Shotgun Stories (2007) ( Shot gun Stories )

Shotgun Stories (2007) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Shot gun Stories
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Sundance Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Jeff Nichols

Written By:
Jeff Nichols

Actors:
Michael Shannon ..... Son Hayes
Douglas Ligon ..... Boy Hayes
Barlow Jacobs ..... Kid Hayes
Natalie Canerday ..... Nicole
Glenda Pannell ..... Annie Hayes
Lynnsee Provence ..... Stephen Hayes
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

Synopsis:

Son Hayes never speaks of the scars on his back. The shotgun pellets left under his skin are a sporadic pattern of blue-black dots. The men he works with take bets on how he got them, but his brothers, Boy and Kid Hayes, don't discuss it. His past, just like these scars, is never far behind him. This stands true for the memory of his father, a man who never bothered to give his children proper names. He left the three brothers - Son, Boy and Kid - when they were young. Their memories are of a violent drunk who never hesitated to put his own needs ahead of his family. The brothers were left to be raised by their mother, a hateful woman, who to this day blames her children for the life she's been left with and the man she could not keep. Their father sobered up, became a devout Christian, married a wonderful woman, and fathered four new sons - all of whom received proper names - and his became a model to which most would aspire: successful in business, community and family. But when he dies unexpectedly of a heart attack, and his first sons are not invited to the funeral, their bitter resentment sparks a vicious blood war between the two families.

Jeff Nichols's "Shotgun Stories," a drama about warring clans of brothers in small-town southern Arkansas, defines the classic western phrase "doing what a man's got to do" as both a moral imperative and a biological compulsion. The movie is filled with unremarkable men who would rather die than appear weak and is as cool-headed as its characters are reckless

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 29 October, 2019.