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Herb Brooks Historical Accuracy

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Miracle Herb Brooks was the head coach of the USA Olympic team for the 1980 US team. Herb Brooks once said, “Great moments are born from great opportunities.” (Brainyquotes) The 1980 US Hockey team had their moment to shine at the Olympics. This team was commonly known by as the Miracle team because they were the only team who could beat the USSR at that time. Miracle was made in the 2004 directed by Gavin O’Connor. In Miracle the historical accuracy is very important, interesting facts about miracle and the actors, and what it meant that the USA Olympic team beat russia. Historical accuracy is always important when you’re watching a film based on true events because it is always nice to know if what you are seeing is true or false. Al Michaels was the broadcaster for the US versus USSR. He …show more content…

The game between the US versus USSR was not showed live in the us also part of the game was cut a few minutes early so the animated special The Pink Panther in: Olym-Pinks could be showed full. Another interesting fact was the Jamie Farr was the only celebrity that the camera’s focused on in the crowd. Also a camera mistake was that when the fan came out and put the American Flag upside down on Jim Craig then the camera went to another scene then it went back to Jim Craig and it showed it right side up. Al Michaels did the famous saying “Do you believe in miracles?- Yes”, he said that he did not rehearse that line before. The crowd was so loud that Michaels had to really focus on the game to give the right information and that’s when he said that. Herb Brooks died on August 11, 2003 when he was headed to board a flight to Chicago when he rolled his car and he wasn’t wearing a seat belt. He died 6 days after his 66 birthday. Furthermore an actor for Buzz schneider who scored the first goal against the USSR was actually his son Billy Schneider. Actually the majority of the actors played hockey in real

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