Kings of the Road: The Story of the Portland Buckaroos Extended Edition
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		Connie Madigan, Art Jones, Roger Belerive, Jim Hay, Don Head, Andy Hebenton, Norm Johnson, Dave Kelly, Barney Krake, Jim McLeod, Len Ronson, Bill Sauders, Bob Vroman, Dick Van Impe, Mike Donaldson, Berlyn Hodges, Dennis Kearns, Ken Campbell, George Rickles, Guyle Fielder, Tom McVie, Harry Glickman, Larry Leach, Portland Buckaroos, WHL, Hockey

Film Overview

Directed By: D.V. Schaefer View Official Website	Release Date: 2010-02-02 Running Time: 1:36 Content Rating: GA (General Audience)	DVD Region: 1 - U.S., Canada, U.S. Territories Media Format: DVD-R Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Audio Language(s): English
Genres: Documentary >> Sports Influences: Mania, Miracle, Slapshot.

Synopsis

In 1959 the fate of Portland's hockey team was in doubt. With only a handful of players returning, an uncompleted arena, and the press denouncing the team as the worst team ever fielded in the league all they could do was skate. Kings of the Road tells the story of that team, The Portland Buckaroos, and their eventual rise as champions and division leaders year after year from 1960-1974. "The Portland Buckaroos won more games than any other team in professional hockey during that period...including the Montreal Canadians." Harry Glickman

This full length version of the original short film includes 71 minutes of new material, 2 audio games from 1966 and 1972, new photo gallery, and trailers.

Cast

Interviews: Various | bio
Connie Madigan, Art Jones, Roger Belerive, Jim Hay, Don Head, Andy Hebenton, Norm Johnson, Dave Kelly, Barney Krake, Jim McLeod, Len Ronson, Bill Sauders, Bob Vroman, Dick Van Impe, Mike Donaldson, Berlyn Hodges, Dennis Kearns, Ken Campbell, George Rickles, Guyle Fielder, Tom McVie, Harry Glickman, and Larry Leach.

Crew

Director: D.V. Schaefer | bio
Dan Schaefer has contributed his skills as a concept artist to film and television productions for more than 20 years. He credits his involvement with comics’ projects at Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image Comics from 1986-2001 as part of his development for the multi-layered world of feature films. His list of projects varies from animation (Teen-Age Mutant Turtles television series), advertising campaigns (BMW, Adidas, Nike, Intel, HP, Clorox, Airwick) and feature films (for NBC/Universal, MGM, Lions Gate, Paramount). His diverse skill set has led him into art direction (Valley of Light for Hallmark) and producing (associate producer on the film Deep Winter starring Michael Madsen). He has worked as a pre-visualization artist with Gus Van Sant (Paranoid Park, To Each His Own Cinema), Guillermo Arriga (The Burning Plain) and recently with Ellory Elkayam (Without a Paddle 2) as both pre-visualization and additional writer. Filmbyframe is a production company started in 2007 by Dan Schaefer to produce the Trailblazer documentary called Mania. The film was released in November 2008 and was selected for inclusion of the NW Film Festival. Filmbyframe latest production is Kings of the Road: The Story of the Portland Buckaroos following the earlier championships of Harry Glickman’s first professional team. Dan Schaefer was also an Associate Producer on the Sony film called Deep Winter released in 2009. Filmbyframe is in post-production on the film Figaro that follows a group of singers from Kentucky to Poland to perform the opera Marriage of Figaro and will be available soon!

Bonus Features

Theatrical Trailers

Accolades

Festivals

NW Film Center Special Screening

Press Reviews

Oregonian | show/hide snippet
"These guys were loved just like the Blazers in their glory years," Petterson said. "They're getting up there in age, so my goal has always been to keep their memory alive forever, and a film like this helps to do that."