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Sep 14, 2002 · The Slaughter Rule: Directed by Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith. With Ryan Gosling, David Morse, Clea DuVall, David Cale. A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team.
- Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith
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- 1 min
The Slaughter Rule is a 2002 American coming of age sports drama film directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith and starring Ryan Gosling and David Morse.The film, set in contemporary Montana, explores the relationship between a small-town high school football player (Gosling), and his troubled coach (Morse).
- $13,411
- Jay Farrar
- $500,000 (estimated)
A young man finds solace with a young woman, his mother, and a high-school football coach who recruits him to quarterback a six-man team. In Blue Springs, Montana, high school student Roy Chutney is beginning to lose his way in life largely the result of two simultaneous events. The first is that his father, Nelson Chutney, dies.
The Slaughter Rule is one of the few unique films that captivates the viewer straight from the opening sequence. The film opens with a haunting shot, as twin brothers Alex and Andrew Smith take there camera through a barb-wire fence to reveal a helpless dying deer, literally struggling for its every last breath of life.
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The Slaughter Rule. David Morse coaches small-town football star Ryan Gosling (pictured) in this film about the Platonic love between a fatherless boy and his closeted coach. Directorial debut of ...
Jan 8, 2003 · The A.V. Club. Though some of Slaughter Rule's conclusions are overly tidy, the film's powerful meditation on masculinity gets much of its credibility and punch from the two leads, especially Morse, a reliable character actor who sinks his teeth into a role with heavy physical and psychological demands. Read More. By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW.
Synopsis. Roy gets cut from his high school football team just days after his estranged father dies. For him, football is more than a proving ground; it is a promised escape from his lonely rural existence and salvation from the paralyzing passivity that dominates his life. Enter Gideon, a loner living on the roughneck fringe who is looking for ...
