Based on the real-life story of American rower Tiff Wood (Colin Ferguson), an athlete determined to realize his goal of winning gold at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Wood's dream is shattered when the U.S. boycotts the games, and he must refocus his life towards making the team four years later, with the odds against him.
Acting
Ferguson's hollow-eyed exhaustion feels dangerously real.
Direction
Harada lingers on suffering like it's beautiful.
Director
Masato Harada
Colin Ferguson
Tiff Wood
Leslie Hope
Kate Bordeleau
Peter Murnik
John Biglow
James Hyndman
Polar Bear Nelson
Michiko Hada
Taki
Helen Shaver
Slim
Kenneth Welsh
Harry Parker
Andrew Tarbet
Greg Stone
Christopher Heyerdahl
Paul Enquist
Kristen Holden-Ried
Kurt Cruise
Rita Gam
Iris Biglow
Ellen David
Alexandra
Richard Jutras
Adam
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Colin Ferguson learned to row for months, then injured his back and couldn't perform most takes. That's real pain you see.
The 1980 boycott ended 461 American Olympic dreams; this film is one of the only mainstream acknowledgments that political gestures have human collateral.
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