{{Use Canadian English|date=December 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Blue City Slammers | image = | alt = | native_name = | caption = | director = Peter Shatalow | producer = Peter Shatalow<br>Bruce Raymond | writer = Peter Shatalow<br>Layne Coleman | based_on = ''Blue City Slammers'' by Layne Coleman | starring = Tracy Cunningham<br>Eric Keenleyside<br>Fran Gebhard<br>Gary Farmer | music = Tim McCauley | cinematography = Robert C. New | editing = Leslie Borden Brown | studio = Shatalow/Raymond Productions | distributor = Cineplex Odeon | released = {{Film date|1988|04|29}} | runtime = | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }}
'''''Blue City Slammers''''' is a 1987 Canadian drama film directed by Peter Shatalow.<ref name=blandslam>"Blue City hits a bland slam". ''Toronto Star'', April 29, 1988.</ref> Based on the theatrical play by Layne Coleman,<ref>"Cuts may give Slammers a hit". ''Toronto Star'', October 20, 1985.</ref> 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.<ref name=blandslam/> 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).<ref>"Un Zoo tops Genie list; Quebec film nominated for record 14 awards". ''Montreal Gazette'', February 17, 1988.</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0094767}}
Category:1987 films Category:1980s sports drama films Category:Canadian sports drama films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Canadian films based on plays Category:1987 drama films Category:1987 English-language films Category:1987 Canadian films Category:English-language sports drama films
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