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Overtime

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This short documentary profiles a group of men from the Toronto Lakeshore Oldtimers Hockey Club. Although middle-aged, they still play the game with as much energy and passion as they did 25 years ago. They claim that playing hockey is more fun now than it was when they were kids, despite the toll of aches and pains, injuries, gruelling schedules and late-night partying. Cares and responsibilities are cast aside once they are on the ice, and the locker room becomes a haven of uncomplicated camaraderie and fun. In refusing to grow old gracefully, they feel they won't grow old at …

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Overtime

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This short documentary profiles a group of men from the Toronto Lakeshore Oldtimers Hockey Club. Although middle-aged, they still play the game with as much energy and passion as they did 25 years ago. They claim that playing hockey is more fun now than it was when they were kids, despite the toll of aches and pains, injuries, gruelling schedules and late-night partying. Cares and responsibilities are cast aside once they are on the ice, and the locker room becomes a haven of uncomplicated camaraderie and fun. In refusing to grow old gracefully, they feel they won't grow old at all!
This work contains scenes of nudity and/or sexuality. Viewer discretion is advised.
  • director
    Marrin Canell
  • editing
    Marrin Canell
  • producer
    Marrin Canell
    William Weintraub
  • executive producer
    Barrie Howells
  • script
    Donald Brittain
  • narrator
    Donald Brittain
  • cinematography
    Tony Ianzelo
  • sound
    Jacques Drouin
  • sound editing
    Michel B. Bordeleau
  • re-recording
    Hans Peter Strobl
  • music
    Chris Crilly

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Education

Ages 17 to 18
School subjects

Warnings: Nudity; alcohol consumption 

The seventh stage of Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development is generativity versus stagnation, which occurs during middle adulthood (ages 40 to 65). Define generativity and stagnation. The participants in Overtime find that their recreational hockey league provides them with opportunities to relive their youth, play their much-loved sport and bond in a tight-knit brotherhood. How have they come to terms with ageing with dignity, male friendships and personal relationships? How have they come to terms with the physical limitations of growing older?