The Cutting Edge

Name: The Cutting Edge
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Released: 1992-03-27
Duration: 1 h 41 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn, Dwier Brown

The ultimate love/skate relationship.

The Cutting Edge (1992)

Timing: 1:41 (101 min)

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Watch film The Cutting Edge | THE CUTTING EDGE (1992) | Training For The Olympics | MGM

Release date

1992-03-27

Country

United States

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Interscope Communications

Genre

Romance, Comedy, Drama

Budget

Revenue

$25 105 517

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Director

Paul Michael Glaser

Actors

D.B. Sweeney, Moira Kelly, Roy Dotrice, Terry O'Quinn, Dwier Brown, Chris Benson, Kevin Peeks, Barry Flatman, Rachelle Ottley, Steve Sears
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Tony Gilroy

Producer

Ted Field, Robert W. Cort, Karen Murphy

Operator

Elliot Davis

Composer

Patrick Williams

Artist

Audition

Marci Liroff

Editing

Michael E. Polakow
All team (14)

Short description

Two former Olympians, one a figure skater and the other a hockey player, pin their hopes of one last shot at Olympic glory on one another. That is, of course, if they can keep from killing each other in the process...

What's left behind the scenes

Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney agreed between themselves that they would only appear together in a sequel to the film. When they were offered one of the sequel script options, Sweeney called it "nightmarish" and the fee – ridiculous. Since then, two sequels have been filmed and released directly to DVD, and two television films – all without Sweeney and Kelly.
Christine Hugh and Doug Ladre, who played the Russian figure skaters, are actually figure skaters. They compete for Canada.
Neither D.B. Sweeney nor Moira Kelly knew how to ice skate before filming began. After passing auditions and convincing the producers that they were quite suitable for the roles, they actively learned to ice skate over the next three months.
During the first week of filming, Moira Kelly botched a jump and injured her leg. As a result of the injury, her leg was in a cast for an entire month, and all the ice skating scenes were moved to the very end of the shooting period.
Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney agreed between themselves that they would only appear together in a sequel to the film. When they were offered one version of the sequel script, Sweeney called it “nightmarish” and the fee ridiculous. Since then, two sequels have been filmed and released directly to DVD, and two television films – all without Sweeney and Kelly.

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