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VHS : Slap Shot (25th Anniversary Special Edition)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, Strother Martin, Jennifer Warren, Lindsay Crouse directed by: George Roy Hill  List Price: $9.98 Price: $6.96 You Save: $3.02 (30%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780783267821 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC ISBN: 0783267827 Label: Universal Studios Manufacturer: Universal Studios Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Universal Studios Release Date: March 26, 2002 Running Time: 123 minutes Studio: Universal Studios Theatrical Release Date: February 25, 1977 Sales Rank: 17833 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential video: Paul Newman and his Butch Cassidy director, George Roy Hill, made a very original comedy in this 1977 story of an over-the-hill player/coach (Newman) for a lousy hockey team who gets results when he teaches his players to get dirty. One of the most hilariously profane movies ever to come out of Hollywood, this is the kind of film that makes its own rules as it goes along. Newman is very good, and while Hill goes for the gusto in terms of capturing the violence of this world, his instinct for comedy has never been sharper. Great support from Strother Martin, Paul Dooley, and the rest. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Here's what it is, here's what it ain'tSlap Shot is bottom-of-the-barrel minor league hockey. It's blue collar, living on the edge of desperation, rust belt culture. It's about a marginal business run for purposes irrelevant to sport. It's people miscast in life from hacks who see themselves as pros, to elitists who deign to play with the low-lifes. It's about people screwing up their relationships, about mis-communication and non-communication. It's about how people hurt each other in order to connect with one another. It's crude ... Read More Rating: - To hockey what "Bull Durham" is to baseballJust one of those 'classic' sports movies. Aside from the 70s nostalgia, it's the fact that if you've ever worked or played in the minor leagues this movie will ring absolutely true. I finally burned out my old VHS version that I played every October when the NHL starts up. The names, the references, the laughs; even if you don't like hockey, "Slap Shot" can be appreciated for what it is - a look back at the bottom rung of a bygone era in sports. Rating: - Damn FunnyThis is a very funny movie. When I watched it the first time, I was just thinking "this is not how sports should be played, where is the sportsmanship." But then I watched it again a few days later, and I realized that it is more about how messed up things were in a town like this and in the '70's, and it suddenly made sense that they desperately wanted to keep their jobs, so they did whatever it took. There are a lot of classic lines in this movie, and it kept me laughing the whole time. How can anyone ... Read More Rating:  - ugh!Paul Newman was hopelessly miscast in this pic.It was unnerving to hear the filth that came from his mouth.He is too great for that.Hard to believe this is the same man who excelled as Fast Eddie Felson or Cool Hand Luke. Rating: - SlapshotDoes this really require a review. A NEwman classic and throw in the Hanson Brothers and you have a great film! Browse for similar items by category:
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