‘Duel We Missed’ Captures Finest Function Movie Award at Paladino d’Oro Sport Movie Competition
Because the 12 months nears its finish, “The Duel We Missed” has picked up a serious movie award. The documentary, which highlights the missed alternative for a 1500-meter freestyle showdown between American Brian Goodell and the Soviet Union’s Vladimir Salnikov on the 1980 Olympic Video games, was not too long ago honored because the Finest Function Movie on the forty fifth Paladino d’Oro Sport Movie Competition in Palermo, Sicily.
Produced by Ilnur Rafikov and Edward Staroselsky, “The Duel We Missed” takes an in-depth have a look at the careers and Goodell and Salnikov, two of the best distance swimmers in historical past. Whereas Goodell gained gold within the 400-meter freestyle and 1500 freestyle on the 1976 Olympic Video games in Montreal, he was denied the prospect to defend these crowns on the 1980 Olympics, as a result of United States’ boycott of the Moscow Video games.
As for Salnikov, he gained gold within the 1500 freestyle on the 1980 Olympics and captured the gold medal within the occasion on the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. Nonetheless, the Soviet Union’s boycott of the 1984 Video games in Los Angeles denied him the prospect so as to add one other title. Salnikov was the primary man to crack the 15-minute barrier within the 1500 freestyle, a feat Goodell was additionally chasing, till the U.S. boycott of 1980 short-circuited that pursuit.
A gathering between Goodell and Salnikov within the 1500 freestyle was deeply desired for the 1980 Olympics, however politics ended any hope of that conflict. “The Duel We Missed” examined the storyline, and the chase for a sub-15:00 efficiency within the 1500 freestyle. The movie featured previous and current interviews with Goodell and Salnikov, and included super competitors footage from the period.
“The Duel We Missed” is into consideration by The Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences for a possible Oscar nomination within the documentary class. On the Paladino d’Oro Sport Movie Competition, it was additionally nominated for Finest Olympic Movie, Finest Documentary and Finest Main Function.
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