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Youngblood is a 1986 American film directed by Peter Markle, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie features Rob Lowe, Cynthia Gibb, Patrick Swayze, and Ed Lauter in the cast. Produced by United Artists and The Guber-Peters Company, the film was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix. It is categorized as a teen, drama, and romance film with elements of sports and ice hockey.
The narrative is set in Canada, with filming taking place in Toronto and Hamilton. The production had a capital cost of 8,000,000 and a box office gross of 15,000,000. William Orbit composed the music, and Mark Irwin served as the director of photography. The runtime is 110 minutes, and the original language is English.
Critical reception includes a Metascore of 51 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 44%. The film holds an IMDb rating of 6.2 based on 16,892 votes. It was released on January 31, 1986, and is rated R. The tagline describes the story as involving ice, fire, and the fight to be the best.
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6.2A skilled young hockey prospect hoping to attract the attention of professional scouts is pressured to show that he can fight if challenged during his stay in a Canadian minor hockey town. His on-ice activities are complicated by his relationship with the coach's daughter.
Cast
- Rob Lowe as Dean Youngblood
- Cynthia Gibb as Jessie Chadwick
- Patrick Swayze as Derek Sutton
- Ed Lauter as Murray Chadwick
- Jim Youngs as Kelly Youngblood
- Eric Nesterenko as Blane Youngblood
Themes
- sports
- ice hockey
- coach
- beating
- hazing
- locker room
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
16,892 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
44%
Metacritic
51/100
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Sport
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Peter Markle
- Screenwriter
- Peter Markle
- Composer
- William Orbit
- Production company
- United Artists
- Cinematographer
- Mark Irwin
- Narrative location
- Canada
- Filming location
- Hamilton
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 852843
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- ice hockey
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- publication date
- 1986-04-24
- title
- Youngblood
- distributed by
- Netflix
- box office
- 15000000
- capital cost
- 8000000
- review score
- 44%
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