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1977 ice hockey film directed by George Roy Hill

This article is about the American film. For the ice hockey shot, see Slapshot. For other articles with similar titles, see Slapshot (disambiguation).

Slap Shot is a 1977 American sportscomedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd, and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean.

Slap Shot

It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a factory town in decline.

Dowd based much of her script, as well as several of the characters, on her brother Ned Dowd's playing experiences on 1970s minor league professional hockey teams.

While Slap Shot received mixed reviews upon release and was only a moderate box-office success, it has since become widely regarded as a cult film.

Plot

In the fictional Rust Belt town of Charlestown, Pennsylvania, the local steel mill is about to close permanently and lay off 10,000 workers.

This threatens the existence of the town's m