Slap Shot (25th Anniversary Special Edition)

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Summary: Universal did a great job on this DVD.
Review: I was pleasantly surprised when I saw the quality of this DVD. Slapshot comes with a hilarious theatrical trailer, as well as all the actor biographies. The quality of the picture is excellent. The team jerseys, and the scenery are much crisper than in VHS. In addition, the original music score has returned to this movie which makes it that much better. For the avid slapshot fan, I'd recommend going and putting on the foil and picking up a copy of this one.

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Summary: Newmans Best on DVD!!!!
Review: For years after going to Hockey games one of my Favorite things was going home and watching SLAP SHOT on VHS.. yes the quality was Awful... But why lie this film is such a Riot I LOVED IT!!! So when I bought it for my DVD player It was the first pre-1980 movie I bought and I have to say I watched it (after I went to a Kings game none the less) in a whole new light.... The Hockey sequences (especially in the Beginning) Sounded Incredible...I noticed little things that I have never seen before (look at the Hansons Jackets for example).. I was BLOWN AWAY!!!Also It is the original score of the film.... But I never know there were FLEETWOOD MAC songs in this Movie... (My VHS version has some crappy filler songs) Overall it was a great viewing experience and a MUST for all Hockey fans

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Summary: the best hockey team around
Review: After looking at the locations of the previous reviews and after having watched the movie and the team on a regular basis i felt the need to inform those who didnt actually know that the chiefs are a real organization. Some differences exist between the chiefs of the movie and the real thing, such as in the movie they refer to the city the chiefs hail from as charleston, whereas the team is actually from johnstown PA, the movie was actually filmed in johnstown and during the ending game the band playing in the background is the johnstown high school marching band. The chiefs still exist todoy and play in the same war memorial, they place in the ECHL and currently are doing fairly well. if your a big fan of the movie you will be proud to know that the chiefs are as rowdy as ever in real life, just yesterday i witnessed a game where both benches cleared and a man climbed over the glass out of the penalty box to fight. the brawl that ensued lasted nearly 25 minutes and four people were ejected. The chiefs won the game 6 to 5 in an overtime shootout. If your near Pennsylvania, find your way to johnstown and support the team, oh, and by the way, the hansons are treated as gods here and occasionally make appearances.

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Summary: Timeless
Review: Being in minor league hockey, I can say that, aside from all of the tremendous humor, this is the most accurate hockey picture ever made. Sure it's all a bit exaggerated, but you wouldn't believe how much isn't. The inner workings of management, the hypocrisy, the showmanship, the differences in players, the way they talk and interact, the amenities, the way they're treated in town, plus the way the action is shown is all dead on. Contrast this to Youngblood, a decent movie that just isn't realistic enough.

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Summary: One of the funniest films ever!
Review: Like USED CARS, this movie is bawdy, rude, over the top, politically incorrect, profane, gratuitous, and loving every minute of it! Newman plays the captain of a bush-league hockey team that's going down the tubes. For most of the players, it's either hockey or an assembly-line job, so Newman decides to bring in the fans with violence. He succeeds, thanks to some brilliant manipulation and a trio of hockey-playing idiot savants (mostly idiot) named the Hanson Brothers. This is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. The first scene where the Hanson's get off the bench (heck, EVERY scene with the Hansons) is a classic and will make you laugh until you need surgery! The DVD isn't much better than the VHS, unfortunately, as far as picture quality or features go. There are some alternate language tracks (if you're a big fan of Newman in French), but no director's commentary, etc. SEE THIS MOVIE! Every performance is hilarious and perfectly-cast. George Roy Hill (who also directed Newman in the classics BUTCH CASSIDY and THE STING) seems to just bring out Newman's best no matter what the genre. Also Strother Martin (of COOL HAND LUKE, "failure to communicate") fame, is in this and is totally hilarious!

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Summary: GREATEST MOVIE EVER. PERIOD.
Review: DROP-DEAD FUNNY, GREAT DRAMA, ROMANCE, SOCIAL/POLITICAL MESSAGE, ALL THE ELEMENTS OF GREATNESS. WHATEVER ONE'S DESCRIPTION OF A 'GREAT MOVIE' INCLUDES, SLAP SHOT HAS IT! GREAT VISUALS, CAMERA ANGLES, CASTING, MUSIC... IT WORKS ON ALL LEVELS, FROM SIMPLE STUPID COMEDY ALL THE WAY TO PERSONAL/SOCIO-ECONOMIC/POLITICAL STATEMENTS! ENJOY! IT JUST GETS BETTER THE MORE YOU WATCH IT!!

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Summary: After 22 years it still has plenty of laughs
Review: In 1977 this movie had the most profane foul lanquage I'd ever heard for a big studio release. Today you can have your grandmother watch it. There are a lot of funny moments in this movie and it only appears dated with the funky disco era clothes everyone wears and the soundtrack has some songs from 1976-1977 recording stars. The antics of the infamous Hanson brothers is worth the price of this DVD. The burnt orange leather suit that Paul Newman wears is a real winner.

I was very disappointed with the quality of the video transfer on this DVD. The images appear a bit grainy and the colors and contrasts just don't seem up to the DVD standard that I'm used to. No surround track either.

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Summary: Great Classic Sports Movie
Review: Slapshot is the best hockey movie ever created. It has enspired many people to persue the wonderful game of hockey. The best thing about this movie is that you do not need to be a hockey fan to enjoy the great jokes.

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Summary: Incredibly negative and hilarious anti-PC masterpiece!!!
Review: "Slap Shot" is a wonderfully negative and violent anti-PC masterpiece about a minor-league hockey team that would probably rate an NC-17 for language if it were released today. It contains some of the nastiest sexist and homophobic slurs ever put on film. It's also one of the funniest movies ever made. All in all, an obscene masterpiece!!!!

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Summary: BEST HOCKEY MOVIE EVER MADE
Review: PAUL NEWMAN WAS GREAT. A MUST SEE MOVIE FOR ALL HOCKEY FANS. EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT A HOCKEY FAN THIS MOVIE WILL HAVE YOU ROLLING ON THE FLOOR WITH LAUGHTER.