- Rating
- PG-13
for Adult Humor, Profanity, Drug Content
- Format
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HD-DVD
- Theatrical Release
- 2007
- Length
- 93 minutes
- Screen Formats
- Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV/
- Genre
- HD DVD
- Studio
- Dreamworks Video
- Other Formats
-
Blu-ray Disc
(Widescreen Dubbed Subtitle AC3)
-
$34.99
DVD
(Fullscreen Dubbed Subtitle AC3)
-
$12.99
DVD
(Widescreen Dubbed Subtitle AC3)
-
$14.99
Synopsis
Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, and Will Arnett headline this high-concept comedy concerning two male figure-skating rivals aching to compete despite having been banned from the sport. Their medals stripped after getting into a highly publicized fight at the World Championships, star figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) are barred from ever competing in the sport again. Upon discovering a loophole that will allow them to perform together in the pairs figure skating category, the two athletes determine to put their differences aside in order to pursue their gold medal aspirations. Amy Poehler, Jenna Fischer, Craig T. Nelson, and Rob Corddry co-star. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Version Details
Languages/Sound
Eng/Fre/Spa
Screen Formats
Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV/
Subtitle Languages
Eng/Spa/Fre/Por
Additional Features
Return to Glory: The making of Blades
Celebrities on thin ice
Cooler Than Ice: The super-sexy costumes of skating
Arnett and Poehler: A family affair
20 questions with Scott Hamilton
Hector: portrait of a psychofan
Moviephone unscripted with Will Ferrell, Jon Heder and Will Arnett
Deleted scenes
Alternate takes
Gag reel
Photo gallery
Music video: "Blades of Glory" by Bo Bice
MTV interstitials
Cast
Crew
- Associate Producer:
Patrick Esposito
- Choreography:
Sarah Kawahara
- Associate Producer:
Lara Breay
- Producer:
Ben Stiller
- Costume Designer:
Julie Weiss
- Associate Producer:
Peter Kohn
- First Assistant Director:
Peter Kohn
- Casting:
Juel Bestrop
- Executive Producer:
Marty P. Ewing
- Set Decorator:
Jay R. Hart
- Sound/Sound Designer:
Petur Hliddal
- Second Unit Director:
Doug Coleman
- Producer:
Stuart Cornfeld
- Sound/Sound Designer:
David MacMillan
- Art Director:
Seth Reed
- Composer (Music Score):
Theodore Shapiro
- Set Decorator:
Robert Greenfield
- Editor:
Richard Pearson
- Musical Direction/Supervision:
George Drakoulias
- Casting:
Seth Yanklewitz
- Screen Story:
Busy Philipps
- Set Designer:
Jane Wuu ,Lynn Christopher
- Screenwriter:
Craig Cox
- Screen Story:
Craig Cox
- Cinematographer:
Stefan Czapsky
- Producer:
John Jacobs ,John L. Jacobs
- Set Designer:
Robert Johnson
- Production Designer:
Stephen Lineweaver
- Makeup:
Sheree Morgan
- Screenwriter:
Jeff Cox
- Screen Story:
Jeff Cox
- Sound/Sound Designer:
Mark Mangini
- Makeup:
Simone Almekias-Seigl
- Director:
Will Speck ,Josh Gordon
- Screenwriter:
