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| Release Date
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25 February 1977 |
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Universal Pictures |
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2 hrs. 3 min. |
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Overwiew :A rougher version of George Roy Hill's pet theme of men as overaged adolescents, SLAP SHOT stars Paul Newman as Reggie Dunlop, the venerable player-coach of the Charlestown Chiefs, a fifth-rate minor league hockey team. When their blue-collar town falls prey to Rust Belt ills of the 1970s, attendance drops, and the greedy owner starts looking for a buyer, anxious to cash out. Dunlop is informed that the players need to crank up the box office to keep their jobs in what will likely be their last season. To the coach's dismay, general manager Joe McGrath (Strother Martin) imports the Hanson brothers, a hockey Three Stooges who like to assault soda machines and play with toys. But once Dunlop turns them loose, they're a Panzer division on ice, and the team starts winning by adopting their bone-crushing style. Although the team is on the upswing, Dunlop's wife, Francine (Jennifer Warren), seems to be through with him, and the isolated wives of the other players aren't much happier with their fate. This sidesplitting, profanity saturated film is one of the funniest ever made about any sport. While writer Nancy Dowd intended to probe darker issues--such as the greed of ownership, the blood lust of fans, and the childishness of the players--Hill submerges them in raucous laughter. Newman is near his peak as the romantic, manipulative, womanizing, hard-drinking coach, and the high-sticking Hanson brothers achieve comic immortality in their only film appearance. |
Starring :
Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Jennifer Warren, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse
Directors :
George Roy Hill
Producers :
Robert J. Wunsch, Stephen Friedman
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www.collegestories.com - : This 1977 film centers on a failing hockey club called the Charlestown Chiefs. The Chiefs, led by player/coach Reg Dunlop (Paul Newman), are a third-rate club buried deep in the minor leagues. The team is losing and the fans are staying away in droves. What few fans the Chiefs have verbally abuse the players by telling them they stink and calling Dunlop an ''old fart'' over the local radio call-in show. The closure of the town's mill further bleakens the Chiefs' future until three bizarre-looking brothers, the Hansons (no, not those Hansons), are brought in. more...
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