Goalie (film)
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| Directed by | Adriana Maggs |
| Written by | Adriana Maggs Jane Maggs |
| Produced by | Daniel Iron |
| Starring | Mark O'Brien Kevin Pollak Georgina Reilly |
| Cinematography | Jason Tan |
| Edited by | Simone Smith |
| Distributed by | Mongrel Media[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Goalie is a 2019 Canadian biographical sports film about the hockey goaltender Terry Sawchuk. The film was directed and co-written by Adriana Maggs. Sawchuk is played by Mark O'Brien. The film was given a limited release on March 1, 2019.[2][3]
The film does not use official NHL jerseys for legal reasons.[4] This is also Sean McCann's final film before his death three months later in June 2019.
Plot
[edit]Interspersed with on-ice-action, Terry Sawchuk's autopsy and its cataloging of bodily injury ends with a still of this greatest goalie from the NHL's original six era, and overscreen text of his accomplishments.
The early life of Terry Sawchuk in Winnipeg, Manitoba is portrayed as lower middle class. He follows in his older brothers footsteps in becoming a pond hockey goalie. Meeting success, he is drafted by Trader Jack Adams to replace a winning but injured goalie for the Detroit Red Wings. In the age of maskless goalies, Terry is shown receiving pucks to his face, and helping to lead his team to victory.
Caught up in his intense and sometimes glamorous new world, Sawchuk marries a Detroit woman and they start a family. They move to Boston when he is traded to the Bruins. After he becomes alcoholic, abusive and a philanderer, they divorce.
As Sawchuk moves around the league, goaltenders begin wearing masks and teams hire more than one goalie per team. Sawchuk visits with his mentor Trader Jack, who recommends Sawchuk retire to enjoy life and teases him for having been gullible, as Jack had leveraged belonging for heroics.
Battered by a career on the ice, Sawchuk dies from an otherwise insignificant injury, sustained in a drunken argument. He was employed as a goalie by the New York Rangers at that time.
Cast
[edit]- Mark O'Brien as Terry Sawchuk
- Kevin Pollak as Jack Adams
- Georgina Reilly as Pat (Morey/Sawchuk)
- Éric Bruneau as Marcel (Pronovost)
- Steve Byers as Gordie (Howe)
- Ted Atherton as Louis Sawchuk
- Janine Theriault as Anne Sawchuk
- Matt Gordon as Tommy Ivan
- Jonny Harris as Phil Sullivan
- Sean McCann as (70-year-old) Red Storey
The roles of married couple Terry and Pat are played by real life married couple O'Brien and Reilly.
Cinematography
[edit]The cinematography by Jason Tan, "which has a fittingly vintage edge that does make one feel as though one is watching archival footage from the mid-twentieth century NHL" was commended.[5] It is characterized by a sepia tone.
Awards
[edit]| Year | Award | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Best Actor | Mark O'Brien | Won | [6] |
| Best Editing | Simone Smith | Nominated | [7] | ||
| Best Overall Sound | David Ottier, Matt Chan, Graham Rogers | Nominated | |||
| Best Sound Editing | Krystin Hunter, Brent Pickett, Paul Germann, Goro Koyama, Sandra Fox | Nominated | |||
| Best Makeup | Randy Daudlin | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | CAFTCAD Awards | Best Costume Design in Film, Period | Kendra Terpenning | Nominated | [8] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Goalie". Mongrel Media. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ "Film about legendary goaltender Terry Sawchuk hits screens in March". CBC Sports. January 15, 2019. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ Cassandra Szklarski (February 26, 2019). "The hero, the human: Sawchuk film Goalie offers a close look at the hockey great". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ "Watch trailer: Detroit Red Wings great Terry Sawchuk movie coming soon". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "Goalie: Not the game winning goal you're looking for". Film Inquiry. January 31, 2020. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ Debra Yeo, "Quebec film ‘Antigone’ wins Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture". Toronto Star, May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.
- ^ Greg David, "Winners of the 2021 CAFTCAD Awards announced". TV, eh?, May 3, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Goalie at IMDb
- Goalie at Rotten Tomatoes
- Goalie at Metacritic
