Slap Shot starring Paul Newman to be screened at the Stanley Center for the Arts Saturday January 31
Date Posted: January 21st, 2009
UTICA, NY (January 20, 2009)-George Roy Hill's movie Slap Shot will be shown at 3pm and 7pm Saturday January 31 at the Stanley Center for the Arts.
Slap Shot is considered to be "one of the top ten sports movies, ever!" by Sports Illustrated. This Paul Newman hockey movie was filmed locally in Hamilton and Utica and was released in 1977.
"Since Paul Newman died this year, there has been a high interest in all his movies," says John Faust, Stanley Manager. "Slap Shot has been re-released with a new print, and with the local interest in both hockey and the fact that it was filmed in Utica makes it an obvious choice for a January movie."
The movie also stars Michael Ontkean, Strother Martin, and David Hanson in this hilarious (and rowdy) movie of the coach and players of a minor-league hockey team trying to survive.
Vincent Canby of the New York Times wrote:
The performances which have a lot to do with the right casting, particularly in the smaller roles are impeccable. Paul Newman maintains an easy balance between star and character-actor. The leading-man authority is there, but it is given comic perspective by the intensity of the character and by its tackiness, evident even in the clothes he wears...There isn't space to credit all of the vivid supporting performers but, in addition to Strother Martin, you're likely to remember Jerry Houser as a goalie who thinks of himself as a mystic, and Andrew Duncan as a hilariously phony-talking radio announcer.
Other reviewers have called it: "The quintessential hockey flick" (Joe Niccum, Lawrence Journal-World). Slap Shot"...pushed the puck for nudity and language of its time." (Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan).
Slap Shot is R-Rated for language and violence. Patrons under 17 must be accompanied by parent or adult guardian.
Tickets are $5 each at the Stanley, on the day of the movie. Beer and wine will be on sale along with popcorn (of course!)
Slap Shot is projected to be the first of a series of classic movies shown on a semi-monthly basis at the restored Stanley Center for the Arts. Movies will be programmed around the busy Stanley calendar. For up to date information, call the Stanley at 724-4000 or visit www.StanleyCenterForTheArts.com.
