Shotgun Stories
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Actor: Barlow Jacobs, Douglas Ligon, Jr. Michael Abbott, Michael Shannon, Natalie CanerdayBrand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Cinematographer: Adam Stone
Composer: Lucero
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-07-01
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Model: LIB00139
Studio: Liberation Ent
Movie Reviews of Shotgun Stories
Movie Review: Something Special
Summary: 5 Stars
I just returned from Ebertfest. Shotgun stories was my second favorite film, with first place going to von Sternberg's silent classic, Underworld. With an academy-award winning script by Ben Hecht and superb acting from Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent and George Bancroft this is, to say the least, stiff competition. Shotgun Stories is a small movie by a first-time director working on a small budget. Nevertheless, it is a superb piece of work. Set in Arkansas it is the story of a feud between two families who share a common father. The director is Jeff Nichols. Remember that name; you will be hearing it again and again. This little film, which Nichols also wrote, is beautifully shot, beautifully acted, and fully realized. I would not change a word or a moment of screen time. Michael Shannon's acting is particularly memorable, but every member of the cast is excellent. The plot is starkly simple. A man dies. The children from his first marriage come to the funeral, where the man is mourned by the wife and children of his second family. One speaks briefly and then spits on his coffin. An old feud is rekindled. Violence follows, violence that is, ultimately, muted by the deep but barely-stated emotions of the brothers from the first family and the women who love them. That is all and it is utter magic.
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