Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786304907313 Format: Color, NTSC ISBN: 6304907311 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Release Date: January 01, 1998 Running Time: 93 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: February 04, 1998
Amazon.com: My Sergei is a romantic reverie delving deeply into the love and tragedy of Russian ice skaters Sergei Grinkov and Ekaterina Gordeeva. Paired in the early 1980s, Gordeeva and Grinkov matured into world and Olympic champions, and the working relationship blossomed into friendship, love, marriage, and parenthood. In November 1995, their fairy-tale life dissolved when Grinkov suffered sudden heart failure during a routine practice. Based on the bestselling book written by Gordeeva with E.M. Swift for Gordeeva and Grinkov's daughter Daria, this 90-minute film is extremely powerful. It is a rare and effective blend of narrated documentary, reenactment, extensive footage from the pair's skating career, and interviews with Gordeeva, family members, friends, and other famous ice skaters including Scott Hamilton, Viktor Petrenko, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Paul Wylie. --Tami Horiuchi
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - MY SERGEI
This dvd originally sold for about $25.00 in 1999. They have been unavailable for several years. I purchased this copy for my wife's birthday present and it sold for $90.00 on Amazon. It was listed by the seller as in perfect condition. However, when she played the dvd it stop playing about 1 hour into the program and after several attempts at cleaning it continued to stop and would not advance. My dvd player posted a notation on the screen that the dvd was defective.
Rating: - Tearjerker Movie!
This movie is very good. I was crying several times as I had just read the book so
it was very vivid in my mind.
Rating: - a beautiful love story
I love their performance and they're the only figure skating couple I fascinated.
it's a love but also a sad story,I enjoy the book very much.
I'm so happy that to see Ekaterina still active in figure skating world.
truly recommended.
Rating: - Long time Idol
I absolutly love the story of G&G this is a one time movie that anyone would love to have. I have the VHS version which I love with all my heart. Anyone not wanting to buy this movie is a fool. You will fall in love with their story just like I did. ~Julianne
Rating: - Russian Love Story on Ice
The first time I saw G&G and their amazing synchronicity on ice was at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Gordeeva was only 16, Grinkov only 22, but their talent was tremendous. They hadn't paired up romantically yet but it was obvious they were a duo to be reckoned with. By the 1994 Winter Olympics in Norway they had married and had a daughter and won Gold again. Sadly, just a year later Grinkov died suddenly and left a widow of 24 alone with a toddler. Their love story is heartwarming and probably one ... Read More