Slapstick Ice Hockey Film

George blair stars.

Slapstick ice hockey film. The rules of ice hockey wonderfully explained by the hilarious film slap shot. Slap shot 1977 you may recognize. 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. The hanson brothers are fictional characters in the 1977 movie slap shot the characters are based on the carlson brothers who were actual hockey players.

To make money the team s unknown owner makes its manager joe mcgrath do cheesy publicity much to the players chagrin. New york hockey player andy buell is approached by hollywood talent scout nancy davis to play the hunk lead in the behemoth but he would prefer she quit her job and become his wife. Storyline located in the us rust belt charlestown is home of the hapless chiefs a losing federal league hockey team whose games are poorly attended. True story based film about finland men s national ice hockey team at the final weekend of the 1995 ice hockey world championship games in helsinki and stockholm.

Allan lane jean rogers edward ashley frank albertson votes. Roy dupuis stephen mchattie julie lebreton philip craig votes. Charles binamé stars. The nhl season is paused due to the coronavirus pandemic so with no live games on television here are some of the best hockey movies to occupy your time.

Slap shot is a 1977 american sports comedy film directed by george roy hill written by nancy dowd and starring paul newman and michael ontkean. It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town.