Slap Shot

1977
R
2h 3m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

43K

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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

3,212

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations

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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My favorite sports movie

I liked this movie when I first saw it over twenty years ago, and its still great! The swinging 70's get perfectly captured, by the music, hair styles and especially the awful clothes. All the actors do their own skating, so you aren't distracted looking for body doubles the entire movie. The screenplay is priceless and if anyone thinks its sexist - a woman wrote this movie! This is the only hockey movie worth anything - hopefully "Mystery, Alaska" can join it.