GOING FOR GOLD

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• Release Year: 2012
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Matt Smith (Doctor Who) and Sam Hoare (Captain America) star in the powerful and uplifting story of an unlikely pair of athletes competing together against all odds in an Olympic games that almost didn't even happen.; ; The fact that the 1948 Olympic games took place at all was miraculous in a London that was still devastated from World War II. Going For Gold: The '48 Games follows the compelling journey to the Olympic final of boat builder's son Bert Bushnell (Smith) and Oxford-educated Richard 'Dickie' Burnell (Hoare). Thrown together as double sculling partners just six weeks before the games, they had to overcome vast difference in their backgrounds to become a world class rowing team on an International Olympic stage.; ; With compelling supporting performances from James Frain (True Blood) and Geoffrey Palmer (As Time Goes By), Going for Gold: The 1948 Games is an inspiring tale worthy of an Olympic gold medal. ;
• Cast: Matt Smith, Sam Hoare, James Frain, Douglas Hodge, Anastasia Hille, Geoffrey Palmer, Sara Vickers, Alexandra Moen, Nathan Wiley, Harper Ray, Don Cotter, Lindsay Allen, Michael Dylan, Marcus Taylor, Ross Hunter, Nick Middleton, Nathan Devaux-Davey, Robert Johnston, Dave Lamborne, Tom Wilkinson, Thomas Arnold, James Benson, John Bird, Ron Cook, Robert Treharne Jones, Adrian Lukis, Clive Merrison, Graham Padden, Clive Russell, Brian Shelley, Kevin Hudson, Robert Roman Ratajczak, Susannah Todd, David Blair, William Ivory
• Director: David Blair
• Runtime: 1:30
• Company: BBC Home Video
• Media Format: Movie