Metro Cinema Society: Hounds of Notre Dame

Hounds of Notre Dame

Canada 1980, 96 min, Dir: Zale Dalen
Producer: Fil Fraser

Written by Ken Mitchell and funded in part by the alumni of Notre Dame college, Hounds of Notre Dame portrays 36 hours in the life of Père Athol Murray (Thomas Peacocke), a hard-drinking, chain-smoking Catholic priest, teacher, political activist and coach of the school hockey team, the Hounds. The storied Hounds hockey program graduated more than 100 players to the NHL including Rod Brind'Amour and Wendel Clarke; and Père Murray has been inducted into the Order of Canada, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, and the Hockey Hall of Fame. Peacocke gives a powerful performance as Murray, who defies his superior and gives anti-CCF speeches in 1940s Saskatchewan. The film received outstanding reviews, and Peacocke won a Genie for Best Actor, but it received limited distribution and came to symbolize the problems inherent in producing quality Canadian features. When he received his award, Peacocke spoke out forcefully about the frustrations of acting in a film that 'no one gets to see'. (Take One)

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