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Cool Runnings

Cool Runnings

The Highlights: Four inspired young men recruit a disgraced former bobsled champion to coach them and painstakingly practice in a makeshift sled with wheels.

Drink Pairing: Flaming Jamaican Bobseld

SYNOPSIS: This fun, frolicking film is loosely based on the true story of the Jamaica National bobsled team from the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Four inspired young men recruit a disgraced former bobsled champion to coach them and painstakingly practice in their own country in a makeshift sled…

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I tonya

I, Tonya

The Highlights: The Highlights: The crazy true story of figure skater Tonya Harding’s incredible rise and fall

Drink Pairing: cold beer

Synopsis: Tonya Harding’s name was once synonymous with figure skating. Technically, it still is, but she’s less remembered for her talent on the ice than she is for the scandal she was involved in when her ex-husband hired someone to take out Nancy Kerrigan, Tonya’s biggest competition. This film…

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Miracle

Miracle

The Highlights: Based on the true story of the 1980 US Olympic ice hockey team

Drink Pairing: Red wine

Synopsis: Herb Brooks, the coach of the 1980 US Olympic ice hockey team, pulled off one of the greatest wins in sports history when his ragtag team of college kids went head to head with the team from the Soviet Union. They faced long odds against the legendary Russians,…

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Unbroken

Unbroken

The Highlights: he true story of an Olympic athlete taken hostage by the Japanese during World War Two

Drink Pairing: Hibiki Japanese Whiskey

Synopsis: Based on the true story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic athlete who joined the United States armed forces during WW2. After the plane he is flying operations in goes down in the Pacific Ocean, Louis and two others survived nearly 50 days on a life raft with very…

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