The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard (original title "Maurice Richard")
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THE ROCKET (2013)
The Rocket: The Legend of Rocket Richard (1994)
A Hero of Hockey compliments of A. O. SCOTT Published: November 30, 2007 "You're the Babe Ruth of Hockey."
“The Rocket” is a polished, costumed production, with lots of heavy music, fedoras and trains hurtling through the wintry Quebec landscape. The film showcases Mr. Dupuis’s meaty good looks rather than his acting ability. And the story it tells, while it touches on interesting themes of class consciousness and social inequality, is pretty dull in the end. Richard marries his childhood sweetheart, Lucille (Julie Le Breton), who sits in the stands looking worried as he scores goal after goal, fights off goons and represents the proud fighting spirit of his people.
All of this is conveyed by means of a familiar melodramatic machinery, and after a while the humorless solemnity of “The Rocket” stifles any interesting sense of Maurice Richard as a character. The hockey sequences are nicely done, though, and give a reasonably good sense of what a great player he was.
“The Rocket” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for some rough fistfights on the ice.
A Hero of Hockey compliments of A. O. SCOTT Published: November 30, 2007 "You're the Babe Ruth of Hockey."
“The Rocket” is a polished, costumed production, with lots of heavy music, fedoras and trains hurtling through the wintry Quebec landscape. The film showcases Mr. Dupuis’s meaty good looks rather than his acting ability. And the story it tells, while it touches on interesting themes of class consciousness and social inequality, is pretty dull in the end. Richard marries his childhood sweetheart, Lucille (Julie Le Breton), who sits in the stands looking worried as he scores goal after goal, fights off goons and represents the proud fighting spirit of his people.
All of this is conveyed by means of a familiar melodramatic machinery, and after a while the humorless solemnity of “The Rocket” stifles any interesting sense of Maurice Richard as a character. The hockey sequences are nicely done, though, and give a reasonably good sense of what a great player he was.
“The Rocket” is rated PG (Parental guidance suggested) for some rough fistfights on the ice.
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Directed by Charles Binamé
Writing credits: Ken Scott
Produced by Daniel Louis....producer and Denise Robert....producer
Original Music by Michel Cusson
Cinematography by Pierre Gill
Film Editing by Michel Arcand
Casting by Lucie Robitaille
Production Design by Michel Proulx
Art Direction by Marc Ricard
Set Decoration by Manon Lemay and Ginette Paré
Costume Design by Francesca Chamberland
Cast
Roy Dupuis...Maurice Richard
Stephen McHattie...Dick Irvin
Julie LeBreton...Lucille Richard (as Julie Le Breton)
Philip Craig...Tommy Gorman
Patrice Robitaille...Émile 'Butch' Bouchard
Michel Barrette...M. Norchet
Diane Lavallée...Alice Norchet
Tony Calabretta...Frank Selke
François Langlois-Vallières...Maurice Richard à 16 ans
Pierre-François Legendre...Georges Norchet
Mario Jean...Paul Stuart
Robert Brouillette...Partisan fanatique
Benoît Girard...Paul St-Georges
Normand Chouinard...Michel Normandin
Paul Doucet...Camil Desroches
Randy Thomas...Hector 'Toe' Blake
Mike Ricci...Elmer Lach
Vincent Lecavalier...Jean Beliveau
Stéphane Quintal...Dollard St-Laurent
Sean Avery...Bob Dill
Ian Laperrière...Bernard 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion
Rémy Girard...Tony Bergeron
René Gagnon...Sénateur Donat Raymond
Amélie Richer...Lucille Norchet 13 ans
Maxime Veilleux...Georges Norchet 17 ans
Luc Proulx...Rolland Léveillée
Serge Houde...Connie Smythe
Patrick Bernier...Doug Harvey
Sebastien Roberts...Bob Fillion (as Sébastien Roberts)
Alain Boucher...Partisan frondeur
David-Olivier Gélinas...Dickie Moore
Gilles Marsolais...Policier Boston
Jean-François Paré...Philippe Harvey
Larry Day...Policier Boston
Tedd Dillon...Clarence Campbell
André-Sébastien Dorion...Arbitre New York
Pascal Dupuis...Milt Schmidt
Alain Gauthier...Harmon
Terry Haig...Dr. Walter McKay
Tyler Hall...Murph Chamberlain
Albert Kwan...Plongeur chinois
Gerardo Lo Dico...Policier Forum
John Maclaren...Journaliste anglophone
Mathieu Morin...Juge de ligne Boston
Steve Petitpas...Juge de ligne New York
Howard Rosenstein...Ken Reardon
Philippe Sauvé...Gardien Jim Henry
Mylène St-Sauveur...Irma Daigle
Marc Tanguay...Referee
Allen Zarnett...Homme de bras
Rick Bramucci...Garde du corps (uncredited)
Makeup Department
Lizane La Salle....assistant makeup artist
Anne-Marie Lanza....hair stylist
Martin Lapointe....key hair stylist
Adrien Morot....makeup effects supervisor
Diane Simard....key makeup artist
Production Management
Hélène Grimard....production manager
Stéphane Jacques....unit manager
George Jardon....post-production supervisor
Christian Ménard....assistant unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fabrice Barrilliet....third assistant directorJ
ohanne Boudreau....second assistant director
Simon Dugas....third assistant director
Marc Larose....first assistant director
Emilie Malo....third assistant director
Art Department
Charles-André Bertrand....prop buyer
Marie Cailhier-Chartrand....assistant prop buyer
Fabrice Callegher....property master
Marie-Soleil Dénommé....assistant property master
Nicolas Godbout....assistant property master
Denis Guimond....carpenter
Marie-Claude L'Heureux....art department coordinator
Francis Morin....assistant set decorator
Andrew Semple....special props builder
Lucie Tremblay....draftswoman
Sound Department
Claude Beaugrand....sound designer
Luc Boudrias....sound re-recording mixer
Olivier Calvert....sound effects editor
Natalie Fleurant....supervising adr editor
Bernard Gariépy Strobl....sound re-recording mixer
Claude Hazanavicius....sound recordist
Marc Hazanavicius....boom operator
Patrick Lalonde....assistant sound re-recording mixer
Jean-François Sauvé....sound effects editor
Special Effects by
Normand Gobeille....special effects technician
Guylaine Gosselin....
