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Overview
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Writer:
Nancy Dowd (writer)
Release Date:
25 helmikuu 1977 (USA)
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Tagline:
Slap Shot out slaps... out swears... out laughs... more
Plot:
A failing ice hockey team finds success using constant fighting and violence during games. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Ice Hockey
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Booster Club
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Small Town
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Coach
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Team Bus
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Awards:
1 win
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2 nominations
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User Comments:
Hilarious, oddly influential dark sports comedy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Paul Newman | ... | Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop |
 | Strother Martin | ... | Joe McGrath |
| Michael Ontkean | ... | Ned Braden |
| Jennifer Warren | ... | Francine Dunlop |
| Lindsay Crouse | ... | Lily Braden |
| Jerry Houser | ... | Dave 'Killer' Carlson |
| Andrew Duncan | ... | Jim Carr |
| Jeff Carlson | ... | Jeff Hanson |
| Steve Carlson | ... | Steve Hanson |
| David Hanson | ... | Jack Hanson |
| Yvon Barrette | ... | Denis Lemieux |
 | Allan F. Nicholls | ... | Johnny Upton (as Allan Nicholls) |
| Brad Sullivan | ... | Morris 'Mo' Wanchuk |
 | Stephen Mendillo | ... | Jim Ahern |
| Yvan Ponton | ... | Jean-Guy Drouin |
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Runtime:
123 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) |
Singapore:PG |
Brazil:16 |
Iceland:16 |
Netherlands:16 |
West Germany:18 (original rating) |
Australia:R |
New Zealand:R16 |
Argentina:16 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:PA (Manitoba) |
Finland:K-16 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:18 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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Nancy Dowd originally intended the film to be a documentary. George Roy Hill convinced her that it would be better served as a feature length-comedy.
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Crew or equipment visible: Just after the wives discuss the "Great Ideas of the World" set, Jean-Guy Drouin chases a player behind the net and when they come out the other side, a director in skates and a couple members of his crew can be seen on the ice in the corner of the rink.
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Quotes:
Ned Braden:
Now, they give you one phone call. See they book you, and then the give you one phone call.
Jack Hanson: Call the pizza man!
Morris Wanchuk: Why dontcha call a massage parlor!
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Jack Hanson: Call the pizza man!
Morris Wanchuk: Why dontcha call a massage parlor!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Color of Money (1986)
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Soundtrack:
Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)
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Mostly hated by critics on its release, as much for its cynical viewpoint as its relentless profanity, "Slap Shot" has since become something of a cult classic.
Set in the low-rent world of minor-league hockey, the movie follows the efforts of player-coach Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) to turn around the Charlestown Chiefs' final, losing season in a dying Pennsylvania steel town. Reggie is not above using a dirty trick or two to manipulate his teammates or psych out opposing players, and cheerfully gets physical when he has to. Even Reggie recoils in disgust, however, when his tightwad manager (Strother Martin) brings in the Hanson Brothers, three thick-lensed, thicker-headed goons who are more interested in fighting than playing Reggie's brand of "old-time hockey".
When it becomes apparent that the hometown crowd loves the Hanson's rough and bloody style, Reggie decides to go with the flow, and to fire up his other players concocts the story that, if they can win the championship, the owner will be able to sell the franchise to a group of rich retirees in Florida. To do that, though, they will have to get past an opposing squad specially stocked with the league's most notorious goons...
A sometimes uneasy blend of slapstick and kitchen-sink realism , "Slap Shot" has some pertinent things to say about the American worship of success at all costs, and (long before the rise of the WWF) our fascination with violent sports. Echos of its gritty style can be seen not only in many later sporting films, such as "Bull Durham" and "Major League", but even in the wave of British movies in which characters fight to hold onto their lives after the collapse of hometown industry, such as "The Full Monty" and "Brassed Off".
The film really shines as a straight comedy, though, delivering some classic characters and set pieces: virtually every appearance of the Hansons; a clueless, toupee-wearing sportscaster (Andrew Duncan); the team's tiny Quebecker goalie (Yvon Barrette), and Newman himself, in one of his personal favorite roles. The females fare less well, although Jennifer Warren stands out as Dunlop's long-suffering, estranged wife.
Note: in the VHS version, the background music has been replaced by an inferior, generic soundtrack. The DVD version, with the original music, is preferable.