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Writer:
Jeff Nichols (writer)
Release Date:
26 March 2008 (USA) more
Plot:
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father... more | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins & 2 nominations more
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(28 articles)
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Modern Existential Western more (17 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Michael Shannon | ... | Son Hayes |
 | Douglas Ligon | ... | Boy Hayes |
 | Barlow Jacobs | ... | Kid Hayes |
| Natalie Canerday | ... | Nicole |
 | Glenda Pannell | ... | Annie Hayes |
| Lynnsee Provence | ... | Stephen Hayes |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Michael Abbott Jr. | ... | Cleaman Hayes |
| Coley Canpany | ... | Cheryl |
 | Lance Christopher | ... | Fish Farm Worker |
| Will Hahn | ... | Farm Hand |
| Gary Hawkins | ... | J.J. |
| Cole Hendrixson | ... | Carter |
| Mark W. Johnson | ... | Amos |
| Tom Kagy | ... | Red |
| Vivian Morrison Norman | ... | Melissa |
| Hannah Payne | ... | Funeral Attendee |
 | Cosmo Pfeil | ... | Norman |
| Tucker Prentiss | ... | Paul |
| Wyatt Ashton Prentiss | ... | Kevin |
| David Rhodes | ... | John Hayes |
| Travis Smith | ... | Mark Hayes |
| G. Alan Wilkins | ... | Shampoo |
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Rated PG-13 for violence, thematic elements and brief strong language.
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92 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 | UK:12A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13
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The majority of the principal photography took place in 2004. more
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References Conan the Destroyer (1984) more
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Underneath this story of a modern southern family feud, is a Ford / Wayne western struggling to get out. If you dressed the men in ten gallon hats, cowboy boots, gave them a horse, holster and guns, and shifted the story back to the end of the 19th century, you wouldn't know the difference.
However, that is what is so admirable about the movie. The fact that it is a modern take on the western, investigating the same themes and ideas. Yet, the feel of the film is more that of a seventies Americana indie movie - The sparse realistic dialogue, the vast cinematic sweeps, and the ambient washes of sound. Nichols has obviously struggled with a small budget and lack of studio interest, but he brings us a movie that shows that given more money and a more complex screenplay he could prove to be a significant directoral talent.