Blades of Glory is a American
comedy film directed by Josh Gordon and
Will Speck, and starring
Will Ferrell and
Jon Heder. The movie was released on March 29, 2007 by
DreamWorks and
MTV Films. It was released on
DVD and
HD DVD on August 28, 2007 and released on
Blu-ray Disc on May 20, 2008.
Plot
At the 2003 World Winter Sport Games, rival
men's singles skaters Chazz Michael Michaels, a skillful skater but raunchy sex addict and Jimmy McElroy, a talented, effeminate skater tie for gold and an argument ensues on the awards podium. It quickly develops into a fight. Having disgraced their sport, they both are stripped of their gold medals, and receive a lifetime ban from men's singles competition. Jimmy's incredibly competitive adoptive father, billionaire Darren MacElroy, immediately disowns him and leaves him on the side of the road.
Three and a half years later, Jimmy is working at a winter sporting goods store and gets demoted to sorting out the stock when he refuses to listen to a customer telling him her skating boot is too tight. Chazz skates in the kiddie skating show "Grublets on Ice" as the "Evil Wizard", has gained a lot of weight, and gets fired from his job for being in a drunken stupor on stage. Jimmy's stalker Hector tells him of a loophole in the ban: he is banned only from singles skating and can still compete in
pair skating or
ice dancing. Jimmy contacts his old coach, but is unable to find a female partner. Jimmy's search for a partner leads him to Chazz, and his coach convinces the two of them to join up as a same-sex pairs team, because of a loophole in the regulations (also found by Hector) that fails to state the genders of the pairs and dance team.