Dave Krinsky ,John Altschuler
- Co-producer:
Colin O'Reilly
- Visual Effects Supervisor:
Randall Starr
- Compositor:
Allan Lee
- Visual Effects:
I.C.O. Entertainment
- Production Assistant:
Adam Miller
- Second Second Assistant Director:
Timothy R Price
- Transportation Coordinator:
Tommy Tancharoen
- Driver:
Maxwell R. II Johnson
- Transportation Captain:
Tom Whelpley
- Compositor:
Patrick Keenan ,Brad Kalinowski ,Sandra Roach
- Production Assistant:
Michelle Schrauwers ,Laura Twors
- Dolly Grip:
Kenny Davis
- Grip:
Justin Blum
- Electrician:
Antar Abderrahman ,Jesse Mather
- Driver:
Jorge Vasquez
- Title Design:
Prologue
- Graphic Design:
Prologue
- Personal Assistant:
Matt Eppedio
- Camera Operator:
Mitchell Dubin
- Compositor:
John Campuzano ,Alan De Castro ,David Geoghegan
- Painter (digital):
Tom Nagy
- Compositor:
Danielle Rubin
- Visual Effects Producer:
Ladd Lanford
- Compositor:
Wing Kwok
- Painter (digital):
Kenny Tam
- Visual Effects Supervisor:
Chris Holmes
- Compositor:
Jim O'Hagan
- Visual Effects Supervisor:
Mark Breakspear
- Visual Effects Producer:
Ashley Clark
- Lead Compositor:
Mathew Krentz
- Driver:
Jerry Stroh
- CGI Effects:
Karl Sisson
- Craft Service/Catering:
Hat Trick Catering
- First Assistant Sound Editor:
Andy Sisul
- Compositor:
Louis Kim
- Properties Master:
Terry Haskell
- ADR Mixer:
Charleen Steeves
- Personal Assistant:
Jessica Elbaum
- Costume Designer:
Marylou Lim
- Personal Assistant:
David Jacobson
- Dialogue Editor:
Tom Jones ,Ralph Osborn III
- Department Head Hair:
Mary Ann Valdes
- Assistant Art Director:
Gary Warshaw
- Set Designer:
Kristen Davis
- Electrician:
Juan Morse
- Grip:
Stephen M. Foss
- Visual Effects Editor:
Meghan L. Noble
- Recording:
Blake Cornett
- Grip:
Wayne Kosky
- Craft Service/Catering:
Raymond Bulinski
- Assistant Production Coordinator:
Ryce Hetherington
- Driver:
Chris Arnold
- Still Photographer:
Suzanne Hanover
- Assistant Production Coordinator:
David Nico
- Grip:
Douglas Wall ,Steven Guerrero
- Cable Person:
Peggy A. Names
- Stunts:
Scott Irvine
- Driver:
Mark Jones
- Supervising ADR Editor:
Robert Ulrich
- Special Effects Technician:
Kenneth Van Order
- Graphic Design:
William Eliscu
- Foley Mixer:
Darren Mann
- Second Assistant Director:
Gary Romolo Fiorelli
- Production Assistant:
Cyndi "Cutter" Martin
- Location Manager:
Jay Traynor
- Craft Service/Catering:
Deluxe Catering, Inc.
- Set Designer:
Stephen Christensen
- Hair Styles:
Mary Jo Fortin
- Production Assistant:
Tracie Laymon
- Conductor:
Mike Nowak
- Visual Effects Editor:
Michael D. Gay
- Dialogue Editor:
Hugh Waddell
- Casting Assistant:
Kate Caldwell
- Visual Effects Producer:
Chris Del Conte
- Makeup:
Lisa Layman
- Hair Styles:
Lisa Layman
- Makeup:
Denise Fischer
- Compositor:
Carol Ashley
- Second Assistant Camera:
Peter Geraghty
- Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Stephen Thorp
- Special Effects Coordinator:
Scott Fisher
- Stunts:
Michael Hansen ,David Schultz
