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MILBORNE MOVIES

Eddie the Eagle (PG) shown by ’Milborne Movies’

at Milborne St Andrew Village Hall (DT11 0JX)
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on Friday 6 January 2017 at 7.30pm
Eddie the Eagle based on a true story of the first British skier to qualify for the
Winter Olympics, the entirely self-funded far-sighted plasterer who became an
emblem for the British ability to heroically fail. Eddie follows the realisation of the
childhood dream with his
unflinching determination to
become Great Britain’s first
Olympic ski-jumper and is
reluctantly aided by former ski-
jumper Bronson Peary as his
coach. Begging and borrowing
equipment, Eddie was the sole
British entrant at the 1987 World
Championships, where placing
55th was enough to see him
through to the 1988 Winter
Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the
hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic
showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.
Eddie is played by the Kingsman actor Taron Egerton in a very studied
performance that replicates Edwards’s clenched smile, jutting chin and wobble-
board eyebrows, while Hugh Jackman plays Eddie’s reluctant, whisky-swilling
coach, Bronson Peary. They have great chemistry together, and their energy
sparks up the screen.
The jumps themselves are glorious: Fletcher has a brilliantly attuned sixth sense for
what his audience wants to see at any given millisecond, and Eddie’s final flight,
from the 90-foot ramp at Calgary, is a mini-masterpiece of intuitive cutting.
With Fletcher's deft direction amplifying how crazily scary ski jumping is, and the
Gary Barlow-curated atmospheric soundtrack often hitting an ascendant note,
you'll find yourself feeling protective of the hapless competitor and in awe of his
resilience. No matter how well or badly he performs. Eddie the Eagle is an
uplifting, inspirational story that celebrates human spirit, passion, and one man’s
refusal to accept defeat.
The village hall and bar is open from 7.00 pm and the film starts at 7.30 pm.
Tickets £3.50 can be obtained on the door.

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