Miracle on Ice

[Báby_Fan]

Just came back from seeing Miracle ...it was great!

Part of the hockey team where there as well.  Unfortunately, though, there was no cheering from the crowd or any "sucks" being yelled out.  

Go See It!!!! (if you haven't already)

USA! USA! USA! USA!

[adamw]

The old abbreviations for Germany as used by the Olympic Committee were "GDR" and "FRG" ... German Democratic Republic ... and Federal Republic of Germany.  The Olympics often use their own abbreviations.

Also ... the team did, indeed, initially hate each other.  No movie cliche there.

[Keith K \'93]

I think BDR/DDR "initialize" the same words as FRG/GDR except the latter are English while the former are German.  Care to correct me Whelan? :-)

[jtwcornell91]

Keith K '93 wrote:

I think BDR/DDR "initialize" the same words as FRG/GDR except the latter are English while the former are German.  Care to correct me Whelan? :-)

Correct, except it's BRD, not BDR:

BRD = Bundesrepublik Deutschland = Federal Republic of Germany = FRG
DDR = Deutsche Demokratische Republik = German Democratic Republic = GDR

The united Germany is still the BRD, BTW.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

Reminds me of a little souvenir I picked up in April 1990, right after the wall opened up and before the two countries merged.

I was in Dresden, East Germany where I found a vehicle ID sticker that made a clever point.  It had a large "D", the ID for West Germany.  On the left side were a small "BR" and on the right side a small "DR".  Basically it looked like:

             BRDDR

a neat plug for unification.

JH

[jtwcornell91]

Jeff Hopkins '82 wrote:
Reminds me of a little souvenir I picked up in April 1990, right after the wall opened up and before the two countries merged.

I was in Dresden, East Germany where I found a vehicle ID sticker that made a clever point.  It had a large "D", the ID for West Germany.  On the left side were a small "BR" and on the right side a small "DR".  Basically it looked like:

             BRDDR

a neat plug for unification.

After unification, a lot of East Germans bought little white patches to cover up the first "D" and the "R" on their auto stickers and convert the "DDR" to a "D", rather than buying a new one.

[Jeff Hopkins \'82]

If I was in East Germany before unification, I'd have put the tape over the car (trabi) and left the sticker.  ;-)

JH

[dss28]

As a part of Sportscenter on Sunday, they had Eruzione review the film:

"I experienced it, and they really hit the nail on the head.  I give it 4 stars."

That, to me, gives the movie even MORE credibility.  They also showed the some footage from both the movie and the actual game -- everything was identical.  From the puck position to the number of celebratory steps they took while the crowd was going wild.  Identical.

This is definitely on my list of DVD must-haves.  I just hope as a bonus feature, they include the actual game on the DVD. ::idea::

[jtwcornell91]

dss28 wrote:
This is definitely on my list of DVD must-haves.  I just hope as a bonus feature, they include the actual game on the DVD. ::idea::

They could probably do it, too, since the same company has the rights to both.  For once "synergy" could work in the public's favor.

[dss28]

Here's hoping!!

[David Harding]

Uncle Ezra question about "Miracle on Ice" finally posted.
http://ezra.cornell.edu/posting.php?timestamp=1089694800#question2

[CUlater 89]

I find the reply to be not totally complete.  Arthur Kaminsky '68, the well-known sports agent, represented Brooks and the hockey team.  My recollection is that he was a featured character in the Made-for-TV movie about the 1980 team that starred Karl Malden, and that he may have had a role in the coach and team selection process.  I know for sure that he had dinner with Brooks and Dryden the night before the Soviet game and Brooks told him he thought they had a real chance against the Soviets.  I think he served as a consultant on "Miracle" and is the co-author of one of the better books about the 1980 team, with John Powers of the Boston Globe ("One Goal: A Chronicle of the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team").

[ninian '72]

Art Kaminsky quote from CSTV program on Herb Brooks:

”The night before the Soviet game, he [Brooks] and I and Ken Dryden, the great Canadiens goaltender, went for…dinner.  For two hours, Herb grilled Ken for everything he knew about the Soviets because Ken had played them so often.  And, as we left the restaurant, Ken said, ‘Herb, you think you have a chance?’  And Herb said, ‘I think we do.’”

So, although there were no Cornellians on the ice, two of them probably had an impact on the outcome of this game.