Red Penguins
2019 sports documentary film by Gabe Polsky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Red Penguins is a 2019 sports documentary film written, produced and directed by Gabe Polsky, in co-production with Studio Hamburg Enterprises and Norddeutscher Rundfunk. The film premiered on September 5, 2019 at the Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It received Writers Guild of America and Critics Choice awards nominations.[2][3]
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Directed by | Gabe Polsky |
Written by | Gabe Polsky |
Produced by | Gabe Polsky |
Cinematography | Alexey Elagin |
Edited by | Christina Stiles |
Music by | Leo Birenberg |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
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Red Penguins tells the story of opportunism run amok in 1990s Moscow. Shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, ice hockey teams Pittsburgh Penguins and the CSKA Moscow (also known in the West as the Red Army team) formed a joint venture. American marketer Steve Warshaw was sent to Moscow and was tasked to transform the team into the greatest show in Russia, attracting some of the biggest names in Hollywood and advertising along the way.
The film uses archival footage and features the Gogol Bordello song "Start Wearing Purple".