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Completed - ENGLISH - Comedy

Log Line

Goon tells the story of Doug Glatt, a bouncer (Scott), who has been
touched by the fist of God. Upon discovering both his right hook and
skates, he joins a downtrodden hockey team and inspires them into new
heights.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2012 (Debut)
  • Cannes 2014 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2012

Director(s) : Michael DOWSE
Cast : Seann William SCOTT, Alison PILL, Jay BARUCHEL, Marc-André GRONDIN

Producer(s) : Don CARMODY, David GROSS, André ROULEAU (Caramel Films)

Synopsis

Doug Glatt, (Seann William Scott) the black sheep of an illustrious medical
family is working as a bouncer when he gets roped into going to a local
hockey team’s game by his hockey fanatic pal, Pat (Jay Baruchel). When
Pat incites the opposing team’s enforcer to climb out of the penalty box
and into the audience after him, Doug steps in and to everyone’s
surprise, especially the local team’s coach, quickly puts the player down.
He is invited to a tryout with the team and after basically taking on and
creaming most of his future teammates after they tease him about his
lack of skating abilities, he is taken aboard. He eventually acquires a
modicum of skill while crushing every opposing goon in the league. This
attracts the attention of the Halifax Highlanders, the cellar dwellers in a
league another rung higher in the hockey universe. They desperately
need an enforcer to protect their star player, Laflamme (Marc Andre
Grondin), who has been sent down from the big show, having lost his
nerve after a brutal altercation with a goon named Ross Rhea (Liev
Schreiber). Laflamme’s succumbed to drinking and carousing instead of
getting his mojo back and the Highlanders feel the only way to kickstart
his recovery is to get him his own body guard. They trade for Doug and a
very odd couple is born.
This is a much tougher, more professional league with bigger, badder
enforcers all gunning for the new boy. A penultimate challenge is
launched when Ross Rhea is also sent down to the minors after yet
another violent attack on a player. Recognizing that due to his age and
the league’s decision to send him down, his days as a professional
hockey player are coming to an end, Ross Rhea wants to go out in a blaze
of glory by taking down the new kid.

Production

Country(ies) : CANADA

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