisms to his voice and everything else. From what I can tell from the excellent special features he spent a lot of time with Herb and basically became him on the set. Same thing for all of the players on the team, they actually became the people they were portraying. Honestly Kurt could have won some awards for this because it truly is a great film and he did a great job. The surprising thing about this film is how good the kids are that played the players. Finding people that can act and play hockey is an amazing task, I mean my brother fits that to a t but finding a whole team is amazing. Also Patricia Clarkson does a great job as Herb's wife for the time that she is on screen, as does every one in the film.
Gavin O'Connor did a great job directing this film and making as true as possible and bringing this story back to life. You could tell when watching the behind the scenes he really did enjoy making this film. Writer Eric Guggenheim as well did an excellent job turning this true life sensation into a screenplay; I wish he would do more films. Also DP Dan Stoloff did a marvelous job, I love the way they filmed the hockey. This movie truly is a great film and not only should be watched but should be owned. I recommend buying this film as soon as possible because during these times it is could to see something like this. There are some excellent special features from behind the scenes, to the true story, to an excellent audio commentary.
This is not the grand review that I wanted to write but I just can't seem to get the words to come out. As I type and type after watching this movie I can't help but think about my mother, I was hoping to not only honor this film but to honor her as well. To be honest I am not even sure if I should post this or not, I guess I did if you are reading this. This movie is not only a true story but it showcases the best this country has to offer, its people. I get goose bumps when the legendary line "do you believe in miracles" is said, it is also the actual audio from that game. So here's to the greatest person I have ever had the pleasure and honor of knowing. The strongest person to have ever impacted my life, who was actually a hockey mom, we all miss and love you.
So here's to my miracle, my mother.
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