Kings Ransom
On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in five years, signed a deal that sent Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian national treasure and the greatest hockey player ever to play the game, to the Los Angeles Kings in a multi-player, multi-million dollar deal. As bewildered Oiler fans struggled to make sense of the unthinkable, fans in Los Angeles were rushing to purchase season tickets at a rate so fast it overwhelmed the Kings box office. Overnight, a franchise largely overlooked in its 21-year existence was suddenly playing to sellout crowds and standing ovations, and a league often relegated to “little brother” status exploded from 21 teams to 30 in less than a decade.
Year: 2009
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Asylum Entertainment, ESPN Films
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Wayne Gretzky, Janet Jones, Luc Robitaille, Glen Sather, Peter Berg, Bruce McNall
Crew: Peter Berg (Director), Peter Berg (Executive Producer), Keith Clinkscales (Executive Producer), Chris Connelly (Consulting Producer), Deirdre Fenton (Associate Producer), John Dahl (Executive Producer)
Runtime: 53 minutes
Release: Sep 13, 2009
IMDb: 6.40/10 by 23 users
Popularity: 3
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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