Splashing into the water Greg begins to have flashbacks: as a young kid being ridiculed by neighborhood bullies his adoptive father (played by Michael Murphy) is not accepting and overbearing winning the silver medal the 1982 world championship two gold medals in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles the struggles of an abusive relationship with Tom Barrett his father's terminal cancer Tom's losing battle with AIDS and Greg's own HIV positive status. In Seoul, 1988, Greg Louganis (played by Mario Lopez) hits the diving board while plunging towards the water cutting his head open. This was Steven Hilliard Stern's final directed film before dying in 2018. I will definetely watch it again, and recommend it to anyone interested in beating long odds to become one of the best athletes in the world.1997 Canadian TV series or program Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Storyīreaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story is a 1997 television film about diver Greg Louganis based on the 1996 best-selling book Breaking the Surface co-written by Greg Louganis and Eric Marcus that stayed on top of the New York Times Best Seller list for 5 weeks. Mario Lopez, as the adult Greg does a respectable job of the part, and his Olympic coach was one of the strongest characters in the movie and carried good messages throughout the movie. The subject matter of being a gay athelete in a straight world is carried out in a manner that is suitable for most ages other than young children.
The chronological order of the movie is carried out well from his youth through adulthood, and there are only a few paths that would have been nice to have been walked further, but overall the points were well made. His perfectionist streak is both a strength and weakness. Greg's struggle with his dads acceptance of him is a strong theme throughout the movie. You view innocence and manipulation, good motives and bad that are weaved pretty well throughout the movie. You have a feeling of connection with the common people in this movie and their flaws and imperfections. This was a good movie considering it wasn't high budget, and did a great job taking the viewer through Greg's story, which is herioc and tragic.
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