The Cutting Edge (1992)

Can a rough and tumble hockey player and a snooty ice dancer find love and a gold medal at the same time? That's the burning (or more appropriately freezing) question in this romantic drama. Kate Moseley (Moira Kelly) is a world-class figure skater training for the Olympics; she has genuine talent, but years of being spoiled by her wealthy family have made her all but impossible to work with. Doug Dorsey (D.B. Sweeney) is a hockey player with drive, skill, and a full complement of arrogance; his team is also on the fast track to the Olympics. Unfortunately, an eye injury suffered during a game affects Doug's peri...
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pheral vision enough to put him on the bench for the rest of the season. At the same time, Kate's colossal ego scares off yet another skating partner, and her coach, Anton (Roy Dotrice), needs to find a replacement as soon as possible. Desperate to stay in Olympic competition, Doug agrees to try working as Kate's partner, even though he has a hockey player's macho contempt for figure skating. Needless to say, the first few practices between Kate and Doug do not go well, but in time they learn to work together and become a pair to be reckoned with both on and off the ice. The Cutting Edge was released within a few months of the 1992 Winter Olympic Games.
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Straight blades meet toe-picks as a handsome ice hockey player has his professional career cut short from an accident, and then meets a figure skater whose prima donna attitude sends every prospective partner running--and his heart a flutter.

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Kate is een getalenteerde maar over het paard getilde kunstschaatster. Haar schaatspartners zijn een voor een niet goed genoeg voor haar, maar ze moet en zal meedoen aan de Olympische spelen. Doug is een stoere jongen die lid is van het Amerikaanse ijshockeyteam tijdens de spelen in 1988 in Calgary. In de wedstrijd tegen West-Duitsland raakt hij zodanig geblesseerd, dat hij nooit meer in de nationale selectie kan spelen. Dan komt er iemand op het idee om van Kate en Doug een kunstschaatskoppel te maken...

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