Slap Shot

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Slap Shot

film by Hill [1977]

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George Roy Hill
Later work
…then reunited with Newman for Slap Shot (1977), a profane but rousing profile of a lowly minor-league hockey team that starts winning after adopting a dirty style of play. Although backed by a riotous screenplay by Nancy Dowd and a fine performance by Newman, the comedy failed commercially. In the…
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…then reunited with Newman for Slap Shot (1977), a profane but rousing profile of a lowly minor-league hockey team that starts winning after adopting a dirty style of play. Although backed by a riotous screenplay by Nancy Dowd and a fine performance by Newman, the comedy failed commercially. In the…
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Paul Newman
Later roles of Paul Newman
…Steve McQueen and William Holden; Slap Shot (1977), a comedy about a hapless minor-league hockey team that is often ranked among the best sports films; and Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981), in which he starred as a policeman who refuses to cover up a murder. In Sydney Pollack’s Absence of…
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…Steve McQueen and William Holden; Slap Shot (1977), a comedy about a hapless minor-league hockey team that is often ranked among the best sports films; and Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981), in which he starred as a policeman who refuses to cover up a murder. In Sydney Pollack’s Absence of…
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