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Key Information
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| Directors: |
George Roy Hill |
| Stars: |
Paul Newman |
| Actors: |
Lindsay Crouse |
| Genre: |
Comedies |
| Subgenre: |
Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: 25th Anniversary Edition |
| UPC: |
096898994033 |
| Release Date: |
1977 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 3min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Subtitled Spanish; Dubbed Spanish, 2hr 3min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (January 05, 1999)
UPC: 025192032820 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 2hr 3min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (March 26, 2002)
UPC: 096898994033 |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/01/2003, p.129, Jonathan Crocker): "...A sports movie that manages to send sentimentality skittering while gripping tight to its appeal..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"Violence is killing this sport, dragging it through the mud." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
A rougher version of George Roy Hill's pet theme of men as overaged adolescents, SLAP SHOT stars Paul Newman as Reggie Dunlop, the venerable player-coach of the Charlestown Chiefs, a fifth-rate minor league hockey team. When their blue-collar town falls prey to Rust Belt ills of the 1970s, attendance drops, and the greedy owner starts looking for a buyer, anxious to cash out. Dunlop is informed that the players need to crank up the box office to keep their jobs in what will likely be their last season. To the coach's dismay, general manager Joe McGrath (Strother Martin) imports the Hanson brothers, a hockey Three Stooges who like to assault soda machines and play with toys. But once Dunlop turns them loose, they're a Panzer division on ice, and the team starts winning by adopting their bone-crushing style. Although the team is on the upswing, Dunlop's wife, Francine (Jennifer Warren), seems to be through with him, and the isolated wives of the other players aren't much happier with their fate. This sides... |
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