Utica Hockey Fans get special discount to Slap Shot starring Paul Newman at The Stanley Center for the Arts Saturday January 31
Date Posted: January 26th, 2009
UTICA, NY (January 26, 2009)-Attendees at the Utica College Hockey game (vs. Hobart) on Friday January 30 can present their ticket stubs or their UC season ticket pass to the Stanley ticket office for either showing of Slap Shot at 3pm or 7pm Saturday January 31 and receive a ticket for only $3.
"We are giving Utica College hockey fans a bonus for their great support for the Pioneers," says John Faust, Stanley Theatre Manager. "This is one way we can do that. Slap Shot is the ultimate Hockey movie, it stars Paul Newman, and parts of it were filmed in Utica, Hamilton, and Syracuse, so it has lots of local interest."
"We encourage folks to celebrate Utica Hockey day downtown on Saturday attend the 3pm showing, go out for drinks and dinner at downtown Utica's many eateries, and then attend the second game against Hobart at 7pm on Saturday at the Utica Auditorium," says John Faust.
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.
Slap Shot has been re-released with a new print, and 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.
