Slap Shot (1977)
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05/06/22 • 18 min
It’s that time of year when the weather is getting warmer and the days are getting longer, it’s early May so WHAT does that mean? Of course, it means the NHL Playoffs are just beginning! And what better way to commemorate the kick-off for professional hockey’s playoff season than to revisit one of THE Most Beloved Hockey Movies of All Time....which happens to star one of THE Greatest Movie Stars of All Time, Paul Newman.
He stars as player/coach Reggie Dunlop of the minor league hockey team, the Charleston Chiefs – they’re a raucous group filled with goons and/or boozers but they MIGHT have a chance to win this season thanks to their latest addition of the Hanson Brothers. Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, and David Hanson co-star as the Hanson Brothers in this raunchy, raucous sports comedy directed by the legendary George Roy Hill who previously gave us Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid along with The Sting.
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It’s that time of year when the weather is getting warmer and the days are getting longer, it’s early May so WHAT does that mean? Of course, it means the NHL Playoffs are just beginning! And what better way to commemorate the kick-off for professional hockey’s playoff season than to revisit one of THE Most Beloved Hockey Movies of All Time....which happens to star one of THE Greatest Movie Stars of All Time, Paul Newman.
He stars as player/coach Reggie Dunlop of the minor league hockey team, the Charleston Chiefs – they’re a raucous group filled with goons and/or boozers but they MIGHT have a chance to win this season thanks to their latest addition of the Hanson Brothers. Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, and David Hanson co-star as the Hanson Brothers in this raunchy, raucous sports comedy directed by the legendary George Roy Hill who previously gave us Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid along with The Sting.
Host: Geoff Gershon
Producer: Marlene Gershon
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Living for the Cinema - Slap Shot (1977)
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SLAP SHOT - 1977
Directed by George Roy Hill (Audio clip)
Starring Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michel Ontkean, Jennifer Warren, Lindsay Crouse, M. Emmett Walsh, Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, and David Hanson
Genre: Hockey Comedy
To think that THIS was my introduction to the late, great Paul Newman....one of our most enduring movie stars and DEFINITELY among the Top Five Coolest Men EVER to grace the Silver Screen. I have only seen a relatively
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