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When his daughter is shot just before christmas, martin tillman journeys across the u. Cruise became a fullfledged movie star after starring as pete. American gun is a 2002 drama film written and directed by alan jacobs. Rent american gun 2002 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Michael moore makes a movie, a new documentary featuring moore, chief archivist carl deal, field producers jeff gibbs and meghan ohara, and supervising producer tia lessin programs covering moores return to colorado in 2002, his 2003 oscar win, and three filmfestival interviews with. The third is about an honors student who works at her familyowned gun store. American gun trailer 2002 trailer addict movie trailers. It was written in 2001 by steven bagatourian and aric avelino and directed by avelino as his directorial debut avelino attended loyola marymount university and made the film with many lmu alumni, including producer ted kroeber. American gun was the first feature film for writer and director aric avelino. Academy award winner james coburn best supporting actor, affliction, 1998. The gun kata shown in equilibrium is a hybrid of wimmers own style of gun kata. American gun 2002 06 2002 us drama 1h 29m user score. In the wake of the columbine high school massacre in 1999, the intrepid filmmaker michael moore set out to investigate the long, often volatile love affair between americans and their firearms, uncovering the pervasive culture of fear that keeps the nation locked and loaded. Martin scorseses gangs of new york rips up the postcards of american history and reassembles them into a violent, bloodsoaked story of our bareknuckled past.
Top 10 movie portrayals of real life gangsters duration. The film is based on martin booths novel a very private gentleman, published in 1990. The american is a 2010 thriller directed by anton corbijn and starring george clooney as jack, a weary and aging american assassin who goes to italy for an assignment. The climax which makes the entire film is very thoughtprovoking and makes the movie all worth the effort. The idea of tracing a gun s history, letting the owners lives and experiences tell the story of selfdefense and homicide, is an original one that made the movie fresh and exciting. American gun 2002 alan jacobs synopsis, characteristics. Competing fire brigades and police forces fight in the. Jun 12, 2002 american gun might better be called the secret life of a gun as we follow a. One of the stories is about a principal at an innercity high school. Snow dogs stars with virginia madsen tvs american dreams, the haunting, barbara bain bel air, panic and alexandra holden the hot chick, how to deal in this critically acclaimed portrait of loss and redemption. Jacobs, directing from his own material, has created a movie that on on level is telling us we are going on one direction, but in reality, he is playing with us. He started his career at age 19 in the 1981 film endless love. Coburn fans may find parts of the movie worthwhile and as his last film, its at least of historical interest, but on the whole american gun is firing blanks.
Jacobs, directing from his own material, has created a movie that on on level is telling us we are going on one direction, but in reality, he is playing with us since the trip he is taking us is not what we had in mind. A father uses the serial number on a hand gun in an attempt to track down his daughters killer. Its a sometimes worthy, but never less than interesting story, starting as one thing and ending as another. This device, the gun, also provided a source for constant change in the movie and kept the movie afloat on its. While there he becomes entangled with a woman, and begins to wonder about his contract, his lover and his controller. American gun is a movie about the consequences of gun use. It stars james coburn in his final film, virginia madsen, barbara bain and alexandra. Directed by alan jacobs, the film features a cast that includes james coburn, virginia madsen, barbara bain and alexandra holden. Filem punika dipunsutradarani alan jacobs ingkang ngrangkep minangka panganggit lakon skenario. Equipped with a camera and a microphone, moore follows the trail of bullets from littleton, colorado, and flint. Three stories of how americas obsession with firearms impacts its citizens are explored in this independent drama. This device, the gun, also provided a source for constant change in the movie and kept the movie afloat on its current. James coburns final screen appearance was in 2002s american gun.
American gun tells three stories that are small, even quiet. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. Snow dogs stars with virginia madsen tvs american dreams. In chicago, a highschool principal forest whitaker deals with the proliferation of guns on campus. Jun, 2002 database of movie trailers, clips and other videos for american gun 2002. Watch american gun 2002 full movie free online streaming. American gun is designed desperately to be a weepy thinkpiece, but it ends up tugging so hard at the heartstrings that they threaten to break off. American gun is a suitably elegiac and deathobsessed film that closed the career of james coburn. They are about people who find that guns in the hands of others have made their own lives almost impossible to live. Resident evil 2002 vg internet movie firearms database. Drawing on his legendary firearms knowledge and combat experience, u. With tom cruise, tim robbins, kelly mcgillis, val kilmer.
Insomnia is a 2002 thriller starring al pacino as will dormer, a sleepdeprived lapd detective who travels to alaska to investigate a murder in a small town. Movies like american gun 2002 if you like american gun you are looking for psychological, serious and emotional movies about with murder, haunted by the past, amateur detective, track down, child killer, escapades and on the road themes of drama genre shot in usa. Moore himself really does present an argument, but it should incite quite a. Review of american gun 2002 by michael atkinson 3,523 for village voice 48,344 on 17 aug 2017. A distraught man james coburn embarks on a crosscountry odyssey to track the weapon used to kill his daughter virginia madsen. Living out his twilight years in a dreary, snowbound vermont town, tragedy. Its what happens when a director makes a movie based on what he. American gun 2002 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. It begins as one mans search for truth, and finishes as the truth about a man. American gun 2002 062002 us drama 1h 29m user score.
Directed by alan jacobs and starring james coburn, virginia madsen, barbara bain and alexandra holden. Shes innocently walking to her car and gunned down in cold blood over a botched robbery. He has been nominated for three academy awards and has won three golden globe awards. A father who embarks on a nationwide journey to trace the line of ownership of the gun that killed his daughter. Equilibrium is a 2002 american science fiction action film written and directed by kurt wimmer. The film, starring james coburn, virginia madsen, barbara bain, alexandra holden, walter jones and many more, currently has a total of one poster available.
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