Eddie the Eagle (film)

Eddie the Eagle is a 2015 biographical sports comedy-drama film From a young age, Michael "Eddie" Edwards harbours Olympic aspirations. Whe

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Eddie the Eagle (film)

“Eddie the Eagle is a 2015 biographical sports comedy-drama film From a young age, Michael "Eddie" Edwards harbours Olympic aspirations. Whe”

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Eddie the Eagle is a 2015 biographical sports comedy-drama film From a young age, Michael "Eddie" Edwards harbours Olympic aspirations. When his efforts to compete in the Summer Games fail, he tries out skiing in the Winter Games. Although skilled at the sport, he is rejected by British Olympic officials for being uncouth. Realising he could make the team as a ski jumper, a sport which the United Kingdom has not participated in for six decades, Eddie decamps to a training facility in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. Eddie self-trains, and after completing the 15-metre (49 ft) hill on his first try, he injures himself on his first attempt at a 40-metre (130 ft) slope. Bronson Peary, an American former ski jumper who left the sport after a conflict with his mentor, Warren Sharp, decides to train Eddie. With very little time to qualify for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Eddie and Bronson employ various unorthodox methods to refine Eddie's form, and he successfully completes t Taron Egerton as Michael Edwards Tom Costello as Michael Edwards at age 10 Jack Costello as Michael Edwards at age 15 Hugh Jackman as Bronson Peary Christopher Walken as Warren Sharp Iris Berben as Petra Mark Benton as Richmond, a BOA official Keith Allen as Terry Edwards, Eddie's father Jo Hartley as Janette Edwards, Eddie's mother Ania Sowinski as Carrie Tim McInnerny as Dustin Target Edvin Endre as Matti "The Flying Finn" Nykänen Marc Benjamin as Lars Holbin Jim Broadbent as a BBC commentator Daniel Ings as Zach Rune Temte as Bjørn, a Norwegian coach

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Taron Egerton as Michael Edwards Tom Costello as Michael Edwards at age 10 Jack Costello as Michael Edwards at age 15 Hugh Jackman as Bronson Peary Christopher Walken as Warren Sharp Iris Berben as Petra Mark Benton as Richmond, a BOA official Keith Allen as Terry Edwards, Eddie's father Jo Hartley as Janette Edwards, Eddie's mother Ania Sowinski as Carrie Tim McInnerny as Dustin Target Edvin Endre as Matti "The Flying Finn" Nykänen Marc Benjamin as Lars Holbin Jim Broadbent as a BBC commentator Daniel Ings as Zach Rune Temte as Bjørn, a Norwegian coach