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The most improbable upset in any sporting event of all time. It was indeed professional players vs. amateurs (college kids). If the two squads played each other 1000 times, 999 of the games would likely have been won by the Soviet team. Needless to say the landscape of media, sports, and information gathering (pre-internet) was so radically different in 1980 than it is today. ABC who was the U.S. based outlet who covered the games did not believe that the U.S - U.S.S.R. was competitive enough of a match to even cover the game on a live feed. It was ran in prime time on a tape delay. Imagine that. Spot on accurate period piece. The only slight flaw I found was during the game between the U.S. and West Germany (this was prior to German reunification). The scoreboard displayed the abbreviation GDR (East Germany) for German Democratic Republic when it should have said FRG (Federal Republic of Germany). A pity that the real life Coach Herb Brooks did not get to see the finished product, having tragically passed away some months before the movie was released. You could not have turned in a better performance by Kurt Russell. Also notable in the cast is Noah Emmerich (The Americans) portraying Assistant Coach Craig Patrick. As the movie makes note of, the victory over the Soviet team was the semi-final game. The U.S. team victory for the gold was actually two days later against Finland. Again the U.S. team came from behind. And of course Herb Brooks famous quote that if they did not win the game 'they would take it to their graves.' Overall, just an amazing sports or human interest story in general. Magnificent production by all concerned from the cast, soundtrack, direction, cinematography, etc.

13:16 you asked how long they were doing that drill, they called them herbies, they were doing that for over an hour.

Go Lions!

I am super late to the party, but I worked with a guy who was an American tank commander in the Army in the conflict. We would talk sometimes and he would let a bit slip out of the total shit show that he saw. They would get jam/jelly packets in their MREs and he would see some guys eat the jam/jelly and then fill it full of M4 explosives. Yeah, you can blow it up like you see in the movies, but if you eat it, you die. The guys he saw would hand out the packets of M4 to kids and then laugh as they died. But then again, these types of people were often asked to go inspect something off to the side of the road and never returned. And no one questioned it. There would be fresh officers out of college and they would tell their troops to go from A to B in a straight line through the jungle. The Srgt (or highest ranking) would tell him why that was a bad idea and that they should S path around things. Officer would "out rank" his idea and make the troops go straight. The officer would never make it more than 100 yards into the field because he would get shot in the back of the head. The lack of compassion for the "enemy" and your own troops is something not many people talk about, and this was one time when the troops took it into their own hands. Anyway, just something lost in history that should stay alive and be told.

@rhetorical thrill - - yes there were towns back then that banned drinking and dancing.. there are even towns that do that now even tho they are very very rare (hint: most likely Utah).. - the song "Holding Out For A Hero" was made for and made famous by this movie, as are a few others from this movie. - shes not a stereotypical small town girl.. shes the stereotypical PK (Preacher's Kid).. the ones that do everything in their power are the wildest to prove they arent like their parents lol

RIP Dabney

A few players from this team would go pro, but the goaltender, Jim Craig, couldn't stay on an NHL roster for the long term, as he retired in 1984. Even though he did well as captain, Mike Eruzione opted not to continue playing after the games, even though he received a contract offer from the New York Rangers.

It was kind of a surprise when the Soviets pulled their top goaltender, Vladislav Tretiak, in the middle of this game. He had been the go to guy in net for them since the early 70s. In 1972, they played a special eight game Summit Series against the best Canadian players the NHL had to offer. Because of how it close it was, coming right down to a winning goal in the eighth game in Moscow, it certainly became a wake-up call for North American hockey.

I gotta say, Marcy's breasts looked mighty fine in this. Maybe they just deflated? That is all I can think. I gotta say, u are a hilarious youtuber. Your humor is just great. That was definitely one of the reasons why I subscribed to your channel. Keep it up 😅.

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If you're going to be a reviewer, you're going to have to not talk every second of every minute of the movie....digest, take a deep breath, analyze......make thoughtful comments, not just a continuous stream of blather

My wife and I went to Lake George for our first anniversary last year and we decided to spend a day in Lake Placid. We learned about the Miracle on Ice and we immediately went to watch this movie. One of our favorite sports movies ever!

R.I.P. to the following: Michael Mantenuto (portrayed Jack O'Callahan, "OC" - injured knee right before games) - died by suicide in April 2017 after serving as a Green Beret, Joe Cure (portrayed Mike Ramsey) - died in a rollover vehicle accident in Nov 2015, Kenneth Mitchell (portrayed Ralph Cox - Last to be cut from the team) - died from long term battle with ALS in Feb 2024

ESPN made a documentary about this game from the Soviet perspective and it was amazing. It was cool to hear their thoughts and feelings on the game

Your reactions are always so enjoyable and I love the movies you choose!

I am a Gold Medalist in Swimming and I am so glad you watched this! I wish more would review this amazingly beautiful and inspiring Movie! It’s my favorite sports movie and I cry every time I watch it. You are in good company when it comes to being an Olympic Junky! If you are looking for another inspiration sports movie please consider watching Murder Ball! It’s a documentary about the US Paralympic Quad-Rugby Team! I am a 10x Paralympic Gold Medalist and I love your commentary and enthusiasm about Sports! I can tell you played on a sports team and were a competitor! You get it’ Oh and many of the players in this movie were not actors but actual hockey players. The directors figured it’d be easier to teach people how to act then to teach them how to play exceptional hockey.