- Production Assistant:
Denise Anderson Poore
- Greensman:
Neil Pontecorvo
- Visual Effects Supervisor:
Richard Malzahn
- Electrician:
Patrick Hoeschen
- Hair Styles:
Laura Connolly
- Department Head Makeup:
Toni G
- Special Effects Technician:
Jennifer Shepard
- Visual Effects:
Soho VFX
- Properties Master:
Trish Gallaher Glenn
- Boom Operator:
Harrison D. Marsh
- Stunts:
Aaron Walters
- Visual Effects Producer:
Michelle Eisenreich
- Lead Compositor:
Justin Jones
- Grip:
Jeff Tomhave
- Special Effects Coordinator:
Matt Kutcher
- Foley Artist:
Catherine A. Harper
- Electrician:
John L. Dardis
- Grip:
Jason Newton
- Cable Person:
Kevin E. Patterson
- Chief Lighting Technician:
Huston Beaumont
- Special Effects Technician:
Brett Barrett
- Visual Effects Supervisor:
Dale Fay
- Compositor:
Bob Wiatr
- First Assistant Camera:
Dennis Seawright
- Script Supervisor:
Sheila Waldron
- Production Coordinator:
Marci Rosenberg
- Sound Effects Editor:
Piero Mura
- Storyboard Artist:
Leonard Morganti
- Department Head Makeup:
Steve Artmond
- Grip:
Chris Trillo
- Assistant Editor:
Bob Berman
- Stunts Coordinator:
Allen Robinson
- Boom Operator:
Carl Fischer
- Compositor:
Thomas Dadras
- ADR Recordist:
David Lucarelli
- Visual Effects Supervisor:
Robert Hackl
- Assistant Location Manager:
Catherine Kagan
- Dolly Grip:
Gary A. Williams
- Stunts:
Whitney Coleman
- Production Assistant:
Steve Simon
- Production Supervisor:
Thomas Hayslip
- Dialogue Editor:
Michael Hertlein
- Assistant Properties:
Gloria Murphy
- Department Head Hair:
Bridget Cook
- Recording:
Craig "Pup" Heath
- Driver:
Michelle Jones
- Costumes Supervisor:
Deborah M. Davis
- Construction Coordinator:
Bob Blackburn
- Stunts:
John Zimmerman
- First Assistant Editor:
Sean Thompson
- Visual Effects Supervisor:
Jamie Dixon
- Stunts:
David Sadowski ,Jason Dungjen ,Yuka Sato ,Christian Fletcher
- Visual Effects:
Digital Dimension
- Compositor:
Brian Fisher
- Additional Editing:
Greg Hayden
- Foley Editor:
Elliot Koretz
- Foley Artist:
Christopher Moriana
- First Assistant Camera:
Scott Rathner
- Visual Effects Supervisor:
Michael Kowalski
- Foley Editor:
Donald Flick
- Stunts:
David Pelletier
- Still Photographer:
Melinda Sue Gordon
- Negative Cutter:
Gary Burritt
- Camera Operator:
Ray Delamotte
- Music Editor:
Thomas S. Drescher
- Title Design:
Pacific Title
- Lead Compositor:
Erik Bruhwiler ,Ryan Smolarek
- Compositor:
Martin Hilke ,Brian Smallwood
- Makeup:
Sabine Roller Taylor
- Assistant Editor:
Nathan Gunn
- Costumes Supervisor:
Nancy McArdle
- Post Production Coordinator:
Jeff Mee
- ADR Editor:
Rodrigo Ortiz
- Key Costumer:
Dan Moore
- Lead Compositor:
Harry Moreau
- Second Assistant Accountant:
Michael Dennehy
- Personal Assistant:
Liz Mahoney
- Visual Effects:
Perpetual Motion Pictures, Inc.
- Craft Service/Catering:
Tory Littman
- Production Assistant:
Lily Garcia
- Compositor:
Riley Bernard
- Special Effects Technician:
Dennis Yeager, Sr.
