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Gunshy (1998)

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Overview

Director:
Jeff Celentano
Writer:
Larry Gross (written by)
Release Date:
17 August 2000 (Netherlands) more view trailer
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Tagline:
Cold-blooded killers.
Plot:
When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Very cool tale more

Cast

 (Complete credited cast)

William Petersen ... Jake Bridges
Michael Wincott ... Frankie McGregor

Diane Lane ... Melissa

R. Lee Ermey ... Jerry

Kevin Gage ... Ward
Michael Byrne ... Lange
Eric Schaeffer ... Gwynne

Meat Loaf ... Lew Collins

Musetta Vander ... Grace
John Fleck ... Willis
Badja Djola ... Abel
Benjamin Lum ... Kwai
Natalie Canerday ... Jan
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ray Bickel ... Security Guard Harry
Thomas C. Bright ... Plimpton
Jesse Dabson ... Bernard

Tera Hendrickson ... Jenny
Jim Hodge ... Bartender ('Erin Bar') (as Jim B. Hodge)
Stephen Ingle ... Delivery boy
Michael L. Kavanagh ... Bartender

Robert Madrid ... Tommy Hats
Cee Cee Michaela ... Nurse (as Cee-Cee Harshaw)
John Rayner ... Maitre D'
James Staszkiel ... Wilmer

Jennie Vaughn ... Betty
Jodi Verdu ... Tina

Al Vicente ... Commando Leader

Christopher Wiehl ... Tim
Ken Wright ... Assistant DA
Richard Zavaglia ... Officer H. Pagliaro
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Additional Details

Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
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Quotes:
Jake Bridges: [singing] What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do you do with a drunken sailor? What do you do with a drunken sailor? You put him in a long boat and wait until morning. more
Movie Connections:
Features Casablanca (1942) more

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5 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Very cool tale, 3 August 2001

William Petersen plays Jake, a down-on-his luck writer who has lost his muse and crawled into a bottle. One night, he drunkenly takes on an obnoxious bar tough, Lew (played by Meat Loaf), who takes him outside and begins to hand him a serious beating. The beating is interrupted by a low-level Irish mob enforcer, Frankie (Wincott), who had an appointment with Lew for a collection. Frankie puts a hurting on Lew and takes Jake home where Frankie's girlfriend, Melissa (Diane Lane), who happens to be a nurse, provides medical attention for Jake.

Though Jake is obnoxiously resistant at first, Frankie wants to be his friend and help him out of the hole he's dug himself into. In exchange, Frankie wants Jake to help him become more educated and erudite.

While this could turn into a sappy story on the level of Danny DeVito in Renaissance Man, instead it's a cool, dark tale of conflicting loyalties and desires with a little redemption thrown in to boot. Well acted and with solid dialogue, the film has a few cliche moments, but they are ultimately forgivable in the end.

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