I've never seen you before, but when I saw a movie reaction to one of my favorite sports movies by someone in a Lions jersey, I knew I had to check it out. Here's hoping we get that miracle you were talking about!

It's either Miracle or Braveheart that are my favorite movies of all time

Lets go lions! One Pride! Im about 45 min north of detroit

The warrior leader cleon was killed right away for the accusation the destroyers said against them.

Unfortunately, Hollywood always has to dramatically change what actually happened in historical pieces. But, I guess thats what documentaries are for. For a little more accurate account of what really happened, regarding the Doc Holiday/Wyatt Earp relationship at the time of Docs death....it was completely fabricated in the movie. The truth is, Wyatt, Doc and others were traveling together and in Albuquerque Doc insulted Josephines family and called Wyatt a "Jew-boy." And they completely fell out and basically ended their friendship. There is 1 account of Wyatt and Doc having a short and final conversation a few months before Doc died. But it wasn't anything like the movie. Also, I'm sure its already been said 50 times, but Doc's spouse was a prostitute named "Big Nose Kate."

Wrote a research paper on this team in high school ended up getting Eruzione on the phone talked for about 30 minutes unforgettable memory

Sighh, know what kind of gang I'd have a hard time "taking seriously" hon? .. . one that wore their pants below their butts, backward bill-caps, and used lingo like "Yo, ho, pimpin, dawg, jiggy, bootey, fly". At least mimes have some class.

I was five when that happened and I can remember my parents watching and cheering. I even remember the announcer say the famous "do you believe in miracles?" line.

You can never unsee Chris Tucker in those outfits.

One of the players on that team was Buzz Schneider. In the movie, the role of Buzz Schneider was played by his real-life son Brian Schneider.

No when your any club/gang you never take your colors off. NEVER!!!!!!!!! You take your colors off your weak

The stock play Winthrop and Lewis did is called a short - they essentially “borrow” stocks to sell as high as possible in anticipation of buying back again much cheaper. They return the stock back to,orignal owner and keep the difference

In the Eastern bloc, blood doping was heavily practiced.

My fav cameo in this is probably Lemmy

Lively reaction. Yankees were very popular in the late 70s. Won world series in 77 and 78. Always thought they were the inspiration for the Furies.

To this day, the Miracle on Ice is the most impactful sports event of my life. Watching it on tv is something I will never forget.

She used to play in a sitcom called Two Close For Comfort around 1979-80.

I love that you wore your Lions jersey for this, there is some similarity (to a lesser extent) to what this USA hockey team did for the country and what the Lions are doing for Detroit and Michigan.

Can we go more than 10 seconds without a comment.

3:38 the guy on the left is Eddie Cahill and you might know him from CSI new york.

Can't go 2 seconds without ruining the movie

The film is great, but it doesn't fully show how much Herb Brooks did for Jim Craig's dad. He paid for him to attend the Olympics and also helped keep him on his feet while Jim was training. He was a huge benefactor to Jim's family.

In today’s United States mega world they be pulling for the Russians instead of American

You may want to check out the HBO documentary special about this 1980 hockey team is great

I was a senior at Notre Dame when this happened; all of us watched the delayed broadcast. I had season tickets to ND hockey games and I got to see many of the Team USA players from U of Minnesota, U of Wisconsin and Minnesota-Duluth play against the Irish over the previous 2-3 seasons. The great ABC broadcaster Jim McKay summed it up later on when he said something along the lines of “ it’s like a group of College Football All-Stars beating the Pittsburgh Steelers; it’s that big an upset” (a few weeks earlier, the Steelers had won their 4th Super Bowl in 6 seasons).

I was stationed in South Korea when this happened. I grew up as a kid with ice hockey in the 60s and 70s just south of Boston. I can still hear Al Michael's say " Do You Believe in Miracles" ?

Olympic ice hockey wouldn't adopt a group stage/knockout format until the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville. The format here, was different. Without getting too far into the weeds, if Team USA had lost to Finland in the final game, there was a mathematical but very real possibility that they could have finished 4th, and beating the Soviets would have ended up as little more than a historical quirk.

Casablanca (1942). If you haven't seen it, you should.

Oh man I LOVE you didn’t know what this movie was about. It makes the reveal in the bar scene so much fucking better! Btw a lot of people consider this to be Quentin Tarantino’s movie even though it’s directed by Rodriguez. It has a lot of the tropes that a QT movie has. 20:25-20:34 is pretty funny!

Fun bit of trivia: Other than Jim Craig (Eddie Cahill) all of the actors that played team USA were hockey players. They figured it would be easier to teach hockey players how to act than to teach actors how to realistically play hockey.

The sign of how great this movie (and this moment) is: You are on the edge of your seat during the entire USSR game, even though you know how it is going to end.

It’s cool you reacted to this. Clash of the Titans is not done really at all as a reaction and it makes me sad cause it’s a fantastic movie. If you enjoyed this I highly recommend Jason and the Argonauts. Still to this day the skeleton fight in that movie is insane and I still don’t understand how Ray Harryhausen did it. It’s that impressive!

18:42, as a UK veteran, I would like to introduce you to a lot of the people that I had the misfortune to work with.They really were totally delusional and totally constipated, just like the lieutenant here is.