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SLAPSHOT (1977)
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Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) is the aging player-coach of the Charlestown Chiefs hockey team in the fictional Federal League. A perennial loser for years, the team's manager Joe McGrath (Strother Martin) has resorted to extreme cost-cutting techniques and embarrassing promotional antics to keep local interest alive. Dunlop, while not particularly talented as either a player or coach, is a skilled con man, and regularly manipulates the team to his own advantage. During a hopeless season, the team picks up the Hanson Brothers, bespectacled violent goons with child-like mentalities, complete with toys in their luggage. Horrified at being given players who seem stupid, immature, and unreliable, Dunlop initially chooses not to play them.
When it is announced that the local mill will be closing and 10,000 workers will be unemployed, Dunlop grows concerned about the team's future. He makes several attempts to learn the identity of the team's anonymous owner (a running gag throughout the film), but is deftly deflected by McGrath each time. When McGrath accompanies them on an away game, top scorer Ned Braden (Michael Ontkean) overhears him attempting to get a job with another team; Dunlop confronts McGrath, who confirms that the Chiefs will fold at the end of the season.
Determined to save the team at all costs, Dunlop starts provoking fights at games to secure goals. In a moment of desperation, he lets the Hansons play and discovers that their aggressive fighting style enthralls the fans. He begins retooling the team as a goon squad in the Hanson's image and attendance quickly increases. Capitalizing on this growing interest, he plants a false story with eccentric sports news writer Dickie Dunn (M. Emmet Walsh) that a Florida retirement community is interested in purchasing the team to bolster the confidence of the players, and hopefully inspire an actual sale. Most of the players, such as Dave "Killer" Carlson (Jerry Houser) embrace the shift, but Braden, a college-educated player with a clean style, resists every chance to fight. Braden's failing relationship with his bored wife Lily (Lindsay Crouse), puts further strain on him, and Dunlop feigns interest in her to make Braden more aggressive. After realizing that she is truly depressed and falling into alcoholism, he establishes a friendship between her and his estranged ex-wife Francine (Jennifer Warren) to help her improve. Meanwhile, The Chiefs' tactics get them into a great deal of legal trouble and make them a number of enemies, in particular, the Syracuse Bulldogs and their mercurial leader Tim "Doctor Hook" McCracken, who is determined to pummel Dunlop after a humiliating defeat.
Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) is the aging player-coach of the Charlestown Chiefs hockey team in the fictional Federal League. A perennial loser for years, the team's manager Joe McGrath (Strother Martin) has resorted to extreme cost-cutting techniques and embarrassing promotional antics to keep local interest alive. Dunlop, while not particularly talented as either a player or coach, is a skilled con man, and regularly manipulates the team to his own advantage. During a hopeless season, the team picks up the Hanson Brothers, bespectacled violent goons with child-like mentalities, complete with toys in their luggage. Horrified at being given players who seem stupid, immature, and unreliable, Dunlop initially chooses not to play them.
When it is announced that the local mill will be closing and 10,000 workers will be unemployed, Dunlop grows concerned about the team's future. He makes several attempts to learn the identity of the team's anonymous owner (a running gag throughout the film), but is deftly deflected by McGrath each time. When McGrath accompanies them on an away game, top scorer Ned Braden (Michael Ontkean) overhears him attempting to get a job with another team; Dunlop confronts McGrath, who confirms that the Chiefs will fold at the end of the season.
Determined to save the team at all costs, Dunlop starts provoking fights at games to secure goals. In a moment of desperation, he lets the Hansons play and discovers that their aggressive fighting style enthralls the fans. He begins retooling the team as a goon squad in the Hanson's image and attendance quickly increases. Capitalizing on this growing interest, he plants a false story with eccentric sports news writer Dickie Dunn (M. Emmet Walsh) that a Florida retirement community is interested in purchasing the team to bolster the confidence of the players, and hopefully inspire an actual sale. Most of the players, such as Dave "Killer" Carlson (Jerry Houser) embrace the shift, but Braden, a college-educated player with a clean style, resists every chance to fight. Braden's failing relationship with his bored wife Lily (Lindsay Crouse), puts further strain on him, and Dunlop feigns interest in her to make Braden more aggressive. After realizing that she is truly depressed and falling into alcoholism, he establishes a friendship between her and his estranged ex-wife Francine (Jennifer Warren) to help her improve. Meanwhile, The Chiefs' tactics get them into a great deal of legal trouble and make them a number of enemies, in particular, the Syracuse Bulldogs and their mercurial leader Tim "Doctor Hook" McCracken, who is determined to pummel Dunlop after a humiliating defeat.
