Mystery, Alaska

Mystery, Alaska is a 1999 comedydrama film directed by Jay Roach about an amateur ice hockey team, from the fictional smalltown of Mystery, that plays an exhibition game against the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. It was shot in Banff National Park and in a town built for the purpose outside Canmore, Alberta.

Sheriff John Biebe, who is married to Donna, is one of the townsfolk who play in the Saturday Gamea weekly hockey game played on an open pond. The entire town, which is hockeymad, turns out every week to watch. After the game commences, we see young Stevie Weeks in the stands, kissing Marla Burns, daughter of the towns judge. When the judge sees what is going on, he raps Stevie on the head and reprimands them both. Donna arrives with the latest edition of Sports Illustrated, which features an article on the town and the Saturday Game. The article serves also to explain the nature of the Saturday Game, as well as to introduce some of the prominent team members. It also refers to John as being slow in the feet, but concludes with a statement that on the ability to skate, the Mystery team rivals any team in the National Hockey LeagueNHL.That evening, while having supper with his family Judge Burns and his son Birdie get into an argument about the game, with the judge saying that Birdie doesnt play well because he doesnt pass. In an effort to change the subject, Mrs Burns mentions that Price World may be interested in moving in to Mystery, which would threaten all the local businesses. During the next week, John is called into the Mayors office to be told that he is being dropped from the Saturday game, in favor of Stevie Weeks. ........

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