The Price of Gold

The Price of Gold

Winning is everything when you come from nothing

Directed by Nanette Burstein

Produced by ESPN Films, ESPN

201478 min6.7 / 10

A documentary that revisits the infamous 1994 figure skating scandal through Tonya Harding's perspective, examining ambition, complicity, and the cost of notoriety.

The world couldn't keep its eyes off two athletes at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer - Nancy Kerrigan, the elegant brunette from the Northeast, and Tonya Harding, the feisty blonde engulfed in scandal. Just weeks before the Olympics on Jan. 6, 1994 at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Kerrigan was stunningly clubbed on the right knee by an unknown assailant and left wailing, "Why, why, why?" As the bizarre "why" mystery unraveled, it was revealed that Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, had plotted the attack with his misfit friends to literally eliminate Kerrigan from the competition. Now two decades later, THE PRICE OF GOLD takes a fresh look through Harding's turbulent career and life at the spectacle that elevated the popularity of professional figure skating and has Harding still facing questions over what she knew and when she knew it.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Price of Gold sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is The Price of Gold scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Does The Price of Gold end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is The Price of Gold violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Price of Gold easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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67/ 100

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Rarity85

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Surprise62

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Love55

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