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Blades of glory - Will Ferrell, Jenna Fischer, Jon Heder, Josh Gordon, Will Speck

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Movie propaganda

Kick some ice.

When rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) go ballistic in an embarrassing, no-holds-barred fight at the World Championships, they are stripped of their gold medals and banned from the sport for life. Now, three-and-a-half years on, they've found a loophole that will allow them to compete: if they can put aside their differences, they can skate together - in pairs' figure skating.

Theatrical propaganda posters

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

  • Film sport ice skating pairs comedy men same sex compete gold medal

Persons of interest

  • Will Ferrell ... Chazz Michael Michaels
  • Jon Heder ... Jimmy MacElroy
  • Will Arnett ... Stranz Van Waldenberg
  • Amy Poehler ... Fairchild
  • Jenna Fischer ... Katie
  • William Fichtner ... Darren MacElroy
  • Craig T Nelson ... Coach
  • Romany Malco ... Jesse
  • Nick Swardson ... Hector
  • Rob Corddry ... Bryce
  • Ben Wilson ... Gary the Fox
  • William Daniels ... Commissioner Ebbers
  • Zachary Ferren ... Young Jimmy
  • Rémy Girard ... Father St Pierre
  • Smalls ... Frank the Security Guard
  • Busy Philipps .... Storywriter
  • Craig Cox .... Screenwriter
  • Jeff Cox .... Screenwriter
  • John Altschuler .... Screenwriter
  • Dave Krinsky .... Screenwriter
  • Josh Gordon .... Director
  • Will Speck .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Shot down... in a blaze of glory!

That's a great pun.

Meanwhile, I was pleasantly surprised by Blades of glory. I thought it would be one of those Will Ferrell films where he goes over the top in his quest for comedy and it turned out to be one of those Will Ferrell films where he goes over the top in his quest for comedy but that this is not as bad as it sounds. It's actually quite funny in places, although it's more of a giggle-funny than a guffaw-funny. After all, how can you make ice skating seem sillier than it already is?

Jon Heder is in this film, too.

Security censorship classification

M (Moderate sexual references, comedic violence)

Surveillance time

93 minutes (1:33 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

Film: 21 June 2007

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