GOON
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Not content with his job as bouncer at the Beantown bar and being a bit of an embarrassment to his accomplished family, Doug Glatt dreams of the success enjoyed by minor league hockey goon Ross Rhea. When a chance encounter with an on-ice thug leads to a bloody fist fight that Doug easily wins, the coach of the Halifax Highlanders sees potential in this mammoth-sized man who is only hampered by his lack of hockey skills and his brother’s old figure skates. Standing up to the taunts of the other players, Doug manages to make the team and soon has the opportunity to face off against Ross "The Boss" Rhea, and, perhaps, finally land a girlfriend. Now, all he needs is to learn to skate.
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Michael Dowse
Director
Michael Dowse began his career with short films and music videos. In 2000, he made his first feature FUBAR, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It’s All Gone Pete Tong, Dowse’s second feature, won the City Award at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival, and Best Film at both HBO’s Aspen Comedy Festival and the Gen Art Film Festival in New York. The Foundation, Dowse’s first foray into cable television, premiered on Showcase in 2009. Recent films include FUBAR II, which opened Midnight Madness at TIFF in 2010, and Take Me Home Tonight, slated for release in 2011. Goon is Dowse’s fifth feature film.
35mm digital
90 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
2.35
Original version in English
Dubbed in French
Subtitled in French
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Producers
Ian Dimerman
Mark Slone
David Gross
Don Carmody
André Rouleau
Jesse Shapira
Director
Michael Dowse
Scriptwriters
Jay Baruchel
Evan Goldberg
Director of Photography
Bobby Shore
Editor
Reginald Harkema
Sound
Dino Schiavone
Cast
Kim Coates
Marc-André Grondin
Alison Pill
Seann William Scott
Liev Schreiber
Jay Baruchel
Eugene Levy
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Production
DCP (GOON) Productions Inc.
30 Booth Ave.
Suite 100
Toronto Ontario
M4M 2M2
Canada
(416) 231 4996
(416) 231 4681
don@doncarmody.com
www.doncarmody.com
Distribution – Canada
Alliance Films Inc.
145 King St. E.
3rd floor
Toronto Ontario
M5C 2Y7
Canada
(416) 309-4200
(416) 309-4290
info@alliancefilms.com
www.alliancefilms.com
Distribution – United States
Magnolia Pictures LLC
49 West 27th St.
7th Floor
New York New York
10001
United States
(212) 924-6701
International distribution
Myriad Pictures
3015 Main St.
Suite 400
Santa Monica California
90405
United States
(310) 279-4000
(310) 279-4001
info@myriadpictures.com
www.myriadpictures.com
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