Slap Shot (movie)

Slap Shot is a 1977 Hollywood film starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean and directed by George Roy Hill. The film is based on a book written by Nancy Dowd, based in part on her brother Ned Dowd's experiences playing minor league hockey in the United States in the Seventies, during which time violence -- especially in the low minors -- was the selling point of the game.

Related Topics:
1977 - Hollywood - Paul Newman - Michael Ontkean - George Roy Hill - Nancy Dowd - Ned Dowd - Hockey

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It is considered a classic sports movie and many consider it the best hockey movie, and one of the best sports movies, ever made.

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