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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Language Movie Release: 2004 DVD Release: 05/18/2004 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 2 Number of Discs: 2 Run Time: 2 hrs 16 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Total Copies: 33 Genres: Drama, Biopic [feature], Sports Drama See Also: Miracle [Widescreen], Miracle [Widescreen] [Blu-ray]

Gavin O'Connor directs the sports drama Miracle, based on the true story of the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. Kurt Russell stars as hockey coach Herb Brooks, who assembles a U.S. team of underdogs. No one thinks they can make it, as they are up against the previously undefeated Soviet hockey team. Despite the odds, Brooks leads the U.S. team to victory. As the 1980 Winter Olympics happen to coincide with the Cold War, the event is interpreted as patriotic. Also starring Eddie Cahill and Patricia Clarkson, Miracle was distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Kurt Russell - Herb Brooks
Patricia Clarkson - Patty Brooks
Noah Emmerich - Craig Patrick
Sean McCann - Walter Bush
Kenneth Welsh - Doc Nagobads

Miracle tells the story o the gold medal-winning 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, who were led by the flinty coach Herb Brooks -- portrayed in a good performance by Kurt Russell in the film. The movie is presented in a standard full-frame transfer that fails to preserve the original theatrical aspect ratio of the film. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. This two-disc set is loaded with supplemental materials including a commentary track recorded by director Gavin O'Connor, editor John Gilroy, and cinematographer Daniel Stoloff. They discuss many aspects of the production including the director's decision to cast the team with people who could actually play hockey. A making of featurette, a look at how Kurt Russell met and absorbed the nuances of Herb Brooks (who passed away shortly before the film opened in theaters), a featurette on the sound design of the film, and outtakes round out this release. While fine for what it is, the film is available on a different disc that offers the same extras with a widescreen transfer of the film that is preferable to this edition. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide