Do You Believe in Miracles? Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team: (1980)
League:
INTL
Season:
Olympic Intl
Teams:
USA vs. Russia
Discs:
1
Year:
1980
Key Players:
Brook & Eruzione
Price: $19.99
Full DVD Description:
You don't need to know anything about hockey to be moved by this hourlong documentary about one of the greatest upsets in sports history: the United States' defeat of the vaunted Russian Olympic hockey team at the 1980 Winter O-lympics in Lake Placid, New York.
The film recounts the David vs. Goliath matchup between the Americans (essentially a group of college kids molded into a team by coach Herb Brooks, also the U.S. hockey coach in the 2002 O-lympic games) and the Russians, professionals who had won four straight O-lympic golds.
The story is retold in interviews with the people who lived it, including Brooks and several of the American players, sportscaster Al Michaels (who uttered the title line as the game ended), and key Russian players. Do You Believe in Miracles? is a solid blend of sports and history that focuses on the human element in one of the great underdog victories of all time
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