Another appealing thing you forgot to mention about Reggie is his sense of style. That brown leather leisure suit is exquisite...it marks time perfectly
This is one of favorite movies! Listening to this. Makes me realize how well written and preformed it is! Literally every scene just grabs you. Heighten your interest. It appsolutly a fantastic movie!!
Paul Newman was the best, coolest American actor ever--and I don't wanna hear about Steve McQueen. What other actor would have the balls to make "Slap Shot"?
An excellent movie I have the movie and I watch it over and over and over again and I’ve been watching it since it’s since it came out I like all the people in it Paul Newman was good. Everybody was good and it’s an excellent😊
Yes, I always viewed this film as an example of everyone living up to expectations. Newman and George Roy Hill were collaborating together for the third time and Nancy Dowd contributed a truly entertaining and memorable script--call it a kind of perfect storm of filmmaking.
Awesome! I grew up playing in the Johnstown War Memorial as a kid...my home rink. It was mid-80s when I started playing so everything was the same. So much hockey history here starting with Slap Shot. Steve Carlson is always around town still.
The irony is that McGrath was in fact working behind the scenes to market his players to other teams both through interviews, the stupid fashion shows, and their newly-build reputation as tough-as-nail players that Reggie had helped build. He was just not doing it in front of the team, leaving Reggie to be the face because McGrath knew the team was to be folded and there was no buyers, but Reggie had found a way to motivate them to play their A-game. It's only when he has his meltdown after the first period in the finals, when McGrath reveals that he managed to have several recruiters from NHL teams in the seats to watch them play for themselves, that Reggie got it.
I don't follow the NHL anymore, as I'm from Minnesota and they took my team away, but I love hockey. I watch this movie at least once a month and quote from it regularly (i.e. "Old time hockey?). This was an excellent video and breakdown of the character. RIP M. Emmet Walsh
Your series analysis is amazing. Watching Slap Shot over and over as a kid growin up, my eyes were riveted on Reggie and the Hansons only. Primary attention. I discounted everything else. Reggie smiled and grinned a lot, that was appreciated.
Wow. What a great analysis. I found your video via an online article in Rolling Stone, which included the trailer to "Slapshot", and your analysis was cued up after the trailer. I grew up in Montreal during the 70s and 80s. When I was just a kid, Guy Lafleaur was even my neighbour for a few seasons. I subbed, and look forward to checking out some of your other film critiques. 💥
Greatest sports movie ever made, and one of the funniest movies ever. Lots to love in Slap Shot like great character actors Strother Martin, Andrew Duncan, M. Emett Walsh; propulsive Maxine Nightingale song "Right Back Where We Started From." Director George Roy Hill, all but forgotten now, made some of the best-loved movies from '69-'82-- "Butch Cassidy," "The Sting," "World According to Garp." And for the straight ladies and gay men in the audience, a cinematic lagniappe--Michael Ontkean skating in nothing but a jockstrap!
I like that Reggie still smiles when he gets punched by Ned. It didn’t quite work out how he wanted, but he can still take the win that he got under Ned’s skin
A funny sport movie just love to watch it over and over again I even had the chance to meet Yvon Barette who plays Dennis Lemieux With Allan Nichols and Jerry Houser. Hearing them relating good memories of the movies show that they had fun doing it and we can see it in the film. I even did a cosplay of Ogie Oggelthorp and people kept asking me to take pictures with me. Slap Shot in Quebec is very popular. For me Slap shot, Major League and the Replacements are my favorite sport movies
The movie is also still very popular to this day in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where much of it was filmed. The Cambria County War Memorial Arena is still standing, and hockey is still being played there.
Good video! I would add, tho, that Ned is the antagonist (narratively speaking) in the film. He's the "agent of change" that gets Reggie (the protagonist) to see the world in a different way. Ned sees that violence and brutality are degrading hockey. Love 'em or hate 'em, he has integrity in that he won't betray his principles. In the end, Reggie sees Ned's point, and decides to go out playing it straight. Old time hockey. Not saying he's right or wrong. But that's the role of Ned's character in the story.
Newman had my Dad's blue eyes. They even looked, sounded and behaved enough alike that were it not impossible, I could imagine that they were brothers. Well, maybe cousins. My Dad also admired Newman and his films. They are both gone now, but I can watch a Newman film and remember them both fondly.
