61* - Set in New York City in 1961, 61* is a film directed by Billy Crystal for baseball lovers. Zooming in on Yankee players Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle, the film follows these two opposites as they attempt to break Babe Ruth's 1927 home run record. In heated competition, the two players each try to score over 60 home runs and set the new world record. While the fans align themselves with one player to be the winner, the players choose the other, igniting the playing field with tension, excitement, and anticipation. DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES - During a bitter Cold War political environment, Lake Placid played host to the 1980 Winter Olympics. This competitive gathering of nations would produce one of the Winter Games' most memorable upsets when the U.S. hockey team stunned the heavily favored Russian squad in the Gold Medal match. This video produced by HBO Sports, looks back at a battle so inspiring to Americans that U.S. athletics magazine SPORTS ILLUSTRATED rated it the #1 sports moment of the century. Interviews with U.S. team members Jim Craig and game-winning scorer Mike Eruzione as well as Russian players Vladislav Tretiak and Boris Mihalov highlight this look back at a memorable Olympic moment.

release year: 2004

star(s): Barry Pepper