On DVD - January 2010

The Winter Olympics take place in Vancouver February 2010.
Catch the spirit with this selection of movies featuring the winter games:

Cool Runnings

Directed by Jon Turteltaub Starring Doug E Doug and John Candy
Released in 2002 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
DVD-Video, English, 98 minutes.

 

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This is the true story of four unlikely Jamaican athletes who dream of becoming Olympic champions. With the help of their coach, they enter the winter games in a sport they know nothing about--bobsledding--in a climate they can barely imagine.

 


The Cutting Edge (Special)

Directed by Paul Michael Glaser Starring D B Sweeney and Moira Kelly
Released in 2008 by Tcfhe/MGM
DVD-Video, English, 102 minutes.

 

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An ex-hockey player and a prima donna bicker as paired figure skaters shooting for the Olympics.

 



Downhill Racer

Directed by Michael Ritchie Starring Robert Redford and Gene Hackman
Released in 2009 by Image Entertainment
DVD-Video, English, .

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A cocky American skis and apres-skis Europe, training with his coach for the Olympics. Directed by Michael Ritchie.



Miracle

Directed by Gavin O'Connor Starring Kurt Russell and Eddie Cahill
Released in 2006 by Buena Vista Home Entertainment
DVD-Video, English, 136 minutes.

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The true story of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team and its next-to-impossible win over the Soviet Union.



Olympic Century

Released in 2004 by Kc Sales
DVD-Video, English, 150 minutes.

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Using newly acquired and fully restored film material, re-cut in an up-to-day collection of triumphs and tragedies, the Olympic Century fells the remarkable story of the successes, failures, and glory that are the Olympic Games.