The Cinema of Hockey

Four Decades of the Game on Screen

Iri Cermak (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

344 Seiten

2017
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6625-9 (ISBN)

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Hockey has been featured in North American cinema from the medium's inception, yet little research on the topic exists to date. The first comprehensive work of its kind, this volume examines more than fifty hockey-themed Hollywood, English-Canadian, and Quebec theatrical releases and TV movies across several decades.

Ice hockey has featured in North American films since the early days. Hockey's sizable cinematic repertoire explores different views of the sport, including the role of aggression, the business of sports, race and gender, and the role of women in the game. This critical study focuses on hockey themes in more than 50 films and television movies from the U.S. and Canada spanning several decades. Depictions of historical games are discussed, including the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" and the 1972 Summit Series. National myths that inform ideas of the hockey player are examined. Production techniques that enhance hockey as on-screen spectacle are covered.

Iri Cermak is a media studies researcher. Her prior work has included hockey in United States and Canadian Olympic television broadcasts and documentary film. She lives in Panama.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Why Study Hockey as a Repertoire?

Hockey, Masculinity Archetypes and North American Scripts of Nationhood

Cultural Archetypes and the Quandaries of Depicting Hockey in Film

Approaching the Hockey Lineup in This Book

1. Critiques of Hockey as Aggressive Muscularity

Bully Hockey in Canadian Film: Paperback Hero, The Last Season and Gross Misconduct

Bully Hockey in Hollywood Film: Ice Castles, Love Story, The Deadliest Season and Youngblood

2. Spoofs of Aggressive Muscularity: The Pleasures of Sporting Excess

The Bully-Clown in Hollywood Film: Slap Shot, Happy Gilmore, Tooth Fairy and Just Friends

The Bully-Clown in Canadian Film: Score: A Hockey Musical, Goon,

Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story and Wrath of Grapes:

The Don Cherry Story II

3. Critiques of the Business of Hockey

The System Against the Athlete: Face Off (Winter Comes Early)

Hockey in Crisis: Net Worth and Sudden Death

The Hockey Protagonist on the Frontier: Mystery, Alaska

The Disillusioned Protagonist: No Sleep ’til Madison and Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice

4. Hockey and Family Entertainment

Disney’s Vision of Hockey: The Mighty Ducks, D2: The Mighty Ducks, D3:

The Mighty Ducks, H-E-Double Hockey Sticks and Den Brother

Hockey in Canadian Family Fare: Ronnie and Julie, MVP: Most Valuable Primate, Slap Shot 3: The Junior League and Sticks and Stones

5. Hockey, Masculinity and Nationhood in Quebec Cinema

Quebec and the Montreal Canadians: The Mystery of the Million Dollar Hockey Puck and The Sweater

Les Boys I, II, III, IV: Hockey, Identity and Commercial Success

Il était une fois les Boys: Les Boys and the Family Genre

Quebec’s Hockey Icon and the Nation: Maurice Richard/The Rocket

Mending Canada’s Cultural Divide: Bon Cop, Bad Cop

6. Hockey Biopics and the Nation

The Memory Work of Allegiance: ABC’s Miracle on Ice and Disney’s Miracle

Negotiating the Nation: Canada Russia ’72

Coaching and Honing Character: The Hounds of Notre Dame,

Keep Your Head Up, Kid/Wrath of Grapes and Waking Up Wally:

The Walter Gretzky Story

7. Hockey, Race and Sexuality

Ethnicity and the Hockey Protagonist: The Love Guru and Breakaway/

The Speedy Singhs

Sexuality and the Hockey Protagonist: Perfectly Normal, Breakfast with Scot, Grown Up Movie Star and The Sheldon Kennedy Story

8. The Women’s Game

Forging a Path for Women in the Game? Hockey Night, Ice Angel, Go Figure, Chicks with Sticks, National Lampoon’s Pucked and Les Pee Wee 3D:

L’hiver qui a changé ma vie

9. The Hockey Spectacle in Film

The Grammar of Hockey in Film

Goal-Orientation

Toughness

The (Lesser) Role of Goaltending

The Dream and the Work Ethic

The Use of Archival Footage

Overview

Conclusion

Filmography

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	31.12.2016
Zusatzinfo	49 photos, filmography, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	603 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
ISBN-10	1-4766-6625-3 / 1476666253
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6625-9 / 9781476666259
Zustand	Neuware