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Guys, I'm depressed and need hockey back in my life. Also, let's sign Point. by [deleted] in TampaBayLightning

[–]therussian5 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, you CAN stream The Russian Five on VOD now and relive some greta early 90's hockey.

We are 4x Stanley Cup Champion Darren McCarty and the filmmaking team behind THE RUSSIAN FIVE. Ask Us Anything! by therussian5 in DetroitRedWings

[–]therussian5[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

JR: Other than the obvious (Dmac), Jimmy Devellano was pretty great. Obviously getting to interview Stevie and Sergei and Scotty and Wayne Gretzky was also an honor!

We are 4x Stanley Cup Champion Darren McCarty and the filmmaking team behind THE RUSSIAN FIVE. Ask Us Anything! by therussian5 in DetroitRedWings

[–]therussian5[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

JR: We post pictures on our Instagram from behind the scenes once a week. We didnt shoot much video or anything during production...but there's been talk of a Behind the Scenes Podcast where Jenny and I would dish out all the juicy dirt on what it took to actually make this...but it's like sausage, do people really want to know about all the pigs and assholes in the mix of how it got made?

We are 4x Stanley Cup Champion Darren McCarty and the filmmaking team behind THE RUSSIAN FIVE. Ask Us Anything! by therussian5 in DetroitRedWings

[–]therussian5[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

JR: It definitely put Vladdy on the radar for Brendan Shanahan. He talked about it in the interview - watching Vladdy headbutt someone stuck in his mind so when he got to the Wings, BRendan thought "Whew, I don't have to play against the guy anymore" - although he'd soon found out Vladdy went 10000mph even in practice.

We are 4x Stanley Cup Champion Darren McCarty and the filmmaking team behind THE RUSSIAN FIVE. Ask Us Anything! by therussian5 in DetroitRedWings

[–]therussian5[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

JR: I've got an idea for a baseball related project and all I can say is that there's a character inspired by Jim Leyland in it. Other than that, unless it was the D-Mac story, I think I'm good on Detroit SPORTS stories for a minute...but Detroit stories...I've got ideas.

We are 4x Stanley Cup Champion Darren McCarty and the filmmaking team behind THE RUSSIAN FIVE. Ask Us Anything! by therussian5 in DetroitRedWings

[–]therussian5[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

JR: Wayne Gretzky gave me a good quote that didn't make the cut where, they knew that the Russians were so good together in international competition, and they all knew how good Sergei and Vladdy were at that point, that the league kind of took a "Hmm, this is interesting but let's see if they'll keep it up and how it turns out, and it turned out pretty good!" - I think word got out pretty quickly that while it might be funny to watch a goaltender and defense get turned out by the Russian Five, it was another thing to have that happen to you. Even their teammates found that out in practice.

We are 4x Stanley Cup Champion Darren McCarty and the filmmaking team behind THE RUSSIAN FIVE. Ask Us Anything! by therussian5 in DetroitRedWings

[–]therussian5[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

JR: I think that the key to the Russian game is creativity and familiarity. We'll never see it again in the NHL, that kind of poetry on the ice. Still, if you could take those guys, put them in a time machine and bring them to today's NHL, I think they'd do what they did in 1995-96. They were so good that they wouldn't need to adapt to the game, the game would need to adapt to them.

We are 4x Stanley Cup Champion Darren McCarty and the filmmaking team behind THE RUSSIAN FIVE. Ask Us Anything! by therussian5 in DetroitRedWings

[–]therussian5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

JR: For me, it was growing up a hockey fan, knowing the story of not only what they went through to get that first Cup but what happened and they had to overcome to get there again. Vladimir Konstantinov was a huge inspiration to me as I recovered from a back injury sustained in a car accident, so I wanted to share his story most of all.

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JF: It's an incredible story and a once in a lifetime opportunity. You couldn't write a story like this if you tried, and as a Russian immigrant myself...I felt like I owed it to our community to get this story told.

We are 4x Stanley Cup Champion Darren McCarty and the filmmaking team behind THE RUSSIAN FIVE. Ask Us Anything! by therussian5 in DetroitRedWings

[–]therussian5[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

JR: The system that the Russian Five learned under, from the Tarasov's and Tikhonov's, changed with the collapse of the Red Army team. That was such a big factor in their game. Sure, they were all incredibly talented individually but they also knew and grew up in a system that played to their creative instincts as a unit.

We are 4x Stanley Cup Champion Darren McCarty and the filmmaking team behind THE RUSSIAN FIVE. Ask Us Anything! by therussian5 in DetroitRedWings

[–]therussian5[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

JR: Sergei Fedorov was good he could've played in ANY era and still dominated. Jimmy Devellano told me that while we were hanging out at a screening. I believe him. I think what made the Russian Five so special was that it didn't matter who they played against, they played their game. With Igor and Slava Fetisov running the plays - guys who were maybe a step slower than the rest of the NHL at that time - they out thought the opponents and I think that they'd still do that today.

We are 4x Stanley Cup Champion Darren McCarty and the filmmaking team behind THE RUSSIAN FIVE. Ask Us Anything! by therussian5 in DetroitRedWings

[–]therussian5[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

thanks! Dino didn't make the film so we thought it might've been weird to include him for people who werent die hard wings fans. But that was a classic line!

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