A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Allan F. Nicholls
- Upton
- (as Allan Nicholls)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPaul Newman had stated on many occasions that he had more fun making this film than on any other film he has starred in, and that it remained his favorite of his own films until his death.
- GoofsJust after the wives discuss the "Great Ideas of the World" set, Jean-Guy Drouin chases a player behind the net and when they come out the other side, a director in skates and a couple members of his crew can be seen on the ice in the corner of the rink.
- Quotes
[referee skates over to Steve Carlson during the playing of the National Anthem]
Peterboro Referee: I got my eye on the three of you, guys. You pull one thing, you're out of this game! I run a clean game here. I have any trouble here, I'll suspend you!
Steve Hanson: I'm listening to the fucking song!
- Crazy creditsSpecial thanks to John Mitchell and his Johnstown Jets.
- Alternate versionsThe VHS and laserdisc version replaced Maxine Nightingale's recording of "Right Back Where We Started From" on the soundtrack. The DVD and TV versions retain the song.
- ConnectionsEdited into Yoostar 2: In the Movies (2011)
- SoundtracksRight Back Where We Started From
Written by Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards (uncredited)
Performed by Maxine Nightingale
United Artists Records
Featured review
Funniest hockey movie
The Charlestown Chiefs is a hopeless losing hockey team in fifth place. The team has to do ridiculous events to make extra cash. Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman) is a player/coach with a rag tag team with the latest being the goonish Hanson brothers. Their best player Ned Braden (Michael Ontkean) has a jealous wife (Lindsay Crouse) who hates the small town. With the town's mill closing, the team has to close at the end of the season. Reggie Dunlop decides to pump up the team and attendance by planting a story of the team moving to Florida and starts playing goon hockey.
This is an inappropriate movie and it's all the more funnier because of it. It is possibly the funniest hockey movie of all times. Director George Roy Hill rejoins Paul Newman after the success of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting. It is more fun and more hilarious than either one. However you have to prepare for the language, the homophobia, and the goon hockey. It's certainly not a pretty movie.
This is an inappropriate movie and it's all the more funnier because of it. It is possibly the funniest hockey movie of all times. Director George Roy Hill rejoins Paul Newman after the success of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting. It is more fun and more hilarious than either one. However you have to prepare for the language, the homophobia, and the goon hockey. It's certainly not a pretty movie.
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $28,000,000
- Gross worldwide
- $28,000,000
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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