Blades of Glory (2007)

Directors:

Josh Gordon
Will Speck

Writers (WGA):

Jeff Cox (screenplay) &
Craig Cox (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

30 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

Tagline:

Kick Some Ice

Plot:

In 2002, two rival Olympic ice skaters were stripped of their gold medals and permanently banned from men's single competition. Presently, however, they've found a loophole that will allow them to qualify as a pairs team.

Plot Keywords:

Frat Pack | Google Quotation | Slapstick | Death Stunt | Bad Haircut

Awards:

3 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Will Ferrell	...	Chazz Michael Michaels
Jon Heder	...	Jimmy MacElroy
Will Arnett	...	Stranz Van Waldenberg
Amy Poehler	...	Fairchild Van Waldenberg
Jenna Fischer	...	Katie Van Waldenberg
William Fichtner	...	Darren MacElroy
Craig T. Nelson	...	Coach
Romany Malco	...	Jesse
Nick Swardson	...	Hector
Scott Hamilton	...	Sports Anchor
Andy Richter	...	Mountie
Greg Lindsay	...	Mountie
Rob Corddry	...	Bryce
Nick Jameson	...	PA Announcer
Tom Virtue	...	Floor Manager
Ben Wilson	...	Fox
William Daniels	...	Commissioner Ebbers
Zachary Ferren	...	Young Jimmy
Rémy Girard	...	Father St. Pierre
Steven M. Gagnon	...	Rink Official World Games (as Steven Gagnon)
Christopher Reed	...	World Games Paramedic (as Chris Reed)
Luciana Carro	...	Sam
Nancy Kerrigan	...	Attractive Official
Smalls	...	Frank the Security Guard (as Ricardo "Smalls" Strickland)
Luke Wilson	...	Sex Class Counselor
Katharine Towne	...	Female Sex Addict (as Katherine Towne)
David Pressman	...	Reporter - Montreal
James M. Connor	...	Surly Reporter - Montreal (as James Michael Connor)
Craig Gellis	...	Jail Cell Inmate
Angela Chee	...	Newswoman
Hans Uder	...	Usher
Chad Brennan	...	Chazz Skate Double
Ethan Burgess	...	Jimmy Skate Double
Patrick Hancock	...	Stranz Skating Double
Tiffany Scott	...	Fairchild Skating Double
Brian Boitano	...	Federation Judge
Dorothy Hamill	...	Federation Judge
Peggy Fleming	...	Federation Judge
Phil Reeves	...	Father
Mollie Marie Clinton	...	Alice
Matt Levin	...	Matt
Eloise Lynch	...	Female Fan
Fiona Gubelmann	...	Woodland Fairie
Smith Cho	...	Woodland Fairie
James P. Yorke	...	Skate Fox
Alysse Alcroft	...	Skate Woodland Fairie
Taylor Neff	...	Skate Woodland Fairie
Wendy Wilke	...	Skate Woodland Fairie
Matt Evers	...	Skate Tree
Keith Joe Dick	...	Skate Tree
Sunita Param	...	Reporter
Stephanie Courtney	...	Reporter at Sign Ups
Lisa Marie Allen	...	Middle-Aged Sweater Mom (as Lisa-Marie Allen)
Elliott Cho	...	Little Kid
Loretta Fox	...	Court Stenographer
Kyle Bornheimer	...	Rink PA Nationals
Sasha Cohen	...	Sasha Cohen
Jim Lampley	...	Co-Anchor
Alison Martin	...	Female Judge - Stockholm
Griffin Armstorff	...	Finnish Skating Prodigy
Armen Saakian	...	Skate Acrobat Chazz Double
Akop Manoukian	...	Skate Acrobat Jimmy Double
Grant Thompson	...	Wallet Mountie
Kelly Gould	...	Crying Girl
Margaret Roblin	...	Female Judge - Montreal
Lisa Paul	...	Catholic School Girl
Lora Starkman	...	Girl Who Kisses Chazz
J.D. Cantrell	...	Future Skater
Kerry Rossall	...	Fire Extinguisher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brandon Barton	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Johnny Drocco	...	Jail Cell Inmate (uncredited)
Tati Edwards	...	Skate Woodland Fairie #4 (uncredited)
Dorothy Macdonald	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Lisa Lee Morgan	...	Panty-waving Chazz Fan (uncredited)
Mariev Rodrig	...	Olympic athlete (uncredited)
Amélie Sorel	...	Olympic athlete (uncredited)

