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THE ICE KING
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Post-Production - Documentary - 90 minutes

Log Line

The greatest ice skater of all time, John Curry transformed a dated sport into an art form and made history by becoming the first openly gay Olympian in a time when homosexuality was not even fully legal.

Previous markets

  • AFM 2017 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2018 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : James ERSKINE

Synopsis

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. Above all, an artist and an athlete whose body time and time again –sometimes against his will– becomes a political battlefield.

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

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