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Directed by: George Roy Hill
Writing credits: Nancy Dowd
Cast
Paul Newman...Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop
Strother Martin...Joe McGrath
Michael Ontkean...Ned Braden
Jennifer Warren...Francine Dunlop
Lindsay Crouse...Lily Braden
Jerry Houser...Dave 'Killer' Carlson
Andrew Duncan...Jim Carr
Jeff Carlson...Jeff Hanson
Steve Carlson...Steve Hanson
David Hanson...Jack Hanson
Yvon Barrette...Denis Lemieux
Allan F. Nicholls...Johnny Upton (as Allan Nicholls)
Brad Sullivan...Morris 'Mo' Wanchuk
Stephen Mendillo...Jim Ahern
Yvan Ponton...Jean-Guy Drouin
Matthew Cowles...Charlie Kischel
Kathryn Walker...Anita McCambridge
Melinda Dillon...Suzanne Hanrahan
M. Emmet Walsh...Dickie Dunn
Swoosie Kurtz...Shirley Upton
Paul D'Amato...Tim 'Dr. Hook' McCracken
Ronald L. Docken...Yvon Lebrun
Guido Tenesi...Billy Charlebois
Jean Rosario Tetreault...Andre Bergeron
Christopher Murney...Tommy Hanrahan
Myron Odegaard...Final Game Referee
Ned Dowd...Ogie Ogilthorpe
Gracie Head...Pam
Nancy N. Dowd...Andrea
Barbara L. Shorts...Bluebird
Larry Block...Peterboro Referee
Paul Dooley...Hyannisport Announcer
Janet Arters...Sparkle Twin (uncredited)
Louise Arters...Sparkle Twin (uncredited)
Blake Ball...Gilmore Tuttle (uncredited)
Reg Bechtold...Hockey Player (uncredited)
Danny Belisle...Syracuse Bulldog Player (uncredited)
Bruce Boudreau...Hockey Player #7 (uncredited)
Mark Bousquet...Andre 'Poodle' Lussier (uncredited)
Allison Caine...Additional Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Stephen Dowling...Referee (uncredited)
Woody Espy...The Stick Boy (uncredited)
Lucy Lee Flippin...Game Show Contestant (uncredited)
John Gofton...Nick Brophy (uncredited)
Galen Head...Hockey Player (uncredited)
Reggie Krezanski...Hockey Player (uncredited)
Louie Levasseur...Goalie (uncredited)
Connie Madigan...Ross 'Mad Dog' Madison (uncredited)
Macon McCalman...Soap Opera patient (uncredited)
Ted McCaskill...Hockey Player (uncredited)
Jon McClintock...TV Reporter (uncredited)
Mickey McQuillan...Dickie Dunn's son (uncredited)
Susan Kendall Newman...Pharmacist (uncredited)
Joe Nolan...Clarence 'Screaming Buffalo' Swamptown (uncredited)
Dick Roberge...Referee Ecker (uncredited)
Ray Schultz...Syracuse Bulldog player (uncredited)
Ross Smith...Barclay Donaldson (uncredited)
Cliff Thompson ...Walt Comisky (uncredited)
Writing credits: Nancy Dowd
Cast
Paul Newman...Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop
Strother Martin...Joe McGrath
Michael Ontkean...Ned Braden
Jennifer Warren...Francine Dunlop
Lindsay Crouse...Lily Braden
Jerry Houser...Dave 'Killer' Carlson
Andrew Duncan...Jim Carr
Jeff Carlson...Jeff Hanson
Steve Carlson...Steve Hanson
David Hanson...Jack Hanson
Yvon Barrette...Denis Lemieux
Allan F. Nicholls...Johnny Upton (as Allan Nicholls)
Brad Sullivan...Morris 'Mo' Wanchuk
Stephen Mendillo...Jim Ahern
Yvan Ponton...Jean-Guy Drouin
Matthew Cowles...Charlie Kischel
Kathryn Walker...Anita McCambridge
Melinda Dillon...Suzanne Hanrahan
M. Emmet Walsh...Dickie Dunn
Swoosie Kurtz...Shirley Upton
Paul D'Amato...Tim 'Dr. Hook' McCracken
Ronald L. Docken...Yvon Lebrun
Guido Tenesi...Billy Charlebois
Jean Rosario Tetreault...Andre Bergeron
Christopher Murney...Tommy Hanrahan
Myron Odegaard...Final Game Referee
Ned Dowd...Ogie Ogilthorpe
Gracie Head...Pam
Nancy N. Dowd...Andrea
Barbara L. Shorts...Bluebird
Larry Block...Peterboro Referee
Paul Dooley...Hyannisport Announcer
Janet Arters...Sparkle Twin (uncredited)
Louise Arters...Sparkle Twin (uncredited)
Blake Ball...Gilmore Tuttle (uncredited)
Reg Bechtold...Hockey Player (uncredited)
Danny Belisle...Syracuse Bulldog Player (uncredited)
Bruce Boudreau...Hockey Player #7 (uncredited)
