Main Cast: Mario Lopez, Michael Murphy, Jeffrey Meek, Rosemary Dunsmore, Aki Aleong, Bruce Weitz
Release Year: 1997
Country: US
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
The real-life story of Olympic diver Greg Louganis is chronicled in this made-for-television drama. Mario Lopez stars as Louganis, an adopted child who went through a difficult adolescence, only to emerge as a world-class diver in the 1988 Olympics. After a notorious diving injury during those games, Louganis went on to win two gold medals. After the games ended though, Louganis was forced to face an even more challenging period and go public with his homosexuality and deal with his HIV-positive status. The film is based on the book of the same name. ~ Bernadette McCallion, All Movie Guide
Alan Hines - Co-producer, Steven Hilliard Stern - Director, Peter Svab - Editor, Richard Bellis - Composer (Music Score), Jill Scott - Production Designer, Michael Slovis - Cinematographer, Mark Bacino - Producer, Mike Lyddon - Special Effects, Mike Lyddon - Sound/Sound Designer, Alan Hines - Screenwriter, Greg Louganis - Book Author, Eric Marcus - Book Author
Mark Bacino (producer)
Allen S. Epstein (executive producer)
Jim Green (executive producer)
Alan Hines (co-producer)
Andrew McLean (supervising producer)
Written by
Greg Louganis (book)
Eric Marcus (book)
Alan Hines (written by)
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 (played by talented Patrick David) being ridiculed by neighborhood bullies and where his adoptive father is unaccepting, overbearing; winning the silver medal; the 1982 world championship; to gold medals in 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 courageously decides to come out and go public with every aspect of his life as a gay athlete.
