Roy Dupuis DVD * MAURICE RICHARD "The rocket"
- released in 2009
- english subtitles
- french audio
- widescreeen (2,35 :1)
- 124 minutes
- DVD cover can be different than the one shown in the listing but description is accurate
You recieve in this double feature DVD as a bonus, Ma vie en cinémascope (Bittersweet memories) Alys Robi. see description of Alys Robi at the end of this listing.
Before Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemieux, before Gordie Howe and Bobby
Hull, there was Maurice "Rocket" Richard, the first player to score 50
goals in 50 games and the man generally regarded as the Babe Ruth of
the National Hockey League (he was a member of the Montreal Canadiens,
the hockey equivalent of the New York Yankees). Directed by Charles
Biname, written (in French and English) by Ken Scott, and starring Roy
Dupuis as Richard, this 2005 Canadian production is more than a sports
movie, as Richard's significance as a populist hero to French
Canadians, the humble factory worker who fought against rampant
cultural discrimination and risked his career for what he believed in,
is given nearly as much weight as his remarkable feats on the ice. As
such,
The Rocket approaches the status of hagiography. It's more like watching
The Natural
than a bio of a real person, as the film is quite literally bathed in a
reverent glow (the cinematography, both color and black & white,
adds a gorgeous but unreal tint to every scene); even in his more
dubious moments (he attacked a referee in 1955 and received a
suspension, leading to a full-scale riot in and outside of the Montreal
Forum), Richard is depicted as a hero-victim. That said, this is also a
very entertaining biopic, with Dupuis excellent as the gritty machinist
who was considered too frail and injury-prone to compete with the
sport's tough guys but who, in the course of a career that lasted from
1942 to 1960, proved himself not only on the rink (where he more than
held his own against various NHL goons while setting seemingly
impossible scoring records), but also off it (where he stood up to the
arrogant owners and league executives who regarded French Canadian
players as lower life forms and refused to protect even Richard, the
sport's best player, from dirty opponents and biased refs). The hockey
scenes, which include various genuine NHL players, are exciting; and
the personal moments, especially those involving Canadiens coach Dick
Irvin (Stephen McHattie) .
As a young boy from blue collar Quebec, Maurice Richard had a dream to
play in the National Hockey League. Beneath his soft spoken, working
class exterior burned a tenacity and passion that transformed this
young factory worker into The Rocket.In the 1950???s pre helmet days of
hockey, The Rocket played with a finesse, speed and conviction which
made him a legend. A man of the people, denied equal rights in a
culturally divided nation and ridiculed by critics as too frail to play
hockey, Maurice Richard defied all odds to become the first player to
ever score 50 goals in 50 games. This is the extraordinary true story
of the man whose tireless fight on and off the ice ignited and forever
changed a generation.
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At the height of her popularity, she was institutionalized. Medical authorities suggested one treatment: a lobotomy. Under the operating room's blinding lights, Alys sees her life flash before her eyes: her debut with "La Poune", her first love Olivier Guimond who she left for her manager Lucio Agostini, who broke her heart. Here is a story of triumph, glory and love.
widescreen 1,78 : 1
90 minutes
english subtitles
original french language track
