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Eddie the Eagle / screenplay by Sean Macaulay and Simon Kelton ; director, Dexter Fletcher. , Great Britain - 1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Widescreen (2.39:1). Bonus features: Let the games begin: soring with Eddie the Eagle; All or nothing: the hero's heart; An unlikely friendship: Eddie & Peary; Attitude is altitude: filming the ski jumps; gallery.

Hugh Jackman, Taron Egerton, Christopher Walken, Edvin Endre, Jo Hartley, Tim Mcinnerny, Rune Temte.

Inspired by true events, it is a feel-good story about Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself, even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

MPAA rating: PG-13.


DVD, NTSC, region 1, dual layer, widescreen; Dolby digital 5.1.


English (Dolby digital 5.1), Spanish (Surround Dolby digital 2.0) or French (Surround Dolby digital 2.0) audio; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired; described video.

Standard No.: 024543213123

Publisher. No.: 2321312 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

Subjects--Personal Names:
Edwards, Eddie, 1963- --Drama.

Subjects--Meeting Names:
Olympic Winter Games Calgary, Alta.) 1988 : (15th : --Drama.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Ski jumping--Drama.
Olympic athletes--Drama.
Coaches (Athletics)--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Feature films.
Sports films.
Biographical films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.