The rocket 9 the legend of Maurice Richard

DVD 2006

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 this young factory worker into "The Rocket." In the 1950s pre-helmet days of hockey, facing constant discrimination, The Roc...

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Canadiens de Montréal (Équipe de hockey) Biographies

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Richard, Maurice, 1921-2000

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Edition:

Widescreen version, 2-disc special édition

Description:

2 videodiscs (124 min. + 42 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
polychrome
digital
optical
stereo
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Rated PG for violence and the mature theme

Other Title:

Rocket Richard [DVD]
Rocket nine [DVD]

Notes:

A videodisc release of the 2005 motion picture
Director of photography, Pierre Gill ; production designer, Michel Proulx ; costumes designer, Francesca Chamberland ; editor Michel Arcand ; sound, Claude Hazanvicius, Claude Beaugrand, Luc Boudrias, Bernard Gariépy Strobl ; original music, Michel Cusson; writer, Ken Scott ; producers, Denise Robert, Daniel Louis ;director, Charles Binamé
Cast: Roy Dupuis, Stephen Mchattie, Julie Le Breton, Philip Craig, Patrice Robitaille, Michel Barrette, Diane Lavallée, Tony Calabretta, François Langlois-Vallières, Pierre-François Legendre, Mario Jean, Benoît Girard, Paul Doucet, Normand Chouinard, Mike Ricci, Vincent Lecavallier, Stéphane Quintal, Mike Ricci, Vincent Lecavallier, Stéphane Quintal, Mathieu Dandenault, Sean Avery, Ian Laperrière et al
DVD ; widescreen ; NTSC Region 1
In French ; English and French subtitles ; disc 2 in English and French
Closed-captioned

Contents:

Bonus material : Disc 1: Tribute to Maurice Richard, the Rocket.
Deleted scenes.
Filmographies.
Trailer.
Disc 2: "The Rocket" = Le Rocket, NFB documentary.
Rocket photo gallery

Control Number:

694018

Other Authors:

Binamé, Charles
Cinémaginaire (Firm)
Louis, Daniel, 1953-
National Film Board of Canada
Robert, Denise
Scott, Ken

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