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Writer:
Ken Scott (writer)
Release Date:
30 November 2007 (USA)
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Plot:
A story about Quebec's most famous hockey player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, focusing on the struggles of a French Canadian in the National Hockey League dominated by Anglophones. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
12 wins
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20 nominations
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Cast
(Credited cast)| Sean Avery | ... | Bob Dill | |
| Michel Barrette | ... | Père Norchet | |
| Pat Bragoli | ... | Hockey player | |
| Rick Bramucci | ... | Bodyguard | |
| Tony Calabretta | ... | Frank Selke | |
| Normand Chouinard | ... | Michel Normandin | |
| Philip Craig | ... | Tommy Gorman | |
| Larry Day | ... | Boston Cop #1 | |
| Christian De Blois | ... | Hockey player | |
| Simon Deblois | ... | Hockey player | |
| Tedd Dillon | ... | Clarence Campbell | |
| André-Sébastien Dorion | ... | Referee | |
| Paul Doucet | ... | Camil Desroches | |
| Pascal Dupuis | ... | Milt Schmidt | |
| Roy Dupuis | ... | Maurice Richard | |
| René Gagnon | |||
| Benoît Girard | ... | Paul St-Georges | |
| Rémy Girard | ... | Tony Bergeron | |
| Terry Haig | ... | Dr. Walter McKay | |
| Tyler Hall | ... | Murph Chamberlain | |
| Jason Hamilton | ... | Hockey player | |
| Serge Houde | ... | Conn Smythe | |
| Dany Hubert | ... | New-York Rangers / Boston Bruins player | |
| Mario Jean | ... | Paul Stuart | |
| François Langlois-Vallières | ... | Maurice Richard à 16 ans | |
| Ian Laperrière | ... | Bernard 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion | |
| Diane Lavallée | ... | Alice Norchet | |
| Julie LeBreton | ... | Lucille Richard | |
| Vincent Lecavalier | ... | Jean Beliveau | |
| Pierre-François Legendre | ... | Georges Norchet | |
| John Maclaren | ... | Anglophone Journalist | |
| Stephen McHattie | ... | Dick Irvin | |
| Mathieu Morin | ... | Referee | |
| Noel Olivier | ... | New-York Rangers / Boston Bruins player | |
| Bruno Ouellet-Fillion | |||
| Steve Petitpas | ... | Referee | |
| Stéphane Quintal | ... | Dollard St-Laurent | |
| Mike Ricci | ... | Elmer Lach | |
| Amélie Richer | ... | Lucille Norchet | |
| Sebastien Roberts | ... | Bob Fillion | |
| Patrice Robitaille | ... | Émile "Butch" Bouchard | |
| Charles Rooke | ... | New York Rangers player (James "Kilby" MacDonald | |
| Howard Rosenstein | ... | Ken Reardon | |
| Philippe Sauvé | ... | Jim Henry | |
| Olivier St-Cyr | ... | Hockey player | |
| Mylène St-Sauveur | ... | Irma Daigle | |
| Marc Tanguay | ... | Referee | |
| Randy Thomas | ... | Hector "Toe" Blake | |
| Eric Vignault | ... | Montreal Canadiens hockey player | |
| Allen Zarnett | ... | Henchman |
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Also Known As:
The Rocket (Canada: English title) (new title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for rough sports action including fighting, some bloody images, some language and historical smoking throughout.
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Runtime:
124 min | Canada:124 min (Québec)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
Roy Dupuis also played the part of Maurice Richard in an episode of Heritage Minutes - a series of short sixty-second films depicting events or characters from Canadian history.
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Crew or equipment visible: During the scene where N.Y. Rangers Bob Dill (Sean Avery), challenges the Rocket to a fight, a skater wearing headphones and a modern-looking black/orange/white hockey jersey labeled "Big Dog", briefly appears in the foreground of a shot where Dill makes his approach.
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Quotes:
Dick Irvin:
I need players who hate to lose!
Hockey player: I hate to lose, Mr. Irvin.
Dick Irvin: No, you don't.
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Hockey player: I hate to lose, Mr. Irvin.
Dick Irvin: No, you don't.
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Movie Connections:
Features The Sweater (1980)
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FAQ
Who was Maurice Richard?What was the Richard Riot?
is it true that the Montreal Canadiens fans booed the star spangled banner on the night of the richard riot?
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In one of the comments on the film, the writer asks why there's no mention of Henri Richard, the "Pocket Rocket." The film really takes us up to it's climax, the Richard Riot, and Henri, fifteen years younger than Maurice, was starring with the Junior Canadians. Although he came up to play with his brother in the last years of Maurice's career, Henri was not on the team for the period covered by this film. The line of Henri at centre, Dickie Moore on left wing, and Maurice on right wing was called by the Rocket's great rival, Gordie Howe, the best line he ever played against. In a sense the movie stops at the point when Richard was the most popular player in Québec, that is before he became the greatest star in the rest of Canada too. When he received the Stanley Cup in Toronto after the Canadians swept the Leafs in four games straight to win their fifth championship in a row, everybody sensed it could be his last game, and he received a standing ovation in Maple Leaf Gardens, a rare honour for any visiting player, especially when he'd been throughout his career the Leafs' greatest rival. The film beautifully evokes the period when players were ordinary guys working for a living. The clothing and lighting are magnificent in capturing the feel of the forties and fifties, and the hockey sequences are amazing in that, having seen the Rocket play so many times, I lost sight that it was Roy Dupuis, not the Rocket, on the screen. And the sequence in which he kayos Bob Dill (Sean Avery in a piece of type casting if there ever was one!) is a dandy. That happened in New York and the Daily News, the tabloid famous for its great headlines, featured a full-page image of the Rocket standing over his fallen rival with a huge headline, "DILL PICKLED". I wish they'd put that in the film. Richard had a unique skating style and was unusual in those days because there were few left-hand shots playing right wing. And they were able to recreate one of the greatest goals in detail when the Rocket, after being knocked out by Boston's Leo Labine in the play-offs, returned in overtime and went end to end to score the winning goal against "Sugar Jim" Henry. Dupuis and the film magicians capture Richard's swooping, darting style beautifully. Richard may not have been the best player who ever played, but he was the greatest star the game will ever see. See this film and you'll be as close to seeing the real Rocket as it's possible to be.