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Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story is a american film of genre Drama directed by Steven Hilliard Stern released in USA on 19 march 1997 with Mario Lopez

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story (1997)

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story
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Released in USA 19 march 1997
Length 1h35
OriginUSA
Genres Drama
Rating61% 3.09233.09233.09233.09233.0923

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.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Mario Lopez

(Greg Louganis)Michael Murphy

(Pete Louganis)Rosemary Dunsmore

(Frances Louganis)Jeffrey Meek

(Tom Barrett)Aki Aleong

(Dr. Sammy Lee)
And :
Megan Leitch
Jonathan Scarfe
Fulvio Cecere
Jesse Moss
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