| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 89 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by James Erskine. |
| Performer |
Performer, John Curry ; Narrator, Freddie Fox. |
| Summary |
John Curry transformed ice skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. Coming out on the night of his Olympic win in 1976, he became the first openly gay Olympian in a time when homosexuality was not even fully legal. Toxic yet charming; rebellious yet elitist; emotionally aloof yet spectacularly needy; ferociously ambitious yet bent on self-destruction, this is a man forever on the run: from his father's ghost, his country, and even his own self. Above all, an artist and an athlete whose body time and time again -sometimes against his will- becomes a political battlefield. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Curry, John, 1949-1994.
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Figure skaters -- Great Britain.
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Gay figure skaters -- Great Britain.
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Olympic athletes -- Great Britain.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Erskine, James, film director, film producer, screenwriter.
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Curry, John, 1949-1994, on-screen participant.
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Fox, Freddie, 1989- narrator.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Jones, Bill (Producer of documentary films).
Alone.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT12466432 |
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