Happy 40th anniversary, 'Slap Shot'! Why the greatest hockey movie of all time captures the s better than any other sports movie. But taking such a superficial approach to the seventies means glossing over the grittier, grimier and more soulful aspects of a decade that was marked as much by socio-economic upheaval and spiritual dislocation as it was by debauchery and decadence.
Every sucker for himself, I guess. No other sports film of the s so brilliantly captures the downbeat look and feel of its era, while also realistically rendering the lives of its subjects, both on the field or ice, in this case and off. Or before a game. But with the U. But he was also a stickler for realism, even in a sports comedy, and did much of the shooting in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where Ned Dowd had played for the Jets.
People embrace hockey here and it's great to see. There's a lot of negativity around this small town. But the people here believe they will overcome their problems.
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By the time he retired in , antics like these had gotten Goldthorpe arrested in multiple cities. Onscreen, it was Ned Dowd who brought this character to life. In an interview with The Globe and Mail , Goldthorpe discussed the matter. During pre-production, Newman and his brother, Art, would regularly attend Johnstown Jets games. One night, they took in a contest between the Jets and the Goldthorpe-led Binghamton Dusters. True to form, the scrapper picked a fight with a fan, earning him one charge of assault.
Later, in the dressing room, Goldthorpe erupted. That was it. They thought I was an undesirable. All three were originally slated to co-star in Slap Shot together, but when Jack was unexpectedly called up by the Edmonton Oilers, he left the project.
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