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Including incredible unseen footage of some of his mort remarkable performances and with access to Curry\u0027s letters, archive interviews, and interviews with his family, friends and collaborators, this is a portrait of the man who turned ice-skating from a dated sport into an exalted art form. Watch any figure skating and it falls into two possible camps: before and after John Curry. From what was a macho, technical sport whose judges punished deviation blossomed - through John Curry\u0027s stubborn beauty - ice-dancing. This was no Holiday on Ice, but a new artistic medium. After winning gold at the Winter Olympics for a rebelliously balletic routine, Curry saw the world\u0027s stages sheeted with ice. Audiences and reviewers alike were enthralled by his genius. But Curry\u0027s story is about more than skating. On the night of the final, Curry became the first openly gay Olympian at a time when homosexuality was barely legal. From bullying and prejudice, to relief in the gay underworld, to his untimely death from AIDS, Curry\u0027s story dovetails with the experiences of a generation. Tortured by demons, Curry was forever on the run. Never owning a home, he lived on the favours of those who loved him. The only place he found true freedom was the ice. This is the story of a man whose body was a battleground. From love affairs, to violence in sex clubs, to its \u0027unmanly\u0027 elegance on the ice, every act was rebellion. John Curry was no activist, but an artist expressing his authentic self - yet in a world where his existence was taboo, his life was unavoidably political.","wins":0,"nominations":null,"casts":[{"name":"Freddie Fox","code":"nm3456865","characters":"Narrator"},{"name":"John Curry","code":"nm4167839","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Meg Streeter Lauck","code":"nm0490715","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Heinz Wirz","code":"nm11370419","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Ed Mosler","code":"nm11370420","characters":"Self - John Curry\u0027s sponsor"},{"name":"Christa Fassi","code":"nm1826998","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Carlo Fassi","code":"nm4170709","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Vladimir Kovalyov","code":"nm11370421","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Johnny Weir","code":"nm2096077","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Dick Button","code":"nm0125413","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Robin Cousins","code":"nm0184116","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Nancy Streeter","code":"nm11370422","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Cathy Foulkes","code":"nm11370423","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Lorna Brown","code":"nm4501112","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Peter Martins","code":"nm1019857","characters":"Self"},{"name":"William Whitener","code":"nm1500859","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Elva Corrie","code":"nm11370425","characters":"Self"},{"name":"Nathan Birch","code":"nm1812315","characters":"Self"}],"budget":{"amount":400000,"currency":"GBP"},"lifetimeGross":null,"openingWeekendGross":null,"worldwideGross":{"amount":19743,"currency":"USD"},"keywords":[{"text":"gay athlete"},{"text":"gay interest"},{"text":"gay"},{"text":"ice skating"},{"text":"ice"}],"production":[{"id":"co0226579","text":"New Black Films"}],"prestigiousAwardSummary":null,"moreLikeThisTitles":[{"code":"tt3848126","title":"Banana"},{"code":"tt8758198","title":"Hero"},{"code":"tt7143882","title":"The Land of Women"},{"code":"tt1597178","title":"Worried About the Boy"},{"code":"tt7681212","title":"Joe Orton Laid Bare"},{"code":"tt3848112","title":"Cucumber"},{"code":"tt8653640","title":"An Ideal Husband"},{"code":"tt10709220","title":"The Importance of Being Oscar"},{"code":"tt1411276","title":"Ice Castles"},{"code":"tt0077716","title":"Ice Castles"},{"code":"tt0104040","title":"The Cutting Edge"},{"code":"tt29549775","title":"Lot No. 249"}]}