Maurice Richard (2005)

Director:

Charles Binamé

Writer:

Ken Scott (writer)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Sport

Plot:

A story about Quebec's most famous hockey player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, focusing on the struggles of a French Canadian in the National Hockey League dominated by Anglophones.

Plot Keywords:

Quebec | Ethnic Conflict | Blizzard | Sports Violence | Suspension

Awards:

12 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Sean Avery	...	Bob Dill
Michel Barrette	...	Père Norchet
Pat Bragoli	...	Hockey player
Rick Bramucci	...	Bodyguard
Tony Calabretta	...	Frank Selke
Normand Chouinard	...	Michel Normandin
Philip Craig	...	Tommy Gorman
Larry Day	...	Boston Cop #1
Christian De Blois	...	Hockey player
Simon Deblois	...	Hockey player
Tedd Dillon	...	Clarence Campbell
André-Sébastien Dorion	...	Referee
Paul Doucet	...	Camil Desroches
Pascal Dupuis	...	Milt Schmidt
Roy Dupuis	...	Maurice Richard
René Gagnon
Benoît Girard	...	Paul St-Georges
Rémy Girard	...	Tony Bergeron
Terry Haig	...	Dr. Walter McKay
Tyler Hall	...	Murph Chamberlain
Jason Hamilton	...	Hockey player
Serge Houde	...	Conn Smythe
Dany Hubert	...	New-York Rangers / Boston Bruins player
Mario Jean	...	Paul Stuart
François Langlois-Vallières	...	Maurice Richard à 16 ans
Ian Laperrière	...	Bernard 'Boom Boom' Geoffrion
Diane Lavallée	...	Alice Norchet
Julie LeBreton	...	Lucille Richard
Vincent Lecavalier	...	Jean Beliveau
Pierre-François Legendre	...	Georges Norchet
John Maclaren	...	Anglophone Journalist
Stephen McHattie	...	Dick Irvin
Mathieu Morin	...	Referee
Noel Olivier	...	New-York Rangers / Boston Bruins player
Bruno Ouellet-Fillion
Steve Petitpas	...	Referee
Stéphane Quintal	...	Dollard St-Laurent
Mike Ricci	...	Elmer Lach
Amélie Richer	...	Lucille Norchet
Sebastien Roberts	...	Bob Fillion
Patrice Robitaille	...	Émile "Butch" Bouchard
Charles Rooke	...	New York Rangers player (James "Kilby" MacDonald
Howard Rosenstein	...	Ken Reardon
Philippe Sauvé	...	Jim Henry
Olivier St-Cyr	...	Hockey player
Mylène St-Sauveur	...	Irma Daigle
Marc Tanguay	...	Referee
Randy Thomas	...	Hector "Toe" Blake
Eric Vignault	...	Montreal Canadiens hockey player
Allen Zarnett	...	Henchman

Also Known As:

The Rocket (Canada: English title) (new title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for rough sports action including fighting, some bloody images, some language and historical smoking throughout.

Runtime:

Canada:124 min (Québec)

Country:

Canada

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:K-11 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Colisée Pepsi, Québec City, Québec, Canada

Company:

Cinémaginaire Inc.

Trivia:

Roy Dupuis also played the part of Maurice Richard in an episode of Heritage Minutes - a series of short sixty-second films depicting events or characters from Canadian history.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: During the scene where N.Y. Rangers Bob Dill (Sean Avery), challenges the Rocket to a fight, a skater wearing headphones and a modern-looking black/orange/white hockey jersey labeled "Big Dog", briefly appears in the foreground of a shot where Dill makes his approach.

Quotes:

Dick Irvin: Richard, people are saying you're a waste of money. A WASTE OF MONEY... you're playing tonight.

Cinderella Man, Hoosiers, Rocky....

There are many great sports films and The Rocket belongs among the best of the best. If you liked Cinderella Man i would hazard to say that you might like The Rocket even more, especially hockey fans. I, myself am a fan of the Montreal Canadians and took two friends who were not and they both said that it was a great, great movie.

I went into the theatre with modest expectations, as it was a Canadian made film without a huge budget and yet when i left i felt like i had to wipe the grime from the factory that the rocket worked off of my clothes. I have no doubt that this film will be nominated for best foreign film at the Oscars next year, you don't need to know who the rocket is to really enjoy this film.

Bravo!