I appreciate your kind note. Thank you so much for watching. You are correct about the amount of effort. Writing scripts and editing takes a lot of time.
Nice job brother. I grew up in St. Louis when the Plager brothers..Billy, Barclay, and Bobby....the REAL Hanson bros. played for the Blues( Scotty Bowman managed) Back when the flyers were a bunch of goons, a fan threw his keys at one of them (Plagers) and they climbed into the stands and pounded him and we're arrested in Philly. Look it up!
Thank you for sharing your recollection. I was glad when the Blues finally won that elusive championship back in 2019. The fans had waited a long time. Those first few years after expansion, Lynn Patrick and Scotty Bowman really put together a memorable team. I am glad you enjoyed the video. You may also enjoy this newer one. ruclips.net/video/4mnDk0sMPlw/видео.html
Thank you for writing this, a sort of senior English term paper on what might have worked as a great novel, too. It shows the genius it takes to write a good screenplay and produce a great movie. But I think you're too hard on Ned. Sure, he's a stick in the mud to the team and he treats his wife badly. But he truly loves the game, the only problem being, it's not the game the Chiefs are playing. In his mind Ned's still playing college hockey, and Lily is the stick in his mud. But on championship night, Reggie gets everyone on board, even Lily and Francine. And Ned, in his own stubborn way, gets on board, too, with his striptease act. Which causes the forfeiture that gives them the championship that ensures they all have jobs for at least one more season.
Thanks. I think I prefer my Michael Ontkean to be the Twin Peaks sheriff guy--Harry S. Truman. Still, you are probably right. I may have been too tough on the poor fellow, but his treatment of his adoring wife just seems cruel. Mostly he comes off as cynical only. As I reach the end of my existence, I have just seen too much pessimism and sarcasm and people treating each other badly and with cruelty. All that stuff just seems like wasted time now...and kind of boring. Being cynical is so easy. Trying to be optimistic when everything is falling apart, as Reggie tries to do, seems admirable and a good example of how people should live their lives. Still, I should be more openminded, you are right, so I will do as you say and try to give Ned another chance. It may not be easy, but I will try.
I recently posted a new video about Slap Shot, enumerating those things I feel that George Roy Hill's film got right--in terms of its representation of the world of hockey. I hope you will enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed writing and assembling it.. ruclips.net/video/4mnDk0sMPlw/видео.html
Another appealing thing you forgot to mention about Reggie is his sense of style. That brown leather leisure suit is exquisite...it marks time perfectly
And the muscle car
@@daveyboy_ Kind of a half-muscle car, like hi-rise handlebars and a sissy bar on a Honda 450.
I love to wear my Reggie Dunlop jersey during hockey playoff games. Few get the reference, but its a friend when they do!
This is one of favorite movies! Listening to this. Makes me realize how well written and preformed it is! Literally every scene just grabs you. Heighten your interest. It appsolutly a fantastic movie!!
Paul Newman was the best, coolest American actor ever--and I don't wanna hear about Steve McQueen. What other actor would have the balls to make "Slap Shot"?
Word.
Nobody. But, heard a few interested, like Nick Nolte. Glad he found his proper calling in 'North Dallas Forty', exquisite sports film as well.
Now, don't put down Steve McQueen. Every great actor has at least one role that he was perfect in. Frank Bullitt was one of those roles. RIP STEVE.
He's a man's man
An excellent movie I have the movie and I watch it over and over and over again and I’ve been watching it since it’s since it came out I like all the people in it Paul Newman was good. Everybody was good and it’s an excellent😊
I’m glad I found a channel as obsessed about this movie as much as I do
Thank you for this great evaluation and commentary on a wonderful film, far more complicated of a film than it seemed at the time.
Yes, I always viewed this film as an example of everyone living up to expectations. Newman and George Roy Hill were collaborating together for the third time and Nancy Dowd contributed a truly entertaining and memorable script--call it a kind of perfect storm of filmmaking.
Awesome!
I grew up playing in the Johnstown War Memorial as a kid...my home rink. It was mid-80s when I started playing so everything was the same. So much hockey history here starting with Slap Shot.
Steve Carlson is always around town still.
Do they still have a team ?
I have always loved this movie but the explanation of the film makes me love it even more!
