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Director
  
Steven Hilliard Stern

Music director
  
Richard Bellis

Country
  
United States

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Biography, Drama, Sport

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story movie poster

Release date
  
March 19, 1997

Writer
  
Greg Louganis (book), Eric Marcus (book), Alan Hines

Story by
  
Greg Louganis, Eric Marcus

Cast
  
Mario Lopez
(Greg Louganis),
Jeffrey Meek
(Tom Barrett),
Michael Murphy
(Pete Louganis),
Rosemary Duns
(Frances Louganis),
Megan Leitch
(Megan)

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Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story is a 1997 television film about diver Greg Louganis based on the best-selling book Breaking the Surface co-written by Greg Louganis and Eric Marcus that stayed on top of the New York Times Best Seller list for 5 weeks.

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Plot

In Seoul, 1988, Greg Louganis (played by Mario Lopez) hits the diving board while plunging towards the water cutting his head open. Splashing into the water Greg begins to have flashbacks: as a young kid being ridiculed by neighborhood bullies; his adoptive father (played by Michael Murphy) is not accepting and overbearing; winning the silver medal; the 1982 world championship; two gold medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; the struggles of an abusive relationship with Tom Barrett; his father's terminal cancer; Tom's losing battle with AIDS and Greg's own HIV positive status. After doctors in Seoul stitch Greg's head wound, he returns to competition and picks up two more gold medals. After his father's death and Tom's lost AIDS' battle, Greg decides to come out and go public with every aspect of his life as a gay athlete.

Cast

  • Mario López as Greg Louganis
  • Michael Murphy as Pete Louganis
  • Rosemary Dunsmore as Frances Louganis
  • Jeffrey Meek as Tom Barrett
  • Megan Leitch as Megan Neyer
  • Jonathan Scarfe as Keith
  • Fulvio Cecere as John Anders
  • Patrick David as Young Greg Louganis
  • Rafael Rojas III as Greg (age 9)
  • Bruce Weitz as Ron O'Brien
  • Gregor Trpin as Scott Cranham
  • Greg Louganis as himself

    • Awards

    Mario López was nominated for an ALMA Award for "Outstanding Individual Performance in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series in a Crossover Role"

    References

    Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story Wikipedia
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    Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story IMDb Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story themoviedb.org