- Second Assistant Accountant:
Maggie Martin
- Re-Recording Mixer:
Andy Nelson
- Visual Effects Supervisor:
Petra Holtorf-Stratton
- Matchmove Artist:
Drew Shields
- Compositor:
Shervin Shoghian
- Special Effects Technician:
Leo L. Solis
- Technical Director:
Ben Steele
- Transportation Coordinator:
Paul Stroh
- Model Effects:
Mark Thielen
- Painter (digital):
Phi Train
- Steadicam Operator:
Eric Tramp
- Camera Operator:
Eric Tramp
- Lighting:
Jerry Tung
- Production Accountant:
Lora Umphress
- Personal Assistant:
Zac Unterman
- Compositor:
Sebastien Veilleux
- Camera Loader:
Philip Volkolff
- Rotoscope Artist:
Juliana Wade
- Personal Assistant:
Charlie Ward
- Grip:
Scott Whitmore
- DGA Intern:
Maileen Williams
- Second Assistant Accountant:
Robin Nicole Williams
- Assistant Editor:
Byron Wong
- Grip:
Greg Wong
- Special Effects Technician:
Dennis Yeager II
- Animator:
Brian Zheng
- Driver:
Virgil Dosher
- Grip:
Alan Downs
- Technical Director:
Robert Durnin
- Painter (digital):
Nadav Ehrlich
- Driver:
Larry Fee
- Post Production Assistant:
R.C. Fill
- Special Effects Technician:
Roland Fullajtar
- First Assistant Accountant:
Nicole Gallardo
- Craft Service/Catering:
Andrea Galleguillos
- Driver:
Robert A. Garcia
- Painter (digital):
Mitch Gates
- Second Assistant Accountant:
Kristen Gomez
- Grip:
Grant Goza
- Lighting:
Martin Halle
- Production Assistant:
Liam Harty
- Set Medic/First Aid:
David Hayles
- Lighting:
Alan Hernandez
- Driver:
Stanley R. Holmes
- Painter (digital):
Bryan Howard
- Stunts:
Kyoko Ina
- Special Effects Technician:
Scott Inoue
- Painter (digital):
Anna Ivanova
- Compositor:
Wade Ivy
- Driver:
Gary J. Johnson ,Fredrick Johnston
- Animator:
Terry Kalinich
- Compositor:
Cristian A. Kong
- Production Coordinator:
Athena Kouverianos
- Driver:
Bud Lacy ,Rock LeRoy
- Lighting:
Amy Lee
- Set Designer:
Tammy Lee
- Grip:
Bob Leitelt
- Model Effects:
Louis Leung
- Production Assistant:
Beth J. Linden
- Art Department Assistant:
Jack Lineweaver
- Painter (digital):
Derick Loo
- Visual Effects Editor:
Shelley MacLean
- Lighting:
Jason Macza
- Production Assistant:
Daniel Marcus
- First Assistant Camera:
Louis Massouras
- Animator:
Agata Matuszak
- Driver:
Michael McGhee
- Compositor:
Tom McHattie
- Set Medic/First Aid:
Mike McKean
- Painter (digital):
Toshiko Miura ,Hailey Moore
- Driver:
Victor A. Moore
- Storyboard Artist:
Mark Moretti
- Compositor:
Josh Mossotti
- Driver:
Larry Motes
- Production Assistant:
Bryan Murphy
- Driver:
George Barsum Nadian
- Production Assistant:
Dillon Neaman
- Matchmove Artist:
Sam Nixon
- Painter (digital):
Michaela Orzea
- Personal Assistant:
Erica Palm
- Casting Assistant:
Jaqueline Palmquist
- Compositor:
Enrico Perei ,Christine Petrov
- Production Accountant:
Kathy Petty
- Construction Foreman:
William H. Phen
- Art Department Coordinator:
Mike Piccirillo
- Supervising Animator:
Mario Pochat
- Painter (digital):
Jorge Razon
- Model Effects:
Casey Rolseth
- Research:
Benton Roman
- Production Assistant:
Kevin P. Roy
- Driver:
Jorge A. Salazar
- Stunts:
Jamie Sale
- Personal Assistant:
Lynn Sconyers
- Painter (digital):
Keith Sellers
- Leadman:
Wayne Sheppard
- Production Assistant:
Nicole Abranian
- Animator:
Luis Aguilar
- Production Assistant:
Morgan Ahlborn
- Rotoscope Artist:
Raffe Arnott
- Personal Assistant:
Adam Bagger
- Driver:
David Barraza
- Compositor:
Tracey Baxter
- Driver:
Mike Birnkrant
- Model Effects:
Rod Bland
- Special Effects Technician:
Joseph Branam
- Assistant Location Manager:
Mike Brewer
- Compositor:
James Cain
- Painter (digital):
Dheer Chaudhary
- Key Costumer:
Barbara Chennault
- Transportation Captain:
Robert Chesnut
- Grip:
Robert "BC" Chinello
- Lighting:
Hyemee Choi
- Compositor:
Martyn Culpitt
- Buyer:
Mick Cummings
- Post Production Assistant:
Elizabeth Czyzewski
- Personal Assistant:
Tova Dann
- Special Effects Technician:
Steven Davidson
- Animator:
