One of the top ten grossing Korean films of all time, the 2009 blockbuster Take Off pulled in over eight million admissions at the box office with the inspiring story of Koreas first Olympic ski jump team. Helmed by Kim Yong Hwa (200 Pounds Beauty) who won Best Director at the 46th Daejong Film Awards & the 30th Blue Dragon Awards, the underdog sports drama revolves around the ragtag formation of Koreas first ski jump team. Acclaimed actor Ha Jung Woo ( Chaser) plus Kim Ji Suk (I Hate You But Its Fine), Kim Dong Wook ( The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince), Choi Jae Hwan ( Truck), & Lee Jae Eung ( Bravo, My Life!) form the dream team that won over Korean audiences. Take Off, which integrated extensive CGI to create the films exciting snowscape & competition scenes, was also recognized for Best Visual Effects at the Daejong Awards.
The year is 1996 & the town of Muju is going through massive construction in preparation for a bid to host the 2002 Winter Olympics. The town committee receives notice that there arent enough athletes representing Korea so they decide to form a ski jump team. Korean-American adoptee & former juniors alpine athlete Bob (Ha Jung Woo), who came to Korea to find his birth mother, gets recruited into Koreas first national ski jump team along with four other amateur athletes. Can this fledgling inexperienced team really make it to the Olympics?
Limited Blu-ray Edition of Take Off comes with the Directors Cut of the film with additional & re-edited scenes, & the following special
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