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Ned Dowd (born May 26, 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American film producer and former actor. Career [ edit ] After graduating from Bowdoin College in 1972, Dowd earned a master's degree at McGill University and played professional hockey.
Dowd based much of her script, as well as several of the characters, on her brother Ned Dowd's playing experiences on 1970s minor league professional hockey teams. While Slap Shot received mixed reviews upon release and was only a moderate box-office success, it has since become widely regarded as a cult film .
Feb 19, 2024 · She asked for Ned’s help. Nancy Dowd had shadowed Ned’s team, the Johnstown Jets, for a month during the 1974-75 season of the North American Hockey League (NAHL), about the lowest rung of the ...
Ned Dowd. Producer: Apocalypto. Ned Dowd was born on 26 May 1950 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is a producer and assistant director, known for Apocalypto (2006), The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) and The Last of the Mohicans (1992).
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Ned and his wife, Nancy N. Dowd, both appeared in the film. She wrote lyrics for a song used in Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, another film she wrote. Dowd often uses pseudonyms such as Rob Morton or Ernest Morton, or simply writes films without being officially credited. [citation needed] Filmography. F.T.A. (1972) (Documentary)
Jackson says the movie’s writer, Nancy Dowd, used the experiences of her brother Ned Dowd of the Johnstown Jets to help write the film. For starters, the Jets served as the inspiration for the movie’s fictitious Charlestown Chiefs and, as you may have guessed, the Jets players inspired those on the Chiefs.
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Jan 17, 2017 · For two seasons in the 1970s, the Jets roster included a winger named Ned Dowd. His experiences on that squad were of great interest to his sister, Nancy, who happened to be an aspiring screenwriter.
