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  • 2007
  • PG
  • Palm Pictures
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2007
  • PG
  • Palm Pictures
  • 2 h 4 m

Summary The Rocket is the extraordinary story of Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, whose tireless fight on and off the ice ignited--and forever changed--a generation. As a young boy from blue-collar Québec, Richard had a dream to play in the National Hockey League. Beneath his soft-spoken, working-class exterior burned a passion that transformed thi...

Directed By: Charles Binamé

Written By: Ken Scott

  • 2007
  • PG
  • Palm Pictures
  • 2 h 4 m
  • 2007
  • PG
  • Palm Pictures
  • 2 h 4 m

Maurice Richard

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Summary The Rocket is the extraordinary story of Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, whose tireless fight on and off the ice ignited--and forever changed--a generation. As a young boy from blue-collar Québec, Richard had a dream to play in the National Hockey League. Beneath his soft-spoken, working-class exterior burned a passion that transformed thi...

Directed By: Charles Binamé

Written By: Ken Scott

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After a while the humorless solemnity of The Rocket stifles any interesting sense of Maurice Richard as a character. The hockey sequences are nicely done, though, and give a reasonably good sense of what a great player he was.
By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW
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Boasts dazzling hockey action, but its off-ice piousness makes for tough sledding for non-Canucks.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
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As Richard, Roy Dupuis's tight-clutched performance easily holds down the screen, when he's not hooked by an inelegant script that leaks mythologizing flatus.
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Production Company Cinémaginaire Inc., Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm, Desjardins, Téléfilm Canada, Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Société de Développement des Entreprises Culturelles (SODEC), Super Ecran, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Radio Canada Télévision
Release Date Nov 30, 2007
Duration 2 h 4 m
Rating PG
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Awards

Jutra Awards
• 14 Nominations
Genie Awards
• 9 Wins & 13 Nominations
Tokyo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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