Mark Bousquet...Andre 'Poodle' Lussier (uncredited)
Allison Caine...Additional Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Stephen Dowling...Referee (uncredited)
Woody Espy...The Stick Boy (uncredited)
Lucy Lee Flippin...Game Show Contestant (uncredited)
John Gofton...Nick Brophy (uncredited)
Galen Head...Hockey Player (uncredited)
Reggie Krezanski...Hockey Player (uncredited)
Louie Levasseur...Goalie (uncredited)
Connie Madigan...Ross 'Mad Dog' Madison (uncredited)
Macon McCalman...Soap Opera patient (uncredited)
Ted McCaskill...Hockey Player (uncredited)
Jon McClintock...TV Reporter (uncredited)
Mickey McQuillan...Dickie Dunn's son (uncredited)
Susan Kendall Newman...Pharmacist (uncredited)
Joe Nolan...Clarence 'Screaming Buffalo' Swamptown (uncredited)
Dick Roberge...Referee Ecker (uncredited)
Ray Schultz...Syracuse Bulldog player (uncredited)
Ross Smith...Barclay Donaldson (uncredited)
Cliff Thompson ...Walt Comisky (uncredited)
Produced by:
Robert Crawford Jr..... associate producer (as Robert L. Crawford)
Stephen J. Friedman.... producer (as Stephen Friedman)
Robert J. Wunsch.... producer
Patrick Kelley.... co-executive producer (uncredited)
Cinematography by
Victor J. Kemper
(as Vic Kemper)
Film Editing by
Dede Allen
Casting by
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Art Direction by
Henry Bumstead
Set Decoration by
James W. Payne
(as James Payne)
Costume Design by
Tom Bronson
Makeup Department
Stephen Abrums.... makeup artist (as Steve Abrums)
Lorraine Roberson.... hair stylist
Rick Sharp.... makeup artist
Production Management
Arthur S. Newman Jr..... unit production manager (as Arthur Newman)
Wallace Worsley Jr..... unit production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Burrell.... second assistant director
Wayne A. Farlow.... second assistant director (as Wayne Farlow)
Tom Joyner.... first assistant director
James A. Westman.... first assistant director (as James Westman)
Art Department
Thomas L. Roysden.... leadman (uncredited)
Sound Department
Peter Berkos.... sound editor
Robert L. Hoyt.... sound
Don Sharpless.... sound
Roger Heman Jr..... sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Earl Madery.... sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Dennis C. Salcedo.... optical sound recordist (uncredited)
Roger Sword.... sound editor (uncredited)
Robert Crawford Jr..... associate producer (as Robert L. Crawford)
Stephen J. Friedman.... producer (as Stephen Friedman)
Robert J. Wunsch.... producer
Patrick Kelley.... co-executive producer (uncredited)
Cinematography by
Victor J. Kemper
(as Vic Kemper)
Film Editing by
Dede Allen
Casting by
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Art Direction by
Henry Bumstead
Set Decoration by
James W. Payne
(as James Payne)
Costume Design by
Tom Bronson
Makeup Department
Stephen Abrums.... makeup artist (as Steve Abrums)
Lorraine Roberson.... hair stylist
Rick Sharp.... makeup artist
Production Management
Arthur S. Newman Jr..... unit production manager (as Arthur Newman)
Wallace Worsley Jr..... unit production manager (as Wallace Worsley)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Burrell.... second assistant director
Wayne A. Farlow.... second assistant director (as Wayne Farlow)
Tom Joyner.... first assistant director
James A. Westman.... first assistant director (as James Westman)
Art Department
Thomas L. Roysden.... leadman (uncredited)
Sound Department
Peter Berkos.... sound editor
Robert L. Hoyt.... sound
Don Sharpless.... sound
Roger Heman Jr..... sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Earl Madery.... sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Dennis C. Salcedo.... optical sound recordist (uncredited)
Roger Sword.... sound editor (uncredited)