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User Rating:
4.9/10   175 votes
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Director:
Atom Egoyan
Writers:
Paul Gross (writer)
Martin O'Malley (novel)
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Genre:
Drama | Sport more
Plot:
A look into the life of troubled former hockey player Brian Spencer, who got into problems both on the ice and off because of his temper... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
4 nominations more
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Cast

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Daniel Kash ... Brian 'Spinner' Spencer
Peter MacNeill ... Roy Spencer
Linda Goranson ... Irene Spencer
Doug Hughes ... Byron Spencer

Lenore Zann ... Diane Delana

Shawn Ashmore ... Young Brian 'Spinner' Spencer
Aaron Ashmore ... Young Byron Spencer
Kirsten Kieferle ... Linda Spencer

Shannon Lawson ... Janet Spencer
Kevin Hicks ... Richard Green
Eugene Clark ... Lenn Wright
Ken McDougall ... Michael Dalfo
Elizabeth Goodyear ... Monica Jarobe
David Storch ... Keon
David Hemblen ... Munro
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong sexuality, a violent episode and some language.
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Runtime:
120 min | Canada:94 min (Ontario)
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White | Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Canada more
Company:
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Anachronisms: A 1970 bar scene had a cover band singing the song "Smoking in the Boys' Room". The song was first released in 1974 by Brownsville Station. more
Quotes:
Roy Spencer: You can live here, and be buried here. Or you can play hockey. more
Movie Connections:
Features "The Tommy Hunter Show" (1965) more

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canadian pov, 18 January 2004
Author: clockworkoranged from Icarus Flats

Good tv movie i remember seeing about 10 years ago along with "Net Worth." Good to see that it was done by arguably the best canadian director around

today, Atom Egoyan. Love the way the chapters work and how the fathers story intertwines into brian's (kinda like memento with the normal scenes and then lenny b&w on the phone in his room). also liked how the old classic NHL footage was mixed in (especially for the very last frames). dont know how accurate it was but ive been to ft. st. james and like most small canadian towns, it takes pride in its successful hockey players, brians being one of a few. i liked the parallel between young and old brian and how the almost seemed the same (young brian more mature in some scenes). i would rate this pretty good for a tv movie and a cbc movie. was glad to see that egoyan improved alot from this in his later works likely because he had more creative control. only complaint is the hockey scene which just didnt feel 60's-70's "old-time-hockey." thats probly cause egoyan being from middle east and that likely never played hockey and i think shouldve found some way to do these scenes better by cloning the old stock nhl footage. i found it good to see (if u follow the nhl now) how the nhl expansion effected hockey and its players. guys like spencer were shipped round "journeymen" and really found themselves in poor cities that couldnt (and still cant support) their teams. finally i just gotta add how much i love brian's story of meeting bobby orr.

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