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Directed by: James Erskine
Country:
United Kingdom
Runtime: 1hr 29min
Year: 2018
Last Screened:
Thu 15th Mar 2018
The greatest ice skater of all time, John Curry transformed a dated sport into an art form and made history by becoming the first openly gay Olympian in a time when homosexuality was not even fully legal.
Always outspoken and often controversial, Curry was as rebellious as he was charming; ferociously ambitious yet bent on self-destruction. The Ice King charts his journey from young contender to Olympic Champion and on to achieve his dream of founding a touring skating company.
While those who were closest to him remember his life and tragically early death, Curry himself is returned to the screen through archive interviews, candid personal letters and most of all through stunning footage of the athlete and artist on ice.