Ice Castles (1978) on Netflix
Lexie Winston, sixteen, skates in Waverly, Iowa, coached by Beulah Smith. Against her widowed father's wishes she enters a regional championship, where coach Deborah Mackland spots her.
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Plot summary
Lexie Winston is sixteen and lives in Waverly, Iowa, where she skates because she loves it. Her coach is Beulah Smith, a former regional champion who runs the town's bowling alley and rink, and who knows she can teach her pupil only so much. Lexie's widowed father, Marcus, has kept her out of competition, wary of the pressure it brings. He finally allows her to enter the Upper Great Lakes regionals, where Deborah Mackland, a coach at the top of the sport, offers to train her in Colorado Springs. Lexie's boyfriend, Nick Peterson, has hockey ambitions of his own, and a sports reporter, Brian Dockett, begins paying her attention.
Cast
- Diane Reillyas Sandy
- Craig T. McCullenas Doctor
- Kelsey Uffordas Ceciel Monchet
- Leonard Lilyholmas Hockey Coach
- Brian Foleyas Choreographer
- Jean-Claude Bleuzeas French Coach (as Jean Claude Bleuze)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Ice Castles (1978)
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- Robby Benson, who was cast opposite Johnson, had no skating experience, so to prepare he trained with the NHL teams the New York Islanders and Minnesota North Stars, and with NHL coach Barbara Williams and former skating champion Richard Vraa.
- The film marked the debut of Lynn-Holly Johnson, a teenage figure skater who won the silver medal in the U.S. Figure Skating Championship's novice division and, after suffering a leg injury, returned to the sport as a featured skater with the Ice Capades.
- Director Donald Wrye remade Ice Castles in 2009; the namesake film, starring Taylor Firth and Rob Mayes, was released as a direct-to-DVD title on February 9, 2010, shortly before the 2010 Winter Olympics.
- Its theme song Through the Eyes of Love, performed by Melissa Manchester, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 52nd Academy Awards.
- Ice Castles had its world premiere on December 14, 1978 in Minneapolis, the event staged to benefit the U.S. Figure Skating and local hockey organizations.
- After six to eight weeks the production moved to the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado, an actual Olympic training facility.
