Slap Shot (1977)

Director:

George Roy Hill

Writer:

Nancy Dowd

Release Date:

25 February 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

Tagline:

Slap Shot out slaps... out swears... out laughs...

Plot:

A failing ice hockey team finds success using constant fighting and violence during games.

Plot Keywords:

Ice Hockey | Small Town | Violence | Team Owner | Siren

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

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
Matthew Cowles	...	Charlie Kischel
Kathryn Walker	...	Anita McCambridge
Melinda Dillon	...	Suzanne Hanrahan
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Dickie Dunn
Swoosie Kurtz	...	Shirley Upton
Paul D'Amato	...	Tim 'Dr. Hook' McCracken
Ronald L. Docken	...	Yvon Lebrun
Guido Tenesi	...	Billy Charlebois
Jean Rosario Tetreault	...	Andre Bergeron
Christopher Murney	...	Tommy Hanrahan
Myron Odegaard	...	Final Game Referee
Ned Dowd	...	Ogie Ogilthorpe
Gracie Head	...	Pam
Nancy N. Dowd	...	Andrea
Barbara L. Shorts	...	Bluebird
Larry Block	...	Peterboro Referee
Paul Dooley	...	Hyannisport Announcer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Janet Arters	...	Sparkle Twin (uncredited)
Louise Arters	...	Sparkle Twin (uncredited)
Blake Ball	...	Gilmore Tuttle (uncredited)
Reg Bechtold	...	Hockey Player (uncredited)
Danny Belisle	...	Syracuse Bulldog Player (uncredited)
Bruce Boudreau	...	Hockey Player #7 (uncredited)
Mark Bousquet	...	Andre 'Poodle' Lussier (uncredited)
Allison Caine	...	Additional Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Stephen Dowling	...	Referee (uncredited)
Woody Espy	...	The Stick Boy (uncredited)
Lucy Lee Flippin	...	Game Show Contestant (uncredited)
John Gofton	...	Nick Brophy (uncredited)
Galen Head	...	Hockey Player (uncredited)
Reggie Krezanski	...	Hockey Player (uncredited)
Louis Levasseur	...	Goalie (uncredited)
Connie Madigan	...	Ross 'Mad Dog' Madison (uncredited)
Macon McCalman	...	Soap Opera patient (uncredited)
Ted McCaskill	...	Hockey Player (uncredited)
Jon McClintock	...	TV Reporter (uncredited)
Mickey McQuillan	...	Dickie Dunn's son (uncredited)
Susan Kendall Newman	...	Pharmacist (uncredited)
Joe Nolan	...	Clarence 'Screaming Buffalo' Swamptown (uncredited)
Dick Roberge	...	Referee Ecker (uncredited)
Ray Schultz	...	Syracuse Bulldog player (uncredited)
Ross Smith	...	Barclay Donaldson (uncredited)
Cliff Thompson	...	Walt Comisky (uncredited)

Directed by
George Roy Hill

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nancy Dowd

Produced by
Robert Crawford Jr.	....	associate producer (as Robert L. Crawford)
Stephen J. Friedman	....	producer (as Stephen Friedman)
Robert J. Wunsch	....	producer
Patrick Kelley	....	co-executive producer (uncredited)

Cinematography by
Victor J. Kemper		(as Vic Kemper)

Film Editing by
Dede Allen

Casting by
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton

Art Direction by
Henry Bumstead

Set Decoration by
James W. Payne		(as James Payne)

Costume Design by
Tom Bronson

Makeup Department
Stephen Abrums	....	makeup artist (as Steve Abrums)
Lorraine Roberson	....	hair stylist
Rick Sharp	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Arthur S. Newman Jr.	....	unit production manager (as Arthur Newman)
Wallace Worsley Jr.	....	unit production manager (as Wallace Worsley)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Burrell	....	second assistant director
Wayne A. Farlow	....	second assistant director (as Wayne Farlow)
Tom Joyner	....	first assistant director
James A. Westman	....	first assistant director (as James Westman)

Art Department
Thomas L. Roysden	....	leadman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Peter Berkos	....	sound editor
Robert L. Hoyt	....	sound
Don Sharpless	....	sound
Roger Heman Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Earl Madery	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Dennis C. Salcedo	....	optical sound recordist (uncredited)
Roger Sword	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Stunts
Ned Dowd	....	stunt coordinator
Rod Bloomfield	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Brown	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Bob Rose	....	key grip (uncredited)

Editorial Department
David Howe	....	associate film editor

Music Department
Elmer Bernstein	....	music supervisor
Gerald Tueber	....	music editor (as Jerry Teuber)

Other crew
Marion Dougherty	....	talent coordinator
Ned Dowd	....	technical advisor
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Marvin Weldon	....	script supervisor
Raechel Donahue	....	voice artist (uncredited)
Sue Dwiggins	....	production secretary (uncredited)
Dominic Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)
Ruth Santarone	....	caterer (uncredited)

Thanks
John Mitchell	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Kings Road Entertainment
• Pan Arts (as Pan Arts Productions)
• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1977) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (1977) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Consorcio Ibérico Cinematográfico (CIC) (1977) (Spain) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1982) (USA) (TV)
• Argentina Video Home (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Esselte CIC Video (19??) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• John Mitchell and his Johnstown Jets  group cast members (special thanks)
• Universal Title  titles and opticals

Also Known As:

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

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 | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Singapore:PG | Brazil:16 | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Australia:R | New Zealand:R16

Filming Locations:

Hamilton, New York, USA

Company:

Kings Road Entertainment

Trivia:

The Chiefs' bus driver was played by Cliff Thompson. Thompson was the bus driver for the Johnstown Jets, the real hockey team that the Chiefs are based on.

Goofs:

Continuity: Reggie Dunlop leaves a tavern to go record a radio interview. When he leaves the bar, he announces that the interview will air on the radio later that day at four o'clock. During the interview, he states that he will offer a "bounty" for the first Chiefs player to assault the other team's captain on the ice in the upcoming game. After the interview, Dunlop goes home and tries to get some sleep. He listens to his own interview on the radio, including the remark about the bounty. After he turns off the radio and tries to go to bed to have a nap, the clock on his bedside table reads a quarter to four, fifteen minutes before the interview was supposed to air.

Quotes:

Ned Braden:You take the van, I'll keep the dog.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Deep Roots (1973)

Soundtrack:

RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM

My favorite sports movie

I liked this movie when I first saw it over twenty years ago, and its still great! The swinging 70's get perfectly captured, by the music, hair styles and especially the awful clothes. All the actors do their own skating, so you aren't distracted looking for body doubles the entire movie. The screenplay is priceless and if anyone thinks its sexist - a woman wrote this movie! This is the only hockey movie worth anything - hopefully "Mystery, Alaska" can join it.