Chris Derochie
- Compositor:
Mike Diltz
- Special Effects Technician:
Matt Disarro
- Hair Styles:
Valerie Nelson
- Re-Recording Mixer:
Anna Behlmer
- Unit Production Manager:
Marty P. Ewing
- Stunts Coordinator:
Doug Coleman
- Compositor:
Matt Lane
- Special Effects Coordinator:
Scott R. Fisher
- Visual Effects:
Pacific Title & Art Studio
- Visual Effects Supervisor:
Mark Freund
- Visual Effects:
Rainmaker
- Visual Effects Producer:
Randall Starr
- Composer (Music Score):
George Drakoulias
- Production Accountant:
Nancy Partheniou
- Unit Production Manager:
Irene Litinsky
- Costumes Supervisor:
Blanche-Danielle Boileau
- Segment Producer:
David Michaels
- Properties Master:
Lise Pharand
- First Assistant Director:
Erik Ajduk
- Set Decorator:
Martine Kazemirchuk-Giguère
- Second Assistant Director:
Dethan Mowat
- Cinematographer:
Robert Mattigetz
- Camera Operator:
Robert Mattigetz ,François Archambault
- Costumes Supervisor:
Stéphane Laroche
- Choreography:
Julie Brault
- Stunts Coordinator:
Marc Desourdy
- Casting:
Andrea Kenyon
- Special Effects Technician:
Brett Barett
- Title Design:
Pacific Title & Art Studio
- Executive Producer:
Stuart Cornfeld
- Set Designer:
Guy Pigeon
- Art Director:
Michele Laliberte
- Chief Lighting Technician:
Jean Courteau
- Visual Effects:
Rainmaker Animation and Visual Effects UK
- Second Assistant Director:
Bethan Mowat
- Casting:
Andrea Kenyon & Associates
Blades of Glory: AMG Review
Cammila Albertson
,
AMG
Blades of Glory may well be the Will Ferrell movie for people who don't like Will Ferrell movies. It's hard to believe, since an outlandish sports comedy where the SNL vet plays a slovenly egomaniac probably sounds like the quintessential Ferrell flick. But where movies like Anchorman and Talladega Nights -- and even non-Ferrell sports comedies like Dodgeball -- depend on comedian improvisation, and on scenes in the script that delve into the truly bizarre, Blades of Glory actually sticks fairly rigidly to its story.
This has its benefits; Ferrell rarely indulges in his usual uncontrollable rants, and while he may be treading on fairly well-worn territory with his character, it's a persona that works well for him. Likewise, Jon Heder finds success in a role that's quite the opposite of Napoleon Dynamite, playing a dainty and elegant figure skater with a mane of blonde, Leif Garrett-like curls (though you'll catch him slipping into the Dynamite voice here and there, like a suppressed foreign accent). Unfortunately, while these concessions may tone down the elements that don't agree with non-fans of the cast, they also rob the movie of what many viewers are looking for. Co-stars Amy Poehler and Will Arnett are surely capable of extreme hilarity as an uncomfortably close rival brother-sister skating team, but the script provides them little dialogue besides words to further the plot, and we're even cheated out of seeing the entirety of their skating routine as Marilyn Monroe and JFK. The Office's Jenna Fischer is as adorable onscreen as ever, but she's given little opportunity to utilize her great comic timing (though we're offered the consolation prize of seeing her in a bustier).
There are plenty of funny moments, most of them dependent on the homoeroticism of male-male pairs skating -- which you can't really claim you didn't see coming. There are also, somewhat surprisingly, a number of skating in-jokes; pretty much every prominent American skater from the past 30 years makes an appearance, and you might notice that the secret, experimental move in Ferrell and Heder's routine is the exact same one from 1992's The Cutting Edge -- though it's much more impressive here, where we're given shady footage of it, previously only being legal in North Korea. In the end, Blades of Glory has what its target audience is looking for, it just doesn't have a lot of it. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide