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The ice king

Call Number

  • DVD 921 C97688I (CEN)

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Languages

Closed-captioned.

Performers

Narration, Freddie Fox.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Film Movement, [2019]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (89 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

John Curry transformed ice-skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. Coming out on the night of his Olympic win in 1976, he became the first openly gay Olympian in a time when homosexuality was not even fully legal. Toxic yet charming; rebellious yet elitist; emotionally aloof yet spectacularly needy; ferociously ambitious yet bent on self-destruction, this is a man forever on the run: from his father's ghost, his country, and even his own self.

Notes

Title from disc surface.

Based on the book "Alone: the triumph and tragedy of John Curry" by Bill Jones.

Originally produced as a documentary in 2018.

Bonus features: On the beautiful blue Danube: creating the music of The Ice King ; Q&A with director James Erskine.

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