Directed by
Josh Gordon
Will Speck

Writing credits (WGA)
Jeff Cox		(screenplay) &
Craig Cox		(screenplay) and
John Altschuler		(screenplay) &
Dave Krinsky		(screenplay)
Craig Cox		(story) &
Jeff Cox		(story) &
Busy Philipps		(story)

Produced by
Lara Breay	....	associate producer
Stuart Cornfeld	....	producer
Patrick Esposito	....	associate producer
Marty P. Ewing	....	executive producer (as Marty Ewing)
John Jacobs	....	producer
Peter Kohn	....	associate producer
Colin O'Reilly	....	co-producer
Ben Stiller	....	producer

Original Music by
Theodore Shapiro

Cinematography by
Stefan Czapsky		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Richard Pearson

Casting by
Juel Bestrop
Seth Yanklewitz

Production Design by
Stephen J. Lineweaver

Art Direction by
Seth Reed

Set Decoration by
Robert Greenfield
Jay Hart		(as Jay Robert Hart)

Costume Design by
Julie Weiss

Makeup Department
Simone Almekias-Siegl	....	key makeup artist
Steve Artmont	....	makeup department head
Larysa Chernienko	....	key makeup artist: Montreal
Laura Connolly	....	hair stylist
Bridget Cook	....	hair department head
Denise Fischer	....	makeup artist
Réjean Forget	....	key hair stylist: Montreal (as Rejean Forget)
Mary Jo Fortin	....	hair stylist
Toni G	....	makeup department head
Lisa Layman	....	hair and makeup artist: Mr. Ferrell
Sheree Morgan	....	key makeup artist
Valerie Nelson	....	hair stylist
Sabine Roller	....	makeup artist (as Sabine Roller Taylor)
Mary Ann Valdes	....	hair department head
Victoria Wood	....	wig maker
Barney Burman	....	special makeup effects artist: Proteus Make-up FX (uncredited)

Production Management
Jodi Ehrlich	....	assistant unit production manager: additional photography
Jodi Ehrlich	....	production supervisor
Patrick Esposito	....	post-production supervisor
Marty P. Ewing	....	unit production manager
Sandrine Gros d'Aillon	....	assistant production manager: Montreal
Thomas Hayslip	....	production supervisor
Irene Litinsky	....	production supervisor
Paul Springer	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Erik Ajduk	....	first assistant director: Montreal
Marielou Bélisle-Pierre	....	third assistant director: Montreal
Stéphane Byl	....	third assistant director: second unit
Doug Coleman	....	second unit director
Geneviéve Duguay	....	additional third assistant director: Montreal
Jean-François Duplat	....	additional third assistant director: Montreal
Gary Romolo Fiorelli	....	second assistant director (as Gary Fiorelli)
Angèle Gagnon	....	second assistant director: second unit
Angèle Gagnon	....	third assistant director: Montreal
Greg Guzik	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Peter Kohn	....	first assistant director
Lynne Martin	....	assistant director: reshoots
Lynne Martin	....	second second assistant director
Bethan Mowat	....	second assistant director: Canada
Jacinthe Noreau	....	third assistant director
Hal Olofsson	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Timothy R. Price	....	second second assistant director
Lynn Struiksma	....	additional assistant director
Maileen Williams	....	dga trainee