Guillaume Murray....special effects coordinator
Christian Rivest....special effects technician
Visual Effects by
Marc Bourbonnais....3D lead technical director: Hybride
Xavier Bourque....digital compositor: Hybride
Caroline Brien....digital compositor: Hybride
Matthieu Chatelier....digital compositor
Anouk Deveault-Moreau....visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Jean-Francois Houde....post production assistant: Hybride
Jocelyn Maher....digital compositor
Richard Martin....visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Christian Morin....digital compositor
Jonathan Paquin....digital artist
Steve Pelchat....digital artist: Hybride
Sean Stranks....digital compositor: Hybride
Stunts
Mike Chute....stunts
Jere Gillis....stunts
Tyler Hall....stunt actor
Stéphane Lefebvre....stunt coordinator (as Stephane Lefebvre)
Camera and Electrical Department
Ann Berrie....second assistant camera
Marc Bonin....electrical best boy
Frédéric Chamberland....focus puller
Daniel Chrétien Jr.....rigging best boy electric
Pascal Courchesne....grip
Bertrand Dupuis....key grip
Pierre Dury....still photographer
Joel Gariépy....grip
Eric Godbout....assistant camera
René Guillard....gaffer
Pierric Jouvante....rigging gaffer
Jacques Levesque....electrician
Alfonso Maiorana....camera operator: "c" camera
Colin Noel....key rigging grip
François Perrier....Steadicam operator
Nicole Rivelli....still photographer
Casting Department
Carole Dionne....extras casting
Editorial Department
Marie-Hélène Bourget....digital intermediate technician
Denis Chouinard....post-production apprentice
Marc Lussier....digital intermediate colorist
Arthur Montreuil....film color timer
Music Department
François Arbour....music recordist
François Arbour....score mixer
Kim Gaboury....composer: additional music (as Akido)
Other crew
Maggy Belzile....assistant production accountant
Ariane Benmergui....production secretary
Kim De Pietro....location manager
The Godding Brothers....production assistant
Sofie Handfield....production coordinator
Martin Lacroix....coordinator: hockey scenes
Sylvie Laurin....production accountant
Tara Markus....assistant location manager
Mona Medawar....script supervisor
Marjolaine Perron....assistant production accountant
Corine Trudel....assistant location manager
Writing credits: Ken Scott
Produced by Daniel Louis....producer and Denise Robert....producer
Original Music by Michel Cusson
Cinematography by Pierre Gill
Film Editing by Michel Arcand
Casting by Lucie Robitaille
Production Design by Michel Proulx
Art Direction by Marc Ricard
Set Decoration by Manon Lemay and Ginette Paré
Costume Design by Francesca Chamberland
Cast
Roy Dupuis...Maurice Richard
Stephen McHattie...Dick Irvin
Julie LeBreton...Lucille Richard (as Julie Le Breton)
Philip Craig...Tommy Gorman
Patrice Robitaille...Émile 'Butch' Bouchard
Michel Barrette...M. Norchet
Diane Lavallée...Alice Norchet
Tony Calabretta...Frank Selke
François Langlois-Vallières...Maurice Richard à 16 ans
Pierre-François Legendre...Georges Norchet
Mario Jean...Paul Stuart
Robert Brouillette...Partisan fanatique
Benoît Girard...Paul St-Georges
Normand Chouinard...Michel Normandin
Paul Doucet...Camil Desroches
Randy Thomas...Hector 'Toe' Blake
Mike Ricci...Elmer Lach
Vincent Lecavalier...Jean Beliveau
Stéphane Quintal...Dollard St-Laurent
Sean Avery...Bob Dill
Ian Laperrière...Bernard 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion
Rémy Girard...Tony Bergeron
René Gagnon...Sénateur Donat Raymond
Amélie Richer...Lucille Norchet 13 ans
Maxime Veilleux...Georges Norchet 17 ans
Luc Proulx...Rolland Léveillée
Serge Houde...Connie Smythe
Patrick Bernier...Doug Harvey
Sebastien Roberts...Bob Fillion (as Sébastien Roberts)
Alain Boucher...Partisan frondeur
David-Olivier Gélinas...Dickie Moore
Gilles Marsolais...Policier Boston
Jean-François Paré...Philippe Harvey
Larry Day...Policier Boston
Tedd Dillon...Clarence Campbell
André-Sébastien Dorion...Arbitre New York
Pascal Dupuis...Milt Schmidt
Alain Gauthier...Harmon
Terry Haig...Dr. Walter McKay
Tyler Hall...Murph Chamberlain
Albert Kwan...Plongeur chinois
Gerardo Lo Dico...Policier Forum
