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Slap Shot

The story of the player/coach of a fading hockey team who finds a way to keep it going.

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Corporate Authors:	Friedman-Wunsch Productions, Universal Studios Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors:	Hill, George Roy, 1921-2002, Dowd, Nancy, Newman, Paul, 1925-2008, Martin, Strother, 1919-1980, Ontkean, Michael, Warren, Jennifer, 1941-
Format:	Videos DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Video, c2002.
Edition:	25th Anniversary Special Edition ; Widescreen.
Subjects:	Hockey > Drama. Comedy films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Feature films.
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Summary:	The story of the player/coach of a fading hockey team who finds a way to keep it going.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1977. Features: commentary by the Hanson brothers, the Hanson brothers classic scenes, puck talk with the Hanson brothers, trailer, production notes, cast and filmmakers.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc, R, (123 min.) : sd., color, closed captioned; 4 3/4 in. + 1 index guide.
Format:	DVD, Dolby digital mono.
Audience:	MPAA rating: R. Adult.
Production Credits:	Director of photography, Vic Kemper; production design, Henry Bumstead; editor, Dede Allen.
ISBN:	0783267282
Author Notes:	Actor Paul Newman was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio on January 26, 1925. During World War II, he served in the Navy. He graduated from Kenyon College in 1949 and later studied acting at Yale University and at the Actors' Studio in New York City. He made his Broadway debut in 1953 in Picnic and his film debut in The Silver Chalice in 1954. His film roles include Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Sweet Bird of Youth, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, and Road to Perdition. In 1987, he won an Oscar for The Color of Money. He also won two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy Award. One of his last roles was the voice of Doc Hudson in the 2006 animated movie Cars. In 1982, he founded Newman's Own, a line of food products, with writer A. E. Hotchner. He established a policy that all proceeds from the sale of Newman's Own products, after taxes, would be donated to charity. He and Hotchner co-wrote a memoir entitled Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good about this subject. He also established the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, which is a residential summer camp for seriously ill children.He died after a long battle with lung cancer on September 26, 2008 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography)