Maurice Richard (film)
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| Original title | Maurice Richard |
| Country of production | Canada ( Québec ) |
| original language | French , English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
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| Director | Charles Binamé |
| script | Ken Scott |
| production |
Denise Robert Daniel Louis |
| music | Michel Cusson |
| camera | Pierre Gill |
| cut | Michel Arcand |
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Maurice Richard is the original French title of a Canadian film by director Charles Binamé from 2005. The dramatic sports film is about the life of the famous ice hockey player Maurice Richard and the events of his time. Roy Dupuis can be seen in the main role . The English film title is The Rocket or Maurice Richard: Rocket .
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It is the story of the famous sportsman Maurice Richard. The ice hockey player becomes a national hero in his predominantly French-speaking homeland, the province of Québec . He is the first in the National Hockey League to score 50 goals in one season and to have over 500 goals in his career. It contributes to the self-confidence of French Canadians and Francophone Canadians . In jersey number 9, he wins victory after victory. This trademark of Richard's, called The Rocket , is often barely recognizable because of the rocket-like speed at which he moves on the ice.
Important for the film is the relationship between Richard and the English-speaking trainer Dick Irvin, who desperately wants to win. There are simmering conflicts between the French and English speakers of Canada. They culminated in a 1955 game in Montréal in a riot called The Richard Riot . In the following years that followed Quiet Revolution ( Quiet Revolution ). The film shows Maurice Richard's passion for sport, the brutal battles on the ice, the emotional and physical exertions of Maurice Richards and, with archival material, provides insights into life in Montréal about half a century ago.
Reviews
The film received consistently positive reviews, especially Roy Dupuis as the taciturn Maurice Richard, for the truthful portrayal of the sports scenes and the era in question.
- John Griffin (Montrealgazette, November 25, 2005) said the film was reviving that era and scored points on every front, from cast to director. The main actor played it intuitively with an overwhelming deep intensity.
- Bill Harris (Toronto Sun, April 19, 2006) saw a true snap of the 1940s and 1950s.
- Deirdre Swain (Now Magazine / nowtoronto.com, April 20, 2006) wrote about Roy Dupuis's powerful portrayal of meeting Richard's famous intense gaze.
- Charles Demers (westender.com, April 20, 2006) certified Charles Binamé excellent ( outstanding ) business. He had created an impressive, sympathetic but not accusatory film that tells the past of Québec in a brilliantly played story of a sports icon.
- Erik Floren (Edmonton Sun, April 21, 2006) drew the comparison to the boxer films Raging Bull , Cinderella Man and Rocky . He praised the powerful expression on the ice and otherwise, described Stephen McHattie as superb and the film as exciting ( stirring ). The realistic ice hockey game is top-notch and far better than in any other hockey film.
- Matthew Hays ( www.cbc.ca , April 21, 2006) emphasized the great entertainment value of the beautifully filmed story.
- Louis B. Hobson (Calgary Sun, April 21, 2006) described the scenes on the ice as impressive, certified the film's authenticity and awarded this film, which he called great , four stars .
- Kurt Langmann (Black Press, April 27, 2006) awarded four out of four stars for a film in perfection.
- Jack Todd (The Gazette January 27, 2007) praised the brilliant performance of the main character ( "brilliant Roy Dupuis performance" ), the loving care of the sets, the costumes and the script ( "the loving care taken with sets, costumes and script " ) And saw the film as a powerful contribution ( " powerful tribute " ).
Awards
- 2006: The film received fourteen nominations for the Prix Jutra . In addition to the film, Charles Binamé (director), Ken Scott (screenplay), Roy Dupuis (leading actor), Julie Le Breton (leading actress), Diane Lavallée (supporting actress), Pierre Gill (camera), Michel Arcand (editor), Michel were nominated Cusson (music), Francesca Chamberland (costumes), Martin Lapointe (hairstyles), Michel Proulx (production design), Diane Simard (mask) and others. a.
- Pierre Gill was nominated for a CSC Award at the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards in 2006 for best cinematography .
- In 2006, Roy Dupuis won Best Actor at the Tokyo International Film Festival .
- The film won the 7th Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards in January 2007 - 2006 for Best Canadian Film.
- At the 27th Genie Awards in 2007, the film received the high number of nine Genie Awards , e. B. Director Charles Binamé for Best Director, Roy Dupuis for Best Actor, Julie Le Breton for Best Actress, Stephen McHattie for Best Supporting Actor. There were nominations in four other categories. Of the fifteen possible categories, there were only no nominations for the supporting actress and the film song.
- In November 2007, the award for the best feature film ( Best Feature Award ) at the 10th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival in Delaware followed .
Background information
The film was shot from May 30 to July 31, 2005 in Montréal and the city of Québec . With a very high budget of around CAD 8 million, it is the most expensive film made entirely in Québec (as of April 2006). There was also a huge advertising budget of more than $ 1.5 million by Canadian standards. The material was filmed in 1999 with Roy Dupuis in the lead role for the television miniseries The Maurice Rocket Richard Story . During this filming he got to know Maurice Richard, who has since passed away, personally well, and they became friends. To underline the physical similarity even more, Roy Dupuis wears contact lenses in the film.
The impressive sports sequences were filmed last, for seven days in the ice hockey stadium of the city of Québec, the Colisée Pepsi . Scenes from famous games were recreated using old photographs and film material. Roy Dupuis didn't have a stunt double. Ice hockey players of the National Hockey League worked alongside him , z B. Mike Ricci , Vincent Lecavalier , Pascal Dupuis , Mathieu Dandenault , Ian Laperrière and Sean Avery .
The movie is about 124 minutes long. At a preview in Edmonton , the audience burst into applause. The film was first released in Montréal on November 25, 2005 for over 20 weeks. The French title is Maurice Richard . Portions are in English with French subtitles. The box office in the province of Québec cinemas was approximately 4.25 million CAD. This is number 14 of the most financially successful films from Québec (as of September 24, 2006). In the rest of Canada, he earned approximately $ 700,000. So the total revenue in Canada was about 5 million CAD. In the English-speaking part of Canada, it started with English subtitles under the title The Rocket on April 21, 2006. It was there for two to six weeks as a wide release in 115 cinemas to see, whereby the income remained below expectations. This is the largest release of a French-Canadian film in the history of the Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm , which distributes the film. Her previous largest French-Canadian release was The Barbarian Invasion , which was shown in 39 cinemas in English-speaking Canada. The film Maurice Richard grossed $ 325,000 on the opening weekend in 172 cinemas across Canada in April 2006, of which nearly 9 percent ($ 25,585) came from Québec, where the film was shown for the second time, this time in 37 theaters. has been published.
The biographical film was released on September 19, 2006 under the title Maurice Richard: Rocket in Canada on DVD . The language is French with English subtitles. As extras it contains some scenes from the shooting and short interviews with the director, Roy Dupuis and others. Michel Cusson's soundtrack was released in late November 2005.
The film was shown on October 3, 2006 at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur in Belgium. It will be in US cinemas in late autumn 2007.
Web links
- Maurice Richard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- English article and interview with Roy Dupuis: Blood on the ice
- Maurice Richard atRotten Tomatoes(English)
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- ↑ John Griffin, Montrealgazette (English) ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bill Harris, Toronto Sun (English)
- ↑ Deirdre Swain: Rocketing to stardom. In: nowtoronto.com. April 20, 2006, accessed January 22, 2018 .
- ↑ Charles Demers (English)
- ↑ Erik Floren, Edmonton Sun (English)
- ↑ Matthew Hays: "Rocket's Red Glare - Maurice Richard biopic scores in Quebec" ( Memento from January 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Louis B. Hobson, Calgary Sun (English)
- ↑ Jack Todd, The Gazette ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
