Mystery, Alaska

Mystery, Alaska (1999)

A Small Town on the Outskirts of Greatness.

In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, slick promoters and millionaire athletes come together.

Date of release
1999-10-01
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (298)
Runtime
1h 59m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Jay Roach

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Alberta

Mystery, Alaska is a 1999 American sports comedy-drama film, directed by Jay Roach, about an amateur ice hockey team from the fictional small town of Mystery that plays an exhibition game against the National Hockey League (NHL)'s New York Rangers. It stars Russell Crowe, Hank Azaria and Burt Reynolds, with Mary McCormack, Lolita Davidovich, Ron Eldard, Colm Meaney, Maury Chaykin, Scott Grimes and Kevin Durand in supporting roles. It was shot in Canmore, Alberta, mostly in what is today known as Quarry Lake Park.

Production

In May 1997, it was reported Walt Disney Pictures had acquired David E. Kelley penned spec script The Game about a small Alaskan town whose ice hockey team that comes to unexpected attention when they suddenly find themselves playing a match against the New York Rangers and described as a mixture of Picket Fences and The Mighty Ducks.

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