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| | Canada.
English. 80 mins.
Hi-Def.
Documentary (+Sport).
April 2007 (Completed). |
| | PUCKHEADS is a feature documentary about the passions of hockey fans and reveals, in a humourous and thoughtful way, deeper truths about human nature: the desire to congregate, to surrender self, and to strive for immortality. |
| | t: 403/660-9828 / email: simon@simondekker.com Simon Dekker is an award-winning director and writer whose unique and inventive stories continue to entertain audiences worldwide. Visit simondekker.com |
| Writer: | Simon Dekker & Linda Jennifer Neilson |
| Cast: | Sports Fans, Noted Academics (Yale, Stanford, Emory, Villanova, AEI) |
| Screenings: | Calgary International Film Festival |
| General: | PUCKHEADS is a revealing and humorous journey into the heart, mind and spirit of the sports fan.
Venturing deep into the mayhem of the Stanley Cup playoffs, filmmaker Simon Dekker explores a world of ritual, arousal, and belief – and brings the audience inside this unique experience.
Witness a community that will do almost anything to live the dream - where intense emotions, surrender of the self, and complete commitment are a way of life – and where hope springs eternal. With insights offered by some of Americas most noted academics, PUCKHEADS offers an eclectic portal into the collective human experience.
This is a smart, life affirming film that will fill the audience with a sense of joy.
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| Synopsis: | PUCKHEADS is a feature documentary by filmmaker Simon Dekker. Traveling to Anaheim, San Jose, Denver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Newark, Buffalo and Raleigh during the 2006 Stanley Cup Championship, we observe, interact with and interview hundreds of fans, trying to find out what makes this unique community tick.
Taking the audience on a colorful and engaging journey through a vast range of human emotion, the film discovers a culture that is both amusing and tragic, frivolous and profound - a community that challenges the notion that its just a game.
This is not a film about hockey - the film focuses on the fans themselves - and discovers, in the words and actions of those fans, deeper truths about the human condition.
Why do fans paint their faces before a game? Why do they perform specific rites and rituals? What does it really mean to be a fan?
Woven among the antics of hockey fans runs an academic inquiry - featuring scholars from Yale, Villanova, Emory and Stanford Universities; Neil Earle, a high ranking pastor with the Worldwide Church of God; and Michael Novak, Director of Social and Political Studies at the American Enterprise Institute and author of the seminal book, The Joy of Sports.
Through the eclectic optic of sports fandom, A SEARCH FOR MEANING reveals the inner workings of the human heart, mind and spirit - helping us understand the deeper motivations that drive us all.
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| 2 other "Films For Sale" from Simon Dekker, Director: |
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A Search for Meaning
80 mins. Hi-Def. Documentary. eng. $250,000. Completed. P: Linda Jennnifer Neilson & Simon Dekker. D: Simon Dekker. W: Linda Jennifer Neilson. C: Sports Fans, Noted Academics (Yale, Stanford, Emory, Villanova, AEI). A SEARCH FOR MEANING is a feature documentary about the passions of hockey fans and reveals, in a humourous and thoughtful way, deeper truths about hu ... |
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Dance to This
5 mins. S16mm. Dance. eng. $25,000. Completed. P: Simon Dekker. D: Simon Dekker. W: Simon Dekker. C: Sabrina Matthews. Dance to This is a fantasy dance film by independent Canadian director Simon Dekker and features choreography and performance by prima ballerina Sabri ... |
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