With my 11th pick in the draft, The Team With No Name is proud to select, in the Sports category, MIRACLE.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349825/
I did not pick this movie because I'm an American and it was our greatest moment in amateur sport ever. I didn't pick this movie as a patriotic reminder of a small victory in the Cold War. I didn't even pick this movie because it is one of the best hockey movies ever made.
I picked this film because it focused on what got that team to accomplish the unthinkable, Herb Brooks. Brooks' coaching won that gold medal. He took a bunch of kids from rival schools in some instances, with very little time and turned them into a TEAM. I think it may be the greatest coaching job in sports history. He as THAT good. Kurt Russell was outstanding in the film and really became Brooks on screen. The hockey sequences are expertly shot and they endeavored to keep the movie shots as close to what really happened on the ice as possible. I went into this movie expecting nothing and came away loving it. Great movie.
There is a stunning lack of quality clips from this movie on youtube. These are the best I could do.
Trailer
Greatest bag skate ever
vs. Russia pre-game speech