Life After Hockey

198947 min 50 secFilm: Fiction

Direction: Tom Radford

Production: Andy ThomsonDale PhillipsIan McLaren

Script: Michael PuttonenKenneth Brown

Produced by Great North Productions Inc. for Canwest Broadcasting Ltd. in association with the NFB, English Program, Northwest Centre, and with the participation of Telefilm Canada and the Alberta Motion Picture Development Corporation.

This title is an acquisition.

Dreamed under the million stars of a clear prairie night, Life After Hockey is the weird and wonderful story of Ken "Rink Rat" Brown and his obsession with our national sport. It is also a magical tribute to our champions--real and imagined--who each play a part in the Rat's great fantasy. Rocket Richard, the legendary hero of the greatest Montreal Canadiens dynasty, one day mysteriously appears at the Rat's local rink. Kurt Browning, world figure skating champion, leaps his impossible leaps through the Rat's extraordinary imagination. Glen Sather, coach of Team Canada's heart-stopping overtime victory against the Russians in 1984, masterminds the Rat's miraculous appearance in one of the greatest games ever played. And finally there is "Rink Rat" himself, who holds the all-time record for most imaginary goals never scored... until his country needs him.

Subject categories

  • Literature and Language - Canada > Adaptations of Literary Works
  • Sports and Leisure - Winter Sports > Hockey

Credits

director
Tom Radford
producer
Andy Thomson
associate producer
Dale Phillips
Ian McLaren
script
Michael Puttonen
Kenneth Brown
photography
James Jeffrey
editing
Peter Svab
sound editing
Peter Svab
re-recording
Shane Kennedy
music
Roger Deegan
cast
Bronwyn Bertles
Elizabeth Brown
Kenneth Brown
Kurt Browning
Olivier Cann
Michele Daniel
Brian Paisley
Patricia Phillips
Matthew Radford
Alf White
Maurice Richard
Glen Sather