Blue City Slammers

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| name = Blue City Slammers

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| director = Peter Shatalow

| producer = Peter Shatalow
Bruce Raymond

| writer = Peter Shatalow
Layne Coleman

| based_on = Blue City Slammers by Layne Coleman

| music = Tim McCauley

| cinematography = Robert C. New

| editing = Leslie Borden Brown

| studio = Shatalow/Raymond Productions

| distributor = Cineplex Odeon

| released = {{Film date|1988|04|29}}

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| country = Canada

| language = English

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Blue City Slammers is a 1987 Canadian drama film directed by Peter Shatalow."Blue City hits a bland slam". Toronto Star, April 29, 1988. Based on the theatrical play by Layne Coleman,"Cuts may give Slammers a hit". Toronto Star, October 20, 1985. the film centres on the personal and sport lives of the players on a women's softball team in the small town of Blue City. The cast includes Tracy Cunningham, Eric Keenleyside, Fran Gebhard, Gary Farmer, Murray Westgate and Gabriel Hogan.

The film garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 9th Genie Awards in 1988: Best Supporting Actor (Westgate), Best Supporting Actress (Gebhard) and Best Original Score (Tim McCauley)."Un Zoo tops Genie list; Quebec film nominated for record 14 awards". Montreal Gazette, February 17, 1988.

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