Mystery, Alaska
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| Mystery, Alaska | |
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| Directed by | Jay Roach |
| Produced by | David E. Kelley |
| Written by | David E. Kelley Sean O'Byrne |
| Starring | Russell Crowe Burt Reynolds Colm Meaney Mary McCormack |
| Music by | Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | David Tattersall |
| Editing by | Jon Poll |
| Distributed by | Hollywood Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1999 (USA) |
| Running time | 119 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | N/A |
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Mystery, Alaska is a 1999 movie directed by Jay Roach about a fictional small-town ice hockey team that plays a game against the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.
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[edit] Cast
- Russell Crowe – Sheriff John Biebe
- Hank Azaria – Charles Danner
- Mary McCormack – Donna Biebe
- Burt Reynolds – Judge Walter Burns
- Colm Meaney – Mayor Scott R. Pitcher
- Lolita Davidovich – Mary Jane Pitcher
- Maury Chaykin – Bailey Pruitt
- Ron Eldard – Matt 'Skank' Marden
- Beth Littleford – Janice Pettiboe
- Mike Myers – Donnie Shulzhoffer
- Phil Esposito – himself
- Little Richard – himself
[edit] The New York Rangers
The New York Rangers' roster portrayed in the film is entirely fictional. The roster features the following players:
- 11 Jackson
- 44 Kangarpool
- 36 Robertson
- 16 Rory
- 19 LaViolette
- 22 Wasson
- 70 Neskoranty
- 55 Muldoon
- 41 Vogel
- 13 Yeaton
- 10 Kocreka
- 4 Coleman
- 34 Gaynor
The roster also includes players with the numbers 38, 14, and 3, but their names are unknown. Oddly, Wayne Gretzky is mentioned in the movie as a current NHL player and at the time he was a New York Ranger. However, there is no evidence he is on the Rangers in the movie.
[edit] Trivia
Mike Myers cameo as Donnie Shulzhoffer is an obvious play on Don Cherry's Hockey Night in Canada segment "Coach's Corner". [1]
Stevie Weeks, a character in the movie, is also the name of a retired NHL player, Steve Weeks , who played with the New York Rangers.
[edit] External link
- Mystery, Alaska at the Internet Movie Database - features a plot summary
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[edit] References
- ^ Trivia for Mystery, Alaska (1999). Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
