Slap Shot The Rewatchables
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Slap Shot

What’s Aged the Best?

Hockey footage, the cast, Reggie’s clothes, local sports culture and the Hansons.

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  • The hockey footage's wide shots and close action look remarkably convincing; helmetless players help.
  • The arena's plain War Memorial name is preferred to corporate naming rights.
  • The scrappy team versus ownership story remains a strong sports trope, and the cast is full of recognizable emerging actors.
  • Newman's fur-trimmed leather jacket and brown leather leisure suit.
  • Awkward local sports interviews and Crouse with Newman before The Verdict.
  • Francine's distinctly 1970 s appearance, and the fashion-show threat to expose oneself followed by offscreen screams.
  • The Deep Throat and Meatball double-feature marquee.
  • Reggie's unbothered reply to McCracken's sexual insult.
  • The obnoxiously horny teammate is an enduring type, though his conduct would now violate workplace rules.
  • The talented player who refuses to fight, compared with real hockey stars and their enforcers.
  • The mass mooning at Hyannisport.
  • Melinda Dillon's nude scene is recalled as an early formative movie experience.
  • The unranked early movie-nudity roster includes Melinda Dillon, Lacey Underall in Caddyshack, the Shining bathtub woman, the Animal House women, Airplane’s faceless topless woman, Phoebe Cates, Jamie Lee Curtis, Linda Hamilton, Apollonia in Purple Rain, Joyce Heiser (ASR) in Just One of the Guys, Apollonia Corleone and Total Recall’s three-breasted woman. The Shining room number is corrected from 217 to 237.