Thank you for this thoughtful comment. It is very kind.
The irony is that McGrath was in fact working behind the scenes to market his players to other teams both through interviews, the stupid fashion shows, and their newly-build reputation as tough-as-nail players that Reggie had helped build. He was just not doing it in front of the team, leaving Reggie to be the face because McGrath knew the team was to be folded and there was no buyers, but Reggie had found a way to motivate them to play their A-game. It's only when he has his meltdown after the first period in the finals, when McGrath reveals that he managed to have several recruiters from NHL teams in the seats to watch them play for themselves, that Reggie got it.
Great video! Enhances my appreciation of the film. Loved the one on the Hanson Brothers, too.
I don't follow the NHL anymore, as I'm from Minnesota and they took my team away, but I love hockey. I watch this movie at least once a month and quote from it regularly (i.e. "Old time hockey?). This was an excellent video and breakdown of the character.
RIP M. Emmet Walsh
The Minnesota North Stars had the best name Logo & Jerseys
What a wonderful discovery your channel is …. Great pipes; great delivery; great content THANK YOU
Your series analysis is amazing. Watching Slap Shot over and over as a kid growin up, my eyes were riveted on Reggie and the Hansons only. Primary attention. I discounted everything else. Reggie smiled and grinned a lot, that was appreciated.
Good review. You captured the spirit of the thing !
Thanks for this. Any comment which includes a reference to the great American actor M. Emmet Walsh is, by definition, a great comment.
Great movie that me and my friends quoted for years afterwards.
Glad I could evoke a pleasant memory. ☺
@@obsessedwithcinema Hanson Brothers forever 💘
Just a great, well written, well directed film with characters you care about and believe.
Wow. What a great analysis. I found your video via an online article in Rolling Stone, which included the trailer to "Slapshot", and your analysis was cued up after the trailer. I grew up in Montreal during the 70s and 80s. When I was just a kid, Guy Lafleaur was even my neighbour for a few seasons. I subbed, and look forward to checking out some of your other film critiques. 💥
Thank you for your note. I'm glad that you enjoyed the video and I appreciate your 'subbing'--which is always appreciated. ☺
Greatest sports movie ever made, and one of the funniest movies ever. Lots to love in Slap Shot like great character actors Strother Martin, Andrew Duncan, M. Emett Walsh; propulsive Maxine Nightingale song "Right Back Where We Started From." Director George Roy Hill, all but forgotten now, made some of the best-loved movies from '69-'82-- "Butch Cassidy," "The Sting," "World According to Garp." And for the straight ladies and gay men in the audience, a cinematic lagniappe--Michael Ontkean skating in nothing but a jockstrap!
Plus Billy Charlevoix from Moose Jaw Saskatchewan.
Really captures the spirit of the thing
I like that Reggie still smiles when he gets punched by Ned. It didn’t quite work out how he wanted, but he can still take the win that he got under Ned’s skin
My ABSOLUTE favorite scene is when the organ player gets nailed by the wayward slapshot!
Another reason that Newman was great in the role was that he actually could skate and looked like a player when he was on the ice.
I never missed a line or a quote had it memorized great times
His wife and Ned Brayden saw right through him . But he certainly had Dickie Dunn's # .
A funny sport movie just love to watch it over and over again
I even had the chance to meet Yvon Barette who plays Dennis Lemieux With Allan Nichols and Jerry Houser. Hearing them relating good memories of the movies show that they had fun doing it and we can see it in the film.
I even did a cosplay of Ogie Oggelthorp and people kept asking me to take pictures with me.
Slap Shot in Quebec is very popular.
For me Slap shot, Major League and the Replacements are my favorite sport movies
The movie is also still very popular to this day in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, where much of it was filmed. The Cambria County War Memorial Arena is still standing, and hockey is still being played there.
Cool its fun to know Id love to visit the town one day
Next to Lily, Denny Lemieux is my favorite character. He reminds me of my days in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Cool I had relatives who lived in Manchester NH
Lily and Denis are great characters
Good video! I would add, tho, that Ned is the antagonist (narratively speaking) in the film. He's the "agent of change" that gets Reggie (the protagonist) to see the world in a different way. Ned sees that violence and brutality are degrading hockey. Love 'em or hate 'em, he has integrity in that he won't betray his principles. In the end, Reggie sees Ned's point, and decides to go out playing it straight. Old time hockey. Not saying he's right or wrong. But that's the role of Ned's character in the story.