Art Department
Michael Keith Aleshire	....	set dresser
Bill Benavides	....	on-set dresser
Robert A. Blackburn	....	construction coordinator
Vincent Brabant	....	assistant property master
Mark Brooks	....	on-set dresser
Kenneth Bryant	....	set dresser
Ryan Cassidy	....	set dresser
Steve Christensen	....	set designer
Mick Cummings	....	set decoration buyer
Kristen Davis	....	set designer
Louis Frederic Denomme	....	set dresser
Katia Kim Depatie	....	on-set props assistant: Montreal
William Eliscu	....	graphic designer
Kasra Farahani	....	conceptual illustrator
Trish Gallaher Glenn	....	property master
Alain Giguère	....	head scenic painter
Martine Giguère-Kazemirchuk	....	set decorator: Montreal (as Martine Kazemirchuck)
Vincent Gingras-Liberali	....	assistant art director
Cindy Ingraham	....	assistant property master
Robert Andrew Johnson	....	digital set designer
Tom Jung	....	storyboard artist
Thomas D. Krausz	....	set dresser
Michele Laliberte	....	art director: Montreal
Michel R. Lambert	....	scenic technician
Emily Lawless	....	painter
Tammy S. Lee	....	set designer
Thomas Machan	....	art department production assistant
Geoffrey Mandel	....	graphic designer
Douglas McKay	....	set dresser
Mark Moretti	....	storyboard artist
William H. Phen Jr.	....	construction general foreman
Mike Piccirillo	....	art department coordinator
Edmond Scott Ratliff	....	set dresser
Benoit Robitaille	....	scenic technician
Michael Voelker	....	on-set dresser
Gary Warshaw	....	assistant art director
Christopher Woodworth	....	scenic supervisor
Jane Wuu	....	set designer
Jean-François Merlot	....	scenic painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard L. Anderson	....	additional sound editor (as Richard Anderson)
Anna Behlmer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joey Bilger	....	sound assistant
Mark Binder	....	temp dub re-recording mixer
James Bolt	....	additional sound mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Mike Chock	....	additional sound editor
Mark Coffey	....	sound assistant
Blake R. Cornett	....	sound recordist
Drew Douthit	....	adr engineer
Rylee Fansler	....	voiceover recordist
Carl Fischer	....	boom operator
Donald Flick	....	foley editor
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
Amir Ganaba	....	sound effects: figure skating
Richard Bryce Goodman	....	additional sound mixer
Deven Green	....	sound effects: figure skating
Peter Hansen	....	sound
Catherine Harper	....	foley artist
Craig Heath	....	sound recordist (as Craig 'Pup' Heath)
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Petur Hliddal	....	sound mixer
Thomas Jones	....	dialogue editor (as Tom Jones)
Elliott Koretz	....	foley editor
David MacMillan	....	production sound mixer
Mark A. Mangini	....	sound designer (as Mark Mangini)
Mark A. Mangini	....	supervising sound editor
Darrin Mann	....	foley mixer
Harrison D. Marsh	....	boom operator
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Mike Modro	....	sound effects: figure skating
Christopher Moriana	....	foley artist
Piero Mura	....	sound effects editor
Peggy Names	....	cable person
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Andy Nelson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rob Nokes	....	sound effects field recordist
Rodrigo Ortiz-Parraga	....	adr editor (as Rodrigo Ortiz)
Rodrigo Ortiz-Parraga	....	sound engineer
Ralph Osborn	....	dialogue editor
Kunal Rajan	....	assistant sound effects recordist
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charleen Richards-Steeves)
J. Seeman	....	adr engineer
Andy Sisul	....	first assistant sound editor (as Andy Simon Sisul)
Robert Ulrich	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Hugh Waddell	....	adr & dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Bret Barrett	....	special effects technician
Amélie Bertrand	....	assistant department coordinator: Montreal
Ben Bornstein	....	lab technician
Ben Bornstein	....	special effects makeup
Joseph Branam	....	special effects technician
Francis Choquette	....	special effects technician
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor
Steven Davidson	....	special effects technician
Matt DiSarro	....	special effects technician
Scott Dwyer	....	special effects technician
Karim El Fassi	....	special effects technician
Scott R. Fisher	....	special effects coordinator
Roland Fullajtar	....	special effects technician
Scott Inoue	....	special effects technician
