The Shooting
The Shooting
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1h 21m
Directed by Monte Hellman • 1966 • United States
Starring Warren Oates, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson
In this eerie, existential western directed by Monte Hellman and written by Carole Eastman (FIVE EASY PIECES), Warren Oates and Will Hutchins play a bounty hunter and his sidekick who are talked by a mysterious woman (Millie Perkins) into leading her into the desert on a murkily motivated revenge mission. Things are further complicated by the addition to their crew of an enigmatic drifter (Jack Nicholson) who seems to delight in sadistically toying with the two men. Hellman’s singular odyssey is a vision of the weird old west unlike any other, a spare and challenging work leading to a provocative ending.
Up Next in The Shooting
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THE SHOOTING Commentary
This audio commentary, recorded by the Criterion Collection in 2014, features director Monte Hellman and film historians Bill Krohn and Blake Lucas (along with Monte’s dog, Kona).
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House of Corman
The following interview, conducted in 2014, features THE SHOOTING director Monte Hellman and producer Roger Corman.
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The Diary of Millie Perkins
The following interview, conducted in 2014, features THE SHOOTING director Monte Hellman and actor Millie Perkins.
