''Paperback Hero'' is a 1973 Canadian film, directed by
Peter Pearson, which starred
Keir Dullea and
Elizabeth Ashley
Elizabeth Ann Cole (born August 30, 1939), known professionally as Elizabeth Ashley, is an American actress of theatre, film, and television. She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, winning once in 1962 for '' Take Her, She's Mine''. Ash ...
. It is set in
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
and portrays the life of a big-fish minor-league
hockey
''Hockey'' is a family of List of stick sports, stick sports where two opposing teams use hockey sticks to propel a ball or disk into a goal. There are many types of hockey, and the individual sports vary in rules, numbers of players, apparel, ...
player in a little-pond town. The movie was filmed in
Delisle, Saskatchewan
Delisle () is a town in south central Saskatchewan, Canada. It is southwest of Saskatoon beside Saskatchewan Highway 7, Highway 7.
History
The origins of the town go back to its original settlement on the Old Bone Trail. It derived its nam ...
.
It was originally titled ''Last of the Big Guns'', but was renamed to reflect the lyrics of Gordon Lightfoot's "
If You Could Read My Mind", which was featured on the soundtrack.
It won the
Canadian Film Awards in 1973 for Film Editing, Overall Sound, and Cinematography.
It was later screened at the
1984 Festival of Festivals as part of Front & Centre, a special retrospective program of artistically and culturally significant films from throughout the history of Canadian cinema. It was selected in 2006 for TIFF's Canadian Open Vault program, which preserves examples of notable Canadian cinema.
See also
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List of films about ice hockey
References
External links
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1973 films
English-language Canadian films
Canadian ice hockey films
Films shot in Saskatchewan
Films set in Saskatchewan
1970s English-language films
1970s Canadian films
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