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25 February 1977 (USA) moreTagline:
Slap Shot out slaps... out swears... out laughs... morePlot:
A failing ice hockey team finds success using constant fighting and violence during games. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
1 win & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Puck Lords, Crashed Boards and Ice Hockey Ultraviolence more (113 total)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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123 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound 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:16Fun Stuff
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The referees in the game scenes wear red-striped jerseys instead of black, as was done in the now-defunct World Hockey Association. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the opening sequences introducing the players, Ned Braden can be seen wearing blue gloves as he stands by the boards. When he skates out for the introduction, he is wearing old brown gloves. When the next player is introduced, he can be seen wearing new matching blue gloves again. moreSoundtrack:
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Paul Newman in a schlocky-hockey movie? Is that one of the most inspired ideas of 1970s cinema or what? Slap Shot is a board-crashing classic thanks not only to Newman's charisma and verve, but an outstandingly funny supporting cast and a witty script.
Slap Shot centres around the terrible minor league side, the Charlestown Chiefs, a franchise despised by their fans, on the verge of being sold and suffering with low attendances as the town's factories are due to close. This is a sports movie though, so naturally all that's got to change, and it does as Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman as the veteran player-coach) uses a bit of the old ultraviolence to flip the team's fortunes and get the fans into a frenzy.
A mediocre gang of chumps become championship maulers and the results are spectacular. The addition of the (now infamous) Hanson brothers, a bunch of mad, spec-wearing weirdos who love nothing better than wanton destruction adds to the cocktail of on-ice destruction. Fists fly, blood flows, profanities are fired all over the place. All in all it is extremely entertaining.
Slap Shot may be stupidly sexist and stuck in the 70s (just dig Newman's brown leather suit and lapels), but the dated aspects can all be forgiven by the frequent bursts of fresh comedy and frenetic action. The ultimate ice hockey movie it most definitely is, it's also possibly Paul Newman's best role. He eases through the movie with a sense of fun and eager machismo, utterly convincing as the hockey maverick who leads and manipulates his flock of mugs. A pure blast of balls-to-the-wall action comedy, Slap Shot is a hockey hoot.