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Cast: Billy Crystal, Goldie Hawn, Janet Jones, Jim Hill, John Candy, Kevin Costner, Kevin Lowe, Kurt Russell, Michael J Fox, Nancy Davis, Peter Berg, Pierce Brosnan, Rod Phillips, Ronald Reagan, Sylvester Stallone, Timothy Hutton, Tom Hanks, Tony Danza, Wayne G
Category: English Movies
Release: 13 September 2009
Genres: Sport
IMDB: IMDB
Added: August 15, 2010
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30 for 30 Kings Ransom: On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in five years, signed a deal that sent Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian national treasure and the greatest hockey player ever to play the game, to the Los Angeles Kings in a multi-player, multi-million dollar deal. As bewildered Oiler fans struggled to make sense of the unthinkable, fans in Los Angeles were rushing to purchase season tickets at a rate so fast it overwhelmed the Kings box office. Overnight, a franchise largely overlooked in its 21-year existence was suddenly playing to sellout crowds and standing ovations, and a league often relegated to "little brother" status exploded from 21 teams to 30 in less than a decade. Acclaimed director Peter Berg presents the captivating story of the trade that knocked the wind out of an entire country, and placed a star-studded city right at the humble feet of a 27-year-old kid, known simply as "The Great One."