Kings Ransom

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• Genre(s): Documentary
• Language(s): English
• Director(s): Peter Berg
• Cast(s): Wayne Gretzky, Janet Jones, Luc Robitaille, Peter Berg, Glen Sather See all Cast & Crew

• Duration: 53min
• Music: David Arkenstone
• Similar To: The Plastic Detox, Queen of Chess
• Story:
  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.
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