Directed by:
George Roy HillScreenplay:
Nancy DowdCinematography:
Victor J. KemperCast:
Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Jennifer Warren, Lindsay Crouse, Jerry Houser, Yvon Barrette, Jeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, David Hanson (more)VOD (4)
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Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) is the veteran player-coach of the Charleston Chiefs, a failing ice hockey team on the verge of being disbanded due to lack of support and finance. Dunlop's response to a long losing streak is to ask his players to throw the rulebook out of the window, and their new violent approach does lead to an upturn in fortunes. However, their Princeton-educated top scorer (Michael Ontkean) disapproves of the roughhouse tactics, resulting in a rift in the camp. (Final Cut Entertainment)
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What is worse than losing? Losing and getting beaten up, or Paul Newman and his Chiefs on the warpath. I didn't quite grasp whether, after the era of the Philadelphia Broad Street Bullies, it was meant to reflect violence on the ice as something that entertains the crowd, just like gladiatorial games used to, or if it’s just making a mockery of everything with its "cabaret" ending. In any case, the home team will be penalized. George Roy Hill, 2 minutes for filming and scenes from partner life, 2 minutes for delaying the game...
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