Thu, Apr 26 / 7 pm
Directed by George Roy Hill
1977, USA, 123 min
Once a month, comedian, star and co-founder of Kids in the Hall, comic Kevin McDonald will present a film handpicked from the archives of comic history and introduce the film in person.
Most likely the greatest hockey film of all-time, Slap Shot is a hilarious look at sports, violence, and the ordinary fan’s obsession with them both. Player/Coach Reggie Dunlop (Paul Newman), top man for the Charlestown Chiefs, can’t turn things around for his last-place hockey team. But Reggie isn’t the type to give up easily, so, hoping to light a fire under his players, he starts a rumor that the Chiefs are about to be purchased by a group that intends to move the entire team to Florida. And with the addition of three new players, the Hanson brothers, who led their previous league in penalty minutes and aren’t afraid to throw their weight around, the Chiefs quickly go from being a last-place embarrassment to one of the roughest, toughest, and best teams in the league.
