Donny Football

Did you watch The Boys of 80, that documentary on Netflix, yet?

That is a movie, and I'm pretty sure that it's a Disney sports movie, but they didn't allow them to Disney it up too much.

If you ever dig into, let's say, Remember the Titans is another Disney sports movie.

If you ever actually dug into the reality of that situation, it's nowhere close.

I don't want to say it would ruin the movie.

I still love Remember the Titans, but you'll see that it's really not close to that situation.

But

With Miracle, there's a guy I follow.

He always goes through the based on a true story movies.

How factually correct is the movie compared to what actually happened?

Miracle is really as close as any other sports movie.

One of the things they did, they brought in actual guys that could skate and or have played hockey.

They didn't just get actors and try to teach them how to skate.

They did it the other way around.

They got hockey players or skaters, and they taught them how to act.

Yeah, and that's the thing.

They didn't have to use the body doubles or stunt doubles or anything.

The...

The post-practice skate sprints that Herb Brooks made the team do was accurate.

Working those guys into submission.