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects supervisor
André Laforest	....	special effects technician
David Loveday	....	special effects technician
Yves Martel	....	special effects assistant
Simon Martineau	....	special effects assistant
Jim Rollins	....	assistant special effects foreman
Arthur G. Schlosser	....	snow effects technician
Jennifer M. Sheppard	....	special effects technician (as Jen Shepard)
Leo Leoncio Solis	....	special effects technician (as Leo L. Solis)
David M. Sterner	....	special effects technician
Richard Terry Tjelmeland	....	special effects technician
Kenneth Van Order	....	special effects technician (as Ken Van Order)
Hill Vinot	....	mold maker: Proteus FX
Dennis Yeager II	....	special effects technician
Dennis A. Yeager Sr.	....	special effects technician (as Dennis Yeager Sr.)
Bernard Guay	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Erick Nyhuis	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Eri Adachi	....	rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Dan Adams	....	visual effects
Parul Agrawal	....	visual effects coordinator
Luis Aguilar	....	animator: Rainmaker
Lee Allan	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Raffe Arnott	....	rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Carol Ashley	....	compositor: I.C.O. Entertainment
Josh Awesome	....	rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Graeme Baitz	....	rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Yusong Bai	....	animation supervisor
Geeta Basantani	....	digital compositor
Richie Basilan	....	rotoscope artist
Corey Bastiaans	....	crowd simulation artist: Massive, Rainmaker
Tracey Baxter	....	digital compositor
Thad Beier	....	technical supervisor: Hammerhead Productions
Joseph Bell	....	visual effects production manager: Digital Dimension
Riley Benard	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker (as Riley Bernard)
Ori Ben-Shabat	....	compositor: Image Engine
Eleazar Biason	....	matchmove artist
Rod Bland	....	modeler: Rainmaker
Jason Bond	....	junior compositor: Digital Dimension
Stefanie Boose	....	visual effects producer: Image Engine
Mike Borgstrom	....	lead modeler: Rainmaker
Nicholas Boughen	....	matchmove supervisor
Nicholas Boughen	....	visual effects consultant
Tatjana Bozinovski	....	digital compositor: Digital Dimension
Mark Breakspear	....	visual effects supervisor
Erik Bruhwiler	....	digital compositing supervisor: Digital Dimension
Shauna Bryan	....	senior visual effects producer
Jose Burgos	....	lead technical director
James B. Cain	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker (as James Cain)
D. Walt Cameron	....	digital compositor
Zac Campbell	....	rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
John Campuzano	....	digital opticals coordinator: Pacific Title
Todd Carson	....	junior compositor: Digital Dimension
Michael Cashore	....	digital compositor
Danette Petie Chalifoux	....	Boujou artist
Dheer Chaudhary	....	digital artist: Soho VFX
Freddy Chavez	....	visual effects compositor
David Chen	....	rotoscope artist
Vincent Cheng	....	matchmove artist
Hyemee Choi	....	lighter: Rainmaker
Alan Chuck	....	computer graphics producer: Rainmaker
Ashley Clark	....	visual effects producer
Josh Cole	....	compositor
Tara Conley	....	visual effects coordinator
John Cornejo	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Lee Croft	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Martyn 'Moose' Culpitt	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker (as Martyn Culpitt)
Thomas Dadras	....	compositor: Hammerhead Productions
Bryan Davies	....	lead lighter: Rainmaker
Kristin Dearholt	....	digital production manager
Alan De Castro	....	compositor: Pacific Title
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	3D laser scanning
Chris Del Conte	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Chris Derochie	....	animator: Rainmaker
Mike Diltz	....	digital compositor
Jamie Dixon	....	visual effects supervisor: Hammerhead Productions
Chris Doll	....	compositor
Jason Dowdeswell	....	visual effects production supervisor
Robert Durnin	....	technical director: Rainmaker
Nadav Ehrlich	....	3d animator: Soho VFX
Michelle Eisenreich	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead
Dale Fay	....	visual effects supervisor: Los Angeles
Gerald Feather	....	visual effects Boujou artist
Emily Fenster	....	associate visual effects producer: Pacific Title
Peter Fiala	....	lead modeler: Rainmaker
