Mystery, Alaska

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Mystery, Alaska

Directed by	Jay Roach
Produced by	David E. Kelley
Written by	David E. Kelley Sean O'Byrne
Starring	Russell Crowe Burt Reynolds Colm Meaney Mary McCormack Kevin Durand Hank Azaria
Music by	Carter Burwell
Cinematography	Peter Deming
Editing by	Jon Poll
Distributed by	Hollywood Pictures
Release date(s)	1999 (USA)
Running time	119 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	N/A
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Mystery, Alaska is a 1999 comedy directed by Jay Roach about a fictional small-town ice hockey team that plays a game against the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.

1 Cast
2 The New York Rangers
3 Trivia
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Cast

Although the film fictionally took place in a town in the U.S., much of the cast is not American by nationality: Russell Crowe is Australian born in New Zealand; Colm Meaney is Irish; Lolita Davidovich is a Canadian of Yugoslavian descent (her father is from Belgrade and her mother is from Slovenia); Maury Chaykin is part Canadian and some of his lineage stems from Russia; — while Ryan Northcott, Kevin Durand, Jason Gray-Stanford, Adam Beach, Cameron Bancroft, Rachel Wilson, Terry David Mulligan, Mike Myers, Jim Fox, Phil Esposito and Barry Melrose are all Canadian.

Russell Crowe – Sheriff John Biebe
Hank Azaria – Charles Danner
Mary McCormack – Donna Biebe
Burt Reynolds – Judge Walter Burns
Colm Meaney – Mayor Scott R. Pitcher
Lolita Davidovich – Mary Jane Pitcher
Maury Chaykin – Bailey Pruitt
Ron Eldard – Matt "Skank" Marden
Ryan Northcott – Stevie Weeks
Beth Littleford – Janice Pettiboe
Kevin Durand – "Tree" Lane
Scott Grimes – Brian "Birdie" Burns
Jason Gray-Stanford – Bobby Michan
Adam Beach – Galin Winetka
Cameron Bancroft – "Tinker" Connolly
Michael McKean – Mr. Walsh
Rachel Wilson – Marla Burns
Megyn Price – Sarah Heinz
Judith Ivey – Mrs. Joanne Burns
Terry David Mulligan – Dr. Henry Savage
Mike Myers – Donnie Shulzhoffer
Jim Fox – himself
Phil Esposito – himself
Little Richard – himself
L. Scott Caldwell – Judge McGibbons
Steve Levy – himself
Barry Melrose – himself

[edit] The New York Rangers

The New York Rangers' roster portrayed in the film is entirely fictional.

[edit] Trivia

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Mike Myers's cameo as Donnie Shulzhoffer is an obvious play on Don Cherry's Hockey Night in Canada segment "Coach's Corner".

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