A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.A failing ice hockey team finds success with outrageously violent hockey goonery.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Allan F. Nicholls
- Upton
- (as Allan Nicholls)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaPaul Newman had stated on many occasions that he had more fun making this film than on any other film he has starred in, and that it remained his favorite of his own films until his death.
- GoofsJust after the wives discuss the "Great Ideas of the World" set, Jean-Guy Drouin chases a player behind the net and when they come out the other side, a director in skates and a couple members of his crew can be seen on the ice in the corner of the rink.
- Quotes
[referee skates over to Steve Carlson during the playing of the National Anthem]
Peterboro Referee: I got my eye on the three of you, guys. You pull one thing, you're out of this game! I run a clean game here. I have any trouble here, I'll suspend you!
Steve Hanson: I'm listening to the fucking song!
- Crazy creditsSpecial thanks to John Mitchell and his Johnstown Jets.
- Alternate versionsThe VHS and laserdisc version replaced Maxine Nightingale's recording of "Right Back Where We Started From" on the soundtrack. The DVD and TV versions retain the song.
- ConnectionsEdited into Yoostar 2: In the Movies (2011)
- SoundtracksRight Back Where We Started From
Written by Pierre Tubbs and J. Vincent Edwards (uncredited)
Performed by Maxine Nightingale
United Artists Records
Featured review
Raunchy, Rowdy, Profane, and Sidesplitting!!
This one belongs on the list of the greatest sports comedies ever made. The humor (and the language) is some of the saltiest you'll hear in a movie but it doesn't seem excessive at all. This tale of a minor-league hockey team having one last go at greatness is boisterous and bruisingly funny, even if you don't care for the sport itself. As the aging captain of the team who's constantly amazed at the crazy happenings around him , Newman is at his roguish, charming best. Rent it with "The Longest Yard" for a perfect double-bill. A four-star **** classic.
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $28,000,000
- Gross worldwide
- $28,000,000
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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