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Slap Shot

  • 19771977
  • RR
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
38K
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Paul Newman in Slap Shot (1977)
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A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
38K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,947
423
    • George Roy Hill
    • Nancy Dowd
  • Stars
    • Paul Newman
    • Michael Ontkean
    • Strother Martin
    • George Roy Hill
    • Nancy Dowd
  • Stars
    • Paul Newman
    • Michael Ontkean
    • Strother Martin
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    • 185User reviews
    • 64Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
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    "Slap Shot," Paul Newman & Lindsay Crouse.
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    Slap Shot (1977)
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    Paul Newman
    Paul Newman
    • Reggie
    Michael Ontkean
    Michael Ontkean
    • Ned Braden
    Strother Martin
    Strother Martin
    • McGrath
    Jennifer Warren
    Jennifer Warren
    • Francine
    Lindsay Crouse
    Lindsay Crouse
    • Lily
    Jerry Houser
    Jerry Houser
    • Killer Carlson
    Andrew Duncan
    Andrew Duncan
    • Jim Carr
    Jeff Carlson
    Jeff Carlson
    • Jeff Hanson
    Steve Carlson
    Steve Carlson
    • Steve Hanson
    David Hanson
    David Hanson
    • Jack Hanson
    Yvon Barrette
    Yvon Barrette
    • Denis Lemieux
    Allan F. Nicholls
    Allan F. Nicholls
    • Upton
    • (as Allan Nicholls)
    Brad Sullivan
    Brad Sullivan
    • Wanchuk
    Stephen Mendillo
    Stephen Mendillo
    • Jim Ahern
    Yvan Ponton
    Yvan Ponton
    • Drouin
    Matthew Cowles
    Matthew Cowles
    • Charlie
    Kathryn Walker
    Kathryn Walker
    • Anita McCambridge
    Melinda Dillon
    Melinda Dillon
    • Suzanne
      • George Roy Hill
      • Nancy Dowd
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    • Trivia
      Paul Newman had stated on many occasions that he had more fun making this film than on any other film he has starred in, and that it remained his favorite of his own films until his death.
    • Goofs
      Just after the wives discuss the "Great Ideas of the World" set, Jean-Guy Drouin chases a player behind the net and when they come out the other side, a director in skates and a couple members of his crew can be seen on the ice in the corner of the rink.
    • Quotes

      [referee skates over to Steve Carlson during the playing of the National Anthem]

      Peterboro Referee: I got my eye on the three of you, guys. You pull one thing, you're out of this game! I run a clean game here. I have any trouble here, I'll suspend you!

      Steve Hanson: I'm listening to the fucking song!

    • Crazy credits
      Special thanks to John Mitchell and his Johnstown Jets.
    • Alternate versions
      The VHS and laserdisc version replaced Maxine Nightingale's recording of "Right Back Where We Started From" on the soundtrack. The DVD and TV versions retain the song.
    • Connections
      Edited into Yoostar 2: In the Movies (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Right Back Where We Started From
      Written by Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards (uncredited)

      Performed by Maxine Nightingale

      United Artists Records

    User reviews185

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    10/10
    Toe Blake, Dit Clapper, Eddie Shore & None O' That Stinkin' Root Beer
    Every hockey fan I've ever met, no matter how pedestrian, identifies with this profane, but prophetic 1977 cult classic. SLAP SHOT perfectly nailed the circus we know of as the now-defunct Johnstown Jets: a former farm team of the World Hockey Association's Minnesota Fighting Saints. Real life is truly stranger than fiction, but SLAP SHOT seems to combine the best of all worlds.

    As legend goes, screenwriter Nancy Dowd got the brainstorm of doing a documentary on minor-league hockey, spending a few months in Johnstown, PA with her brother Ned Dowd. Ned, who was working his way up with the Jets from the U.S. college ranks, toward the WHA Minnesota Fighting Saints, was Nancy's inspiration for Michael Ontkean's Ned Braedon character.

    Nancy, whose 1979 screenplay for "Coming Home" would cop her an Oscar, was like a fly on the wall when all of these bizarre events began to play out before her eyes. She managed to capture "the spirit of the thing" and compose what is surely one of the most spectacular sports film plays in the history of cinema.

    As the storyline in SLAP SHOT was true to life, names had to be juxtaposed to protect the innocent. The Johnstown Jets became the Charlestown Chiefs. Real-life Minnesota hockey-playing siblings, the Carlsons became the Hansons. Real-life player "Killer" Hanson, inspired the "Killer" Carlson character. Brophy, the tipsy captain of the Hyannisport Presidents was so-named for juxtaposing with the Reggie Dunlop character, allegedly patterned after a career minor-league player named John Brophy, who went on to coach the NHL Toronto Maple Leafs.

    Everyone who lived in the seventies reported sightings of one incarnation or another of toupee-wearing sportscaster Jim Carr. And when it comes to sports-writing, Reggie Dunlop said it best: "If Dickie Dunn wrote this, it MUST be true!" Some of the classic character names in this film must be honored also: Barclay Donaldson, Tim "Dr. Hook" McCracken, Andre "Poodle" Lucier, "Ogie" Oglethorpe, Ross "Mad Dog" Madison, Clarence "Screaming Buffalo" Swamptown and Gilmore Tuttle.

    With all the other strokes of brilliance and genius SLAP SHOT has become famous for, we cannot forget the contribution of the star Paul Newman, who is believable and sympathetic as washed-up Chiefs player-coach Reggie Dunlop.

    Minnesota native, the late George Roy Hill, who also directed "The Sting" and "Slaughterhouse Five," could arguably claim SLAP SHOT as the master stroke in his illustrious career.

    Miraculously, several stars of SLAP SHOT would go on to make other hockey movies: Yvon Ponton starred in the French-Canadian TV series "He Shoots He Scores" and the "Les Boys" film series; Paul D'Amato starred in "The Deadliest Season"; Jerry Hauser appeared in "Miracle On Ice."
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      • February 25, 1977 (United States)
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      • Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • Kings Road Entertainment
      • Pan Arts
      • Universal Pictures
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