Brian Fisher	....	digital compositor
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Mitch Gates	....	3D artist: Digital Dimension
Michael Gay	....	visual effects editor
David Geoghegan	....	compositor: Pacific Title
Benoit Girard	....	chief executive officer: Digital Dimension
Robin Hackl	....	visual effects supervisor: Image Engine
Martin Halle	....	lighter: Rainmaker
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor: Pacific Title
Jason Hancox	....	rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Adam Hansen	....	motion capture lead: Rainmaker
Rob Hansen	....	senior motion editor: Rainmaker
Peter Hart	....	lead matchmove artist
Paul Hendriks	....	roto artist
Alan Hernandez	....	lighter: Rainmaker
Hans Heymans	....	animator
Martin Hilke	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Phillip Hoffman	....	visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title
Suez Holland	....	lead rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Chris Holmes	....	visual effects supervisor: I.C.O. Entertainment, Inc.
Elizabeth Holmes	....	digital compositor
Petra Holtorf	....	visual effects supervisor: Prologue Films (as Petra Holtorf-Stratton)
Brian Howald	....	digital effects artist
Bryan Howard	....	3D animator: Soho VFX
Christina Hsu	....	crowd simulation artist: Massive, Rainmaker
Bernhard Huber	....	effects technical director: Image Engine
Peter Hunt	....	lead lighter: Rainmaker
Paul Hurwitz	....	previz artist
Anna Ivanova	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Travis Wade Ivy	....	compositor: Rainmaker (as Wade Ivy)
Will Johnson	....	previsualization artist
Justin Jones	....	digital compositor
Justin Jones	....	junior compositor
Terry Kalinich	....	animator
Brad Kalinoski	....	lead senior compositor: Rainmaker Studios
Patrick Keenan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Louis Kim	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Cristian A. Kong	....	compositor: Pacific Title
Athena Kouverianos	....	production coordinator: Soho VFX
Michael Kowalski	....	visual effects supervisor: Soho VFX
Anthony Kramer	....	junior compositor: Digital Dimension
Mathew Krentz	....	compositing supervisor: Rainmaker
Bartek Kujbida	....	previz animator/CG artist: Rainmaker
Wing Kwok	....	digital compositor
Alex Kyrou	....	digital film I/O technician: Rainmaker
Charles Lai	....	rotoscope artist
Virginie Lamotte	....	digital compositor
Matthew Lane	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker (as Matt Lane)
Ladd Lanford	....	visual effects producer: Pacific Title
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Amy Lee	....	lighter: Rainmaker
Louis Leung	....	modeler: Rainmaker
Colin Liggett	....	senior compositor
Daniel J. Lombardo	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension
Derick Loo	....	digital artist: Soho VFX
Sean Looper	....	pipeline architect: Digital Dimension
Matthias Lowry	....	visual effects
Daniel Lu	....	rotoscope artist: Soho VFX
Matthew Lynch	....	visual effects producer
Jason Macza	....	lighter: Rainmaker
Allan Magled	....	visual effects supervisor: Soho VFX
Richard Malzahn	....	visual effects supervisor: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Tom Mangat	....	rotoscope artist
Joe Margetson	....	post-production assistant
Agata Matuszak	....	animator
Dan Mayer	....	visual effects
Tom McHattie	....	digital compositor
Landon Medeiros	....	roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension
Landon Medeiros	....	visual effects production assistant: Digital Dimension
Sarah Mihalec	....	production coordinator: Digital Dimension
Ryan Mintenko	....	lead lighter: Rainmaker
Toshiko Miura	....	digital artist: Soho VFX
Fion Mok	....	matchmove artist: Rainmaker
Hailey Moore	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Harry Moreau	....	lead compositor: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Lucio Moser	....	software developer: Image Engine
Josh Mossotti	....	digital compositor
Brian Moylan	....	visual effects production manager: Rainmaker
Daniel A. Murray	....	visual effects: software engineer
Tom Nagy	....	3d animator: Soho VFX
Jason Navarro	....	systems engineer: Image Engine
Sam Nixon	....	CG artist
Sam Nixon	....	matchmove artist
Meghan L. Noble	....	visual effects editor
Jim O'Hagan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Mihaela Orzea	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Nathaniel Park	....	visual effects editor
Anuj Patil	....	compositor: Image Engine