Newman had my Dad's blue eyes. They even looked, sounded and behaved enough alike that were it not impossible, I could imagine that they were brothers. Well, maybe cousins. My Dad also admired Newman and his films. They are both gone now, but I can watch a Newman film and remember them both fondly.
I love the effort you put in these vidéos. Very commendable!!
I appreciate your kind note. Thank you so much for watching. You are correct about the amount of effort. Writing scripts and editing takes a lot of time.
@@obsessedwithcinema And in result,I know your chanel will grow organicly!!
Great analysis. I hope to see more Slap Shot videos on your channel
Thank you for your kind note. I'm happy that you enjoyed the video.
Nice job brother. I grew up in St. Louis when the Plager brothers..Billy, Barclay, and Bobby....the REAL Hanson bros. played for the Blues( Scotty Bowman managed) Back when the flyers were a bunch of goons, a fan threw his keys at one of them (Plagers) and they climbed into the stands and pounded him and we're arrested in Philly. Look it up!
Thank you for sharing your recollection. I was glad when the Blues finally won that elusive championship back in 2019. The fans had waited a long time. Those first few years after expansion, Lynn Patrick and Scotty Bowman really put together a memorable team.
I am glad you enjoyed the video. You may also enjoy this newer one.
ruclips.net/video/4mnDk0sMPlw/видео.html
Jim Carr’s hairpiece must have been inspired by Marv Albert! 😂
YES!😂😂😂😂
Slap Shot and Cool Hand Luke are two of the best films ever made.
PAUL Newman did a great job.
Thank you for writing this, a sort of senior English term paper on what might have worked as a great novel, too. It shows the genius it takes to write a good screenplay and produce a great movie. But I think you're too hard on Ned. Sure, he's a stick in the mud to the team and he treats his wife badly. But he truly loves the game, the only problem being, it's not the game the Chiefs are playing. In his mind Ned's still playing college hockey, and Lily is the stick in his mud. But on championship night, Reggie gets everyone on board, even Lily and Francine. And Ned, in his own stubborn way, gets on board, too, with his striptease act. Which causes the forfeiture that gives them the championship that ensures they all have jobs for at least one more season.
Thanks. I think I prefer my Michael Ontkean to be the Twin Peaks sheriff guy--Harry S. Truman. Still, you are probably right. I may have been too tough on the poor fellow, but his treatment of his adoring wife just seems cruel. Mostly he comes off as cynical only. As I reach the end of my existence, I have just seen too much pessimism and sarcasm and people treating each other badly and with cruelty. All that stuff just seems like wasted time now...and kind of boring. Being cynical is so easy. Trying to be optimistic when everything is falling apart, as Reggie tries to do, seems admirable and a good example of how people should live their lives. Still, I should be more openminded, you are right, so I will do as you say and try to give Ned another chance. It may not be easy, but I will try.
Funny thing, the organist is the only to go on to the NHL. (as an organist)
Steve and Dave made it to the NHL as players.
🛑🛑 Johnstown, PA
Home of 2 sports movies….
“Slap Shot” and “All The Right Moves”. 💯👍
My dad was a winning hockey coach and he had to smooze the locals all the time,....he relied on his charisma all the time to get things done.
"Most folk heroes started out as criminals." LOL
I recently posted a new video about Slap Shot, enumerating those things I feel that George Roy Hill's film got right--in terms of its representation of the world of hockey. I hope you will enjoy watching it as much as I enjoyed writing and assembling it..
ruclips.net/video/4mnDk0sMPlw/видео.html
You lost me with this video when you mentioned "cisgender".Give me a freaking break.
Cry more.
This movie is the "goat"
The script was brilliant and Newman was brilliant. That's it. No : George Roy Hill is brilliant.
The casting was brilliant [and lucky] getting real hockey players for half the parts. I did not know Michael Ontkean was a real college player.
wow
It's minor league Hockey in a nutshell
Everybody loved Reggie, except for Francine.
It's funny how practice isn't a thing in the slapshot universe.
👍👍
Everybody loves Reggie Dunlop, the only exception is Hanrahan: 18:46
here the full scene: ruclips.net/video/c7tvfdSjRE4/видео.html