John Maclaren...Journaliste anglophone
Mathieu Morin...Juge de ligne Boston
Steve Petitpas...Juge de ligne New York
Howard Rosenstein...Ken Reardon
Philippe Sauvé...Gardien Jim Henry
Mylène St-Sauveur...Irma Daigle
Marc Tanguay...Referee
Allen Zarnett...Homme de bras
Rick Bramucci...Garde du corps (uncredited)
Makeup Department
Lizane La Salle....assistant makeup artist
Anne-Marie Lanza....hair stylist
Martin Lapointe....key hair stylist
Adrien Morot....makeup effects supervisor
Diane Simard....key makeup artist
Production Management
Hélène Grimard....production manager
Stéphane Jacques....unit manager
George Jardon....post-production supervisor
Christian Ménard....assistant unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fabrice Barrilliet....third assistant directorJ
ohanne Boudreau....second assistant director
Simon Dugas....third assistant director
Marc Larose....first assistant director
Emilie Malo....third assistant director
Art Department
Charles-André Bertrand....prop buyer
Marie Cailhier-Chartrand....assistant prop buyer
Fabrice Callegher....property master
Marie-Soleil Dénommé....assistant property master
Nicolas Godbout....assistant property master
Denis Guimond....carpenter
Marie-Claude L'Heureux....art department coordinator
Francis Morin....assistant set decorator
Andrew Semple....special props builder
Lucie Tremblay....draftswoman
Sound Department
Claude Beaugrand....sound designer
Luc Boudrias....sound re-recording mixer
Olivier Calvert....sound effects editor
Natalie Fleurant....supervising adr editor
Bernard Gariépy Strobl....sound re-recording mixer
Claude Hazanavicius....sound recordist
Marc Hazanavicius....boom operator
Patrick Lalonde....assistant sound re-recording mixer
Jean-François Sauvé....sound effects editor
Special Effects by
Normand Gobeille....special effects technician
Guylaine Gosselin....
Guillaume Murray....special effects coordinator
Christian Rivest....special effects technician
Visual Effects by
Marc Bourbonnais....3D lead technical director: Hybride
Xavier Bourque....digital compositor: Hybride
Caroline Brien....digital compositor: Hybride
Matthieu Chatelier....digital compositor
Anouk Deveault-Moreau....visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Jean-Francois Houde....post production assistant: Hybride
Jocelyn Maher....digital compositor
Richard Martin....visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Christian Morin....digital compositor
Jonathan Paquin....digital artist
Steve Pelchat....digital artist: Hybride
Sean Stranks....digital compositor: Hybride
Stunts
Mike Chute....stunts
Jere Gillis....stunts
Tyler Hall....stunt actor
Stéphane Lefebvre....stunt coordinator (as Stephane Lefebvre)
Camera and Electrical Department
Ann Berrie....second assistant camera
Marc Bonin....electrical best boy
Frédéric Chamberland....focus puller
Daniel Chrétien Jr.....rigging best boy electric
Pascal Courchesne....grip
Bertrand Dupuis....key grip
Pierre Dury....still photographer
Joel Gariépy....grip
Eric Godbout....assistant camera
René Guillard....gaffer
Pierric Jouvante....rigging gaffer
Jacques Levesque....electrician
Alfonso Maiorana....camera operator: "c" camera
Colin Noel....key rigging grip
François Perrier....Steadicam operator
Nicole Rivelli....still photographer
Casting Department
Carole Dionne....extras casting
Editorial Department
Marie-Hélène Bourget....digital intermediate technician
Denis Chouinard....post-production apprentice
Marc Lussier....digital intermediate colorist
Arthur Montreuil....film color timer
Music Department
François Arbour....music recordist
François Arbour....score mixer
Kim Gaboury....composer: additional music (as Akido)
Other crew
Maggy Belzile....assistant production accountant
Ariane Benmergui....production secretary
Kim De Pietro....location manager
The Godding Brothers....production assistant
Sofie Handfield....production coordinator
Martin Lacroix....coordinator: hockey scenes
Sylvie Laurin....production accountant
Tara Markus....assistant location manager
Mona Medawar....script supervisor
Marjolaine Perron....assistant production accountant
Corine Trudel....assistant location manager