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The ice king / Film Movement ; Dogwoof presents in association with BBC Storyville and Goldfinch Entertainment ; a New Black Films production ; a James Erskine film ; produced by Victoria Gregory ; written, produced & directed by James Erskine.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Curry, John, 1949-1994.
- Curry, John.
- Figure skaters--Great Britain.
- Figure skaters.
- Gay figure skaters--Great Britain.
- Gay figure skaters.
- Olympic athletes--Great Britain.
- Olympic athletes.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographical films.
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (89 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Distributed by] Film Movement, [2020]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- 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.
- Participant:
- Performer, John Curry ; narration, Freddie Fox.
- Credits:
- Musical director, Stuart Hancock ; original music performed by the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra ; director of photography, Paul Williams.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Based on the book "Alone: the triumph and tragedy of John Curry" by Bill Jones.
- Originally produced by: New Black Films, ©2018.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed June 18, 2020).
- Publisher Number:
- fm-theice Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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