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Goon is a canadien film of genre Drama directed by Michael Dowse released in USA on 24 february 2012 with Seann William Scott
Goon (2012)
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Add to a movie listGoon is a 2011 sports comedy film directed by Michael Dowse, written by Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg, and starring Seann William Scott, Baruchel, Liev Schreiber, Alison Pill, Marc-André Grondin, Kim Coates, and Eugene Levy. The main plot depicts an exceedingly nice but somewhat dimwitted man who becomes the enforcer for a minor league ice hockey team.
A sequel is in development. In 2015 Jay Baruchel was announced as director for Goon: Last of the Enforcers.
Synopsis
Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott), a bouncer at a bar in Massachusetts, feels ostracized from his adoptive Jewish family, because his father, Dr. Glatt (Eugene Levy) and brother are both successful physicians. Doug attends a minor league hockey game with his best friend Pat (Jay Baruchel). Pat taunts the visiting team during a fight and one of their players climbs into the stands, calling him a homosexual slur. Doug, whose brother is gay, steps in and easily beats up the opposing player. Soon after, Doug gets a phone call from the coach of his hometown team who offers him a job as an enforcer.Actors
Seann William Scott
(Doug Glatt)
Liev Schreiber
(Ross Rhea)
Jay Baruchel
(Pat)
Marc-André Grondin
(Xavier Laflamme)
Alison Pill
(Eva)
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