When Does "Miracle" (2004) Take Place?
"Miracle" is a historical fiction sports film written by Mike Rich with Eric Guggenheim and released February 6th, 2004.
We know this because the very first frame of the very first shot includes a place and time setting title card that reads "COLORADO SPRINGS, 1979".
It takes place in the years:
1979 AD - 1980 AD
We know this because the very first frame of the very first shot includes a place and time setting title card that reads "COLORADO SPRINGS, 1979".
Furthermore, early in the film, at the National Sports Festival (where the hockey players try out for the U.S. Olympic hockey team), there's a banner clearly labeled 1979 AD.
Finally, the end of the film depicts the 1980 AD Winter Olympics, specifically the famous final game of that year between the hockey teams of the United States of America and the Soviet Union.