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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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    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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    Hilarious, oddly influential dark sports comedy
    Mostly hated by critics on its release, as much for its cynical viewpoint as its relentless profanity, "Slap Shot" has since become something of a cult classic.

    Set in the low-rent world of minor-league hockey, the movie follows the efforts of player-coach Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) to turn around the Charlestown Chiefs' final, losing season in a dying Pennsylvania steel town. Reggie is not above using a dirty trick or two to manipulate his teammates or psych out opposing players, and cheerfully gets physical when he has to. Even Reggie recoils in disgust, however, when his tightwad manager (Strother Martin) brings in the Hanson Brothers, three thick-lensed, thicker-headed goons who are more interested in fighting than playing Reggie's brand of "old-time hockey".

    When it becomes apparent that the hometown crowd loves the Hanson's rough and bloody style, Reggie decides to go with the flow, and to fire up his other players concocts the story that, if they can win the championship, the owner will be able to sell the franchise to a group of rich retirees in Florida. To do that, though, they will have to get past an opposing squad specially stocked with the league's most notorious goons...

    A sometimes uneasy blend of slapstick and kitchen-sink realism , "Slap Shot" has some pertinent things to say about the American worship of success at all costs, and (long before the rise of the WWF) our fascination with violent sports. Echos of its gritty style can be seen not only in many later sporting films, such as "Bull Durham" and "Major League", but even in the wave of British movies in which characters fight to hold onto their lives after the collapse of hometown industry, such as "The Full Monty" and "Brassed Off".

    The film really shines as a straight comedy, though, delivering some classic characters and set pieces: virtually every appearance of the Hansons; a clueless, toupee-wearing sportscaster (Andrew Duncan); the team's tiny Quebecker goalie (Yvon Barrette), and Newman himself, in one of his personal favorite roles. The females fare less well, although Jennifer Warren stands out as Dunlop's long-suffering, estranged wife.

    Note: in the VHS version, the background music has been replaced by an inferior, generic soundtrack. The DVD version, with the original music, is preferable.
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      • February 25, 1977 (United States)
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      • English
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      • Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA
    • Production companies
      • Kings Road Entertainment
      • Pan Arts
      • Universal Pictures
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    • 2 hours 3 minutes
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