Slap Shot

1977
R
2h 3m

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7.2/10

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A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.

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IMDb RATING

7.2/10

43K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,787

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Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations

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Trivia
Paul Newman had stated on many occasions that he had more fun making this film than on any other film he has starred in, and that it remained his favorite of his own films until his death.

Goofs
Just after the wives discuss the "Great Ideas of the World" set, Jean-Guy Drouin chases a player behind the net and when they come out the other side, a director in skates and a couple members of his crew can be seen on the ice in the corner of the rink.

Quotes
[referee skates over to Steve Carlson during the playing of the National Anthem]
Peterboro Referee: I got my eye on the three of you, guys. You pull one thing, you're out of this game! I run a clean game here. I have any trouble here, I'll suspend you!
Steve Hanson: I'm listening to the fucking song!

Crazy credits
Special thanks to John Mitchell and his Johnstown Jets.

Alternate versions
The VHS and laserdisc version replaced Maxine Nightingale's recording of "Right Back Where We Started From" on the soundtrack. The DVD and TV versions retain the song.

Connections
Edited into Yoostar 2: In the Movies (2011)

Soundtracks
Right Back Where We Started From
Written by Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards (uncredited)
Performed by Maxine Nightingale
United Artists Records

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Featured review

7/10

Love those Hanson brothers

I love how they got Paul Newman for this part, and how great he looks out on the ice. The film parodies the violence in hockey, and it had some potentially interesting bits in the class aspects of a blue collar town facing a plant closing, as well as a mostly faceless owner who disdains the sport and simply looks forward to a tax write-off, but unfortunately these don't come to much. Worse is the cringe-inducing homophobia. The best part of the film are the hilarious Hanson brothers, and the film could have used a lot more of them.