Ice Guardians
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| Directed by | Brett Harvey |
| Written by | Brett Harvey |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Ice Guardians is a 2016 feature documentary film directed and written by Brett Harvey about ice hockey enforcers.[1][2][3][4][5]
The film includes interviews with former National Hockey League players including Hall of Famers Chris Chelios, Jarome Iginla, Bobby Hull and Brett Hull. Other players interviewed include Dave Brown, Kelly Chase, Wendel Clark, Glen Cochrane, Riley Cote, Todd Fedoruk, Nick Fotiu, Mitch Fritz, Luke Gazdic, Clark Gillies, Brett Gallant, Eric Godard, Joey Kocur, Zenon Konopka, Steve MacIntyre, Brian McGrattan, Gino Odjick, Colton Orr, Scott Parker, George Parros, Rob Ray, Dave Schultz, Dave Semenko, Zack Stortini, Rick Tocchet and Kevin Westgarth.[6]
Reception
Ice Guardians was included in Sports Illustrated 's "Best Of Film" in 2016.[7] and Newsweek's "Favorite Documentaries Of 2016".[8] The film was nominated for four "Rosie Awards" in 2017 including "Best Documentary Over 30 minutes"[9] and nominated for two "Leo Awards" including "Best Feature Documentary" and "Best Director".[10] The movie has received mostly positive reviews.[11][12][13][14]
See also
References
- ^ Murthi, Vikram (November 4, 2016). "Ice Guardians Clip: Documentary Explores History of the NHL Enforcer". Indiewire.com. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ Evans, Greg (October 21, 2016). "Upstream Flix Gets Into Game, Acquires Hockey Enforcer Docu 'Ice Guardians'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "Role of NHL tough guys documented on big screen with premiere of Ice Guardians". Uk.sports.yahoo.com. September 12, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "Former NHL tough guy Kelly Chase brings Ice Guardians to Saskatoon". Cbc.ca. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "'This is part of our culture'; Ice Guardians film shows the role of a hockey enforcer". Thestarphoenix.com. October 18, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
- ^ "The Players - Ice Guardians The Movie". IceGuardians.com. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "Best Of Film".
- ^ "Our Favorite Films Of 2016". Newsweek. December 9, 2016.
- ^ "Ice Guardians". IMDb.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "Leo Awards, Nominees by Name 2017". www.leoawards.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ "'Ice Guardians' brings understanding, humanity to hockey enforcers". The Washington Times. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ Crust, Kevin (November 10, 2016). "Documentary 'Ice Guardians' makes the case for hockey's enforcers". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "Ice Guardians (2016) Review". Thatmomentin.com. October 26, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ "Ice Guardians Glorifies Hockey's 'Enforcers'". Washingtoncitypaper.com. November 3, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2017.