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Sawchuk on the silver screen
Sawchuk on the silver screen
In the 51st anniversary year of the Leafs’ last Stanley Cup comes news of a movie on the man in net the night they won, Terry Sawchuk.
Goalie, a feature film to be directed by Canadian Adriana Maggs and starring fellow Newfoundlander Mark O’Brien (Republic of Doyle, City On A Hill), has already begun principal shooting in Sudbury. The late Sawchuk was one of the NHL’s best money game performers for two decades, but the film promises to explore his complicated side, a difficult upbringing in Winnipeg, father to seven children and the pressure of playing the game’s most demanding role in an era when goalies did not wear masks and were subject to other injury risks.
The film is based in part on the award-winning book of poetry, Night Work, by Randall Maggs (Adriana’s father) and the book Sawchuk: The Troubles and Triumphs of World’s Greatest Goalie by David Dupuis. Maggs won an award at the Sundance festival for her work on Grown Up Movie Star. Goalie is scheduled for release later this year.