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User Rating:
7.2/10   1,330 votes
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Director:
Jeff Nichols
Writer:
Jeff Nichols (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
26 March 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller 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
NewsDesk:
(28 articles)
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User Comments:
Modern Existential Western more

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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for violence, thematic elements and brief strong language.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG-13 | UK:12A | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Portugal:M/12

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Trivia:
The majority of the principal photography took place in 2004. more
Movie Connections:
References Conan the Destroyer (1984) more

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9 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Modern Existential Western, 25 June 2008
6/10
Author: Four_Hundredth_Blow from Exeter, England

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.

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