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Tijdens de Olympische Spelen van 2002 voerden de Amerikaanse kunstschaatsers Chazz en Jimmy hun onderlinge rivaliteit zo hoog op, dat ze allebei voor het leven geschorst werden. De heren hebben toch een mogelijkheid gevonden om zich te kwalificeren voor de volgende Spelen. Echter, dat houdt in dat ze als een koppel moeten aantreden.
When rivalry between the world's best men's figure skaters - sex addicted, improvisational Chazz Michael Michaels and germophobic, precise Jimmy MacElroy - breaks into a fight on the awards platform, they're banned from the event for life. Three years later, desire for a gold medal and a careful reading of the rules lead them to compete as skating's first male-male pair. Can they overcome mutual dislike, limited time to prepare, their coach's secret past, and the dirty tricks of their main opponents, the Van Waldenberg siblings? The key to victory or defeat may lie in the attraction of the virginal Jimmy toward K...
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atie, the Van Waldenbergs' little sister.
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Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, and Will Arnett headline this high-concept comedy concerning two male figure-skating rivals aching to compete despite having been banned from the sport. Their medals stripped after getting into a highly publicized fight at the World Championships, star figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) are barred from ever competing in the sport again. Upon discovering a loophole that will allow them to perform together in the pairs figure skating category, the two athletes determine to put their differences aside in order to pursue their gold medal aspirations. Am...
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y Poehler, Jenna Fischer, Craig T. Nelson, and Rob Corddry co-star.
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Two comedic heavy hitters, Will Ferrell (ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY) and Jon Heder (NAPOLEON DYNAMITE), join forces to push the boundaries of slapstick with their ice-skating farce, BLADES OF GLORY. Rival skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) begrudgingly set out to attempt a historical comeback in the pair-skating program after being banned in the men's figure skating category after an unsportsmanlike scuffle. MacElroy's former coach (Craig T. Nelson) provides them with the tough-love coaching they so desperately need. Despite their absurdity, the duo aren't previous awar...
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d winners for nothing, and their combined talent threatens the position of fellow American skating champions--brother and sister pair-skating team Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg, who are played by real-life husband and wife Will Arnett (ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT) and Amy Poehler (SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE). But while Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg may turn on the charm for their adoring public, they reveal their true colors as they connive to sabotage Michaels and MacElroy in their efforts to regain the championship.
Ferrell's turn as the loud-talking, ego-swelling, hard-partying sex-addict skater is an abrasive and shrilling contrast to Heder's innocent, cherub-faced prodigal son. Poehler and Arnett are splendid as the biting antagonists, and demonstrate a masterful understanding of how to portray characters full of spite and self-indulgence. BLADES OF GLORY is full of gut-busting wisecracks and painfully funny imagery, and will undoubtedly leave fans hoping that Ferrell and Heder will team up again for more hilarity and outlandish entertainment.
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Since scoring with the ice-skating buddy-comedy Blades of Glory , DreamWorks has been eager to reteam with the flick's directing duo, Josh Gordon and Will Speck . Following their pair's moderately successful.though deeply disturbing.rom-com The Switch , Gordon and Speck are returning to DreamWorks to develop a new.but surely deranged.office comedy that will center on an office party that spins out of control. The first draft of this untitled feature was penned by The Hangover 's screenwriters, Jon Lucas and Scott Moore . That version was said to be set during the holidays.meaning all this mayhem would spawn from a Christmas office party gone horribly awry. However, nothing is certain now that DreamWorks has brought on Tim Dowling to do what Variety has been told will be "a page-one rewrite." It's too soon to say whether this is a positive step in the film's development or not, since Dowling's
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