Slap Shot: “It’s their rink, it’s their ice, and it’s their fuckin’ town. But tonight we got our fans with us!”

Kim Morgan, in her typically great way, remembers Slap Shot.

A pure sports film, Slap Shot encompasses all aspects of the game: It’s about the team, it’s about the coaches, it’s about the towns, it’s about the politics and, with almost transcendent gusto, it’s about the dirt. Hilariously vicious dirt that boasts some of cinema’s most toxic lines — lines I can’t repeat here. And it boasts the greatest use of that Maxine Nightingale song — a tune that shouldn’t be allowed in any other motion picture ever again. I can only picture cold busses, booze, rust brown flairs, Newman’s fur trimmed leather jackets and Strother Martin while hearing this song — and that’s how it should be.

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2 Responses to Slap Shot: “It’s their rink, it’s their ice, and it’s their fuckin’ town. But tonight we got our fans with us!”

  1. nightfly says:

    Ahhhh, Maxine Nightingale. Old time hockey.

  2. Emily says:

    I absolutely LOVED Newman in this movie (did you know Al Pacino was once considered for the role of Reggie Dunlop? NOOOOOOO!!!!). Coach was so awesome. God, that bleeping SMILE of his could melt butter on a continent on a different PLANET. The way Dunlop just loved women. Every one of them was a “fantastic gal” or an “amazing broad.” He couldn’t talk about a woman without using his enitre body. The only woman he treated badly was the owner, but that’s after she told him she was folding the team for the tax write-off instead of selling them. He was so awesome.

    “They brought their fucking toys with them!”

    I remember reading somewhere that Paul Newman said he hardly ever cussed before he made this movie, but became a potty mouth for the rest of his life after. He’s also said it’s the funnest he’d ever had.

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