The residents of a small town get over-excited when their hockey team gets chosen to host a televised event.The residents of a small town get over-excited when their hockey team gets chosen to host a televised event.The residents of a small town get over-excited when their hockey team gets chosen to host a televised event.
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- TriviaThe entire New York Rangers roster is fictional. Many players on the actual Rangers roster at the time refused to be in the film.
- GoofsBefore the final game at the end of the movie, Little Richard sings the American anthem then, offscreen, is heard singing the beginning of the Canadian anthem, though there is no need to do so, as the game is in Alaska and features two American teams. However, this was intentionally arranged (along with the very long rendition of the American anthem) by the Mayor of Mystery, to prolong the pre-game ceremonies and to let the Rangers freeze even longer.
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'Skank' Marden: I play hockey and I fornicate, 'cause those are the two most fun things to do in cold weather.
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Written by Marc Dauer and Jay Schwartz
Performed by Five Easy Pieces
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets
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Better than You Can Imagine
In Mystery, Alaska, hockey is the pride and joy of the residents of the small town. Their hockey game every Saturday is the greatest entertainment of the locals that are proud of their amateur team. When the reporter Charles Danner (Hank Azaria), who moved to New York many years ago, returns to Mystery by helicopter, he meets Mayor Scott Pitcher (Colm Meaney) and proposes a game against the powerful New York Rangers to be broadcast live. The captain of the team and sheriff John Biebe (Russell Crowe) is cautious and warns that the other team is professional and their team might become a national joke and destroy the proud of the locals. But Mystery challenges the Rangers and the Mayor invests money building a facility around the pond for the game. Meanwhile Charles rekindles the feelings of his former high- school sweetheart Donna Biebe (Mary McCormack), who is married with John with three children. While the hockey players live their daily problems and dramas, the Rangers call off the event bringing frustration to the population of Mystery. But the lawyer Bailey Pruitt (Maury Chaykin) travels to New York to defend the game in court and the challenge is scheduled. Who will win the game?
"Mystery, Alaska" is a surprisingly great film and certainly better than any viewer can expect. The storyline has many subplots, some of them funny but others dramatic. The cast is excellent and the hockey game is engaging. In the end, the hockey game is only the motive to see pleasant subplots. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Esquentando o Alasca" ("Heating the Alaska")
"Mystery, Alaska" is a surprisingly great film and certainly better than any viewer can expect. The storyline has many subplots, some of them funny but others dramatic. The cast is excellent and the hockey game is engaging. In the end, the hockey game is only the motive to see pleasant subplots. My vote is seven.
Title (Brazil): "Esquentando o Alasca" ("Heating the Alaska")
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- Disney's Hockey Project
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- Budget
- $28,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,891,623
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,102,191
- Oct 3, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $8,891,623
- Runtime1 hour 59 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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