The Slaughter Rule is an independent film, released in 2002 and starring Ryan Gosling and David Morse. The movie, set in contemporary Montana, explores the relationship between a small-town high school football player , and his troubled coach . The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. A teenager at a personal crossroads finds himself questioning the things that have given his life meaning in this independent coming-of-age drama. Roy Chutney is a high school senior in the fictional Montana town of Blue Springs. Roy does not have an especially close... relationship with his mother Evangelline , and he has not seen his father in years. That does not prevent Roy from feeling emotionally devastated when he learns that his father has killed himself, and Roy's self-esteem takes a beating when he is cut from the high school football team shortly afterward.
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| Release date: | January 11, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 112 Minutes |
| Editor: | Brent White |
| Screenplay by: | Alex Smith, Andrew J. Smith |