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American Gun - DVD

SKU: 6239297 | Release Date: 2/17/2004

Rating: R for Violence, Profanity

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Rating: R for Violence, Profanity
Format: DVD
Theatrical Release: 2002
Length: 90 minutes
Screen Formats: Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV
Genre: General Dramas
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

Synopsis

James Coburn stars in this disappointing drama about a man who tracks the gun he believes killed his daughter. Living out his twilight years in a dreary, snowbound Vermont town, tragedy strikes when his beloved daughter (Virginia Madsen) returns home for the holidays. While out doing some last minute shopping, she is shot and killed, seemingly by a nameless local thug. Crushed by her tragic and sudden death Coburn's hard-working everyman falls to pieces and decides to set out on in search of the weapon that laid the final blow. Also in search of his estranged granddaughter, Coburn crisscrosses the country as he comes into contact with the various owners of the titular weapon, hearing each of their diverse stories. ~ Rachel Deahl, All Movie Guide

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Languages/Sound

Eng

Screen Formats

Enhanced Widescreen for 16x9 TV

Subtitle Languages

Spa

Additional Features

cc "James Coburn: Bang the Gong" as seen on A&E's Biography

Chapters

Side #1 --
1. "The Most Beautiful Thing..." [5:16]
2. Together Again [7:05]
3. Come Home [2:38]
4. No! [2:57]
5. Mourning [4:16]
6. Dear Penny... [5:47]
7. The Gun [4:40]
8. Tracing Ownership [8:19]
9. Changing Hands [6:22]
10. Owner and Victim [3:43]
11. Running Away [5:51]
12. Without Faith [7:17]
13. "Looking for You" [6:03]
14. "About My Mother" [2:57]
15. Without Reason [7:43]
16. End Credits [3:44]

Cast

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First Assistant Director: John Bennett
Producer: Brent Morris
Editor: Paul Millspaugh
Sound Effects Editor: Xander Richaers
Sound Editor: Jon Meyer
Cinematographer: Phil Parmet
Composer (Music Score): Anthony Marinelli
Production Designer: Don de Fina
Sound/Sound Designer: Ann Kroeber
Costume Designer: Elaine Montalvo
Casting: Richard Pagano
Associate Producer: William Hassell
Director: Alan Jacobs
Screenwriter: Alan Jacobs
Co-producer: Elyse Eisenberg
Set Designer: Shelagh Talbot
Sound/Sound Designer: Scott Koue
Associate Producer: Jeanne Gore Roberts
Casting: Rick Pagano
Sound/Sound Designer: Bob Gregory

American Gun: AMG Review
Rachel Deahl , AMG

Well-acted and ambitious, this drama about America's fascination, and love affair, with guns is mired too heavily in its middling story. Telling the tale of a man who, like so many other boys in this country, was weaned on the glamour and power of firearms, the film unfortunately never explores the more interesting aspects of its hero's conflicted odyssey. A Korean War veteran, plagued by a devastating showdown in the field, Coburn's everyman is one who has been both empowered and ruined by the guns in his life. Capturing his journey to wrestle the demons that haunt him, demons which all seem to spring from incidents involving guns, the film never explores the undercurrents of this interesting theme. Instead, varied stories about the past and its central character's own sordid history, dominate the film. On a sadder note, turning in what was to be the last starring role of his life (Coburn passed away before the film was commercially released), the legacy of this film ends up being the fine performance of the Hollywood legend at the helm. ~ Rachel Deahl, All Movie Guide

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