Killshot

Year:

2008

Duration:

95 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

John Madden

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2008-11-13

Filming Locations: Cape Girardeau, Missouri, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $10,741 (USA) (25 January 2009)

Gross: $17,007 (USA) (1 February 2009)

Cast

Actor

Character

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Killshot

Thomas Jane

Wayne Colson

Diane Lane

Carmen Colson

Mickey Rourke

Armand 'Blackbird' Degas

Rosario Dawson

Donna

Alexis Butler

Girl in Hotel Room

Hal Holbrook

Papa

Brandon McGibbon

Blackbird's Kid Brother

Robert Gow

Prospective Buyer

Catherine Hayos

Prospective Buyer

Peter Kelly Gaudreault

Blackbird's Brother

Craig Blair

Construction Site Foreman

Michelle Arvizu

Nurse

Lynne Deragon

Mrs. Palino

Richard Zeppieri

Son-in-Law / Mafia Boss

Hazel Desjarlais

Old Woman, Walpole Island

Aldred Montoya

Lionel (as Aldred Wesley Montoya)

Don McManus

Nelson Davies

Tim Campbell

Michigan Officer

Tim Eddis

Michigan Officer

Beatriz Yuste

Checkout Girl

Tom McCamus

Paul Scallen / FBI Chief

Michael Joseph Bernier

Mechanic

Jim Codrington

1st FBI Agent

Karen Robinson

2nd FBI Agent

Lois Smith

Lenore

Steve Cumyn

3rd FBI Agent / Real Estate Guy

James Anthony

Drydock Foreman

Craig Eldridge

Cape Girardeau Buyer / Gerald

Mark-Cameron Fraser

Dockworker (as Mark Cameron Fraser)

Tony Nappo

Dockworker

Michael Rhoades

Dockworker

Inga Cadranel

Linda

Christine Brubaker

Dockworker's Wife

DTeflon

Agent Daniels

Joshua Rollins

Deck

Shanly Trinidad

Mob Boss's Wife

Did you know?

Trivia

The release date changed several times because the film has undergone a series of re-shoots after it's original completion date in January 2006.

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The script had uncredited rewrites by late producer/directors Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella. The film was also dedicated to their memory in the end credits.

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All the scenes involving corrupt cop Ferris Britton (Johnny Knoxville) were cut from the final movie because test screenings audiences didn't like the character.

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Goofs

After Richie pulls the deer head off the wall he has drywall dust all over him. When he stands up he's clean.

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When Armand puts a .45 pistol to Richie Nix's head in the car when they first meet, the distinct sound of a hammer cocking is inserted but the hammer is obviously disengaged.

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After Armand comes back to pick up Richie after the attack at the real estate agency, as they are driving away you can clearly see the street sign "30 MPH/H BEGINS".

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Quotes

Richie Nix: I read about this guy once who weighed 1200 pounds. Can you believe that? For breakfast he'd have like 2 pounds of bacon, a dozen eggs, some rolls. Then for lunch he'd have 4 hamburgers, 4 double cheeseburgers, 8 boxes of fries. For dinner: 3 ham steaks, 6 sweet potatoes, 6 or 7 regular potatoes, some stuffing.

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Richie Nix: Well, my name's Richie Nix, in case you've ever heard of me. That's N-i-x; it's not the way Stevie Nicks spells hers.

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Richie Nix: [stroding in office with Blackbird] I told you wouldn't know which one I'm gonna be when I came in. Remember it?

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Faq

Q

Wasn't Johnny Knoxville supposed to be in the film?

A

Johnny Knoxville was originally supposed to play a minor supporting character. In the novel, while the couple are under witness protection Knoxville's character begins to stalk the couple. He develops a creepy connection to Camron. Ultimately Wayne discovers his bizarre actions such as sneaking into the couple's temporary home while he's out and thus punches him. Their unhappiness and disgust with their new life is what causes the couple to return home and face the 2 killers. Test audiences strongly disapproved of the character and the performance. They felt it was distracting and an unneeded conflict that took away from the film's energy and thus his scenes were cut.

Q

Is "Killshot" based on a novel?

A

Killshot is based on the 1989 novel of the same name by American novelist Elmore Leonard. The novel was scripted for the film by Iranian screenwriter Hossein Amini.

Q

Why the short run time?

A

The film's "short" length is simply a result of how the film was edited; test audiences felt the film's pacing was too slow, that some of the tangential story lines (like the one involving Johnny Knoxville's Sheriff) detracted from the film and further slowed it down, and the fact that a film like this one clocking in at over two hours would further damage the film's commercial appeal.

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