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The Shooting (1967)

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Average Rating: 8.4/10
Reviews Counted: 12
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1967 Wide

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Director Monte Hellman used his beloved "hunter as hunted" theme for his near-existential western The Shooting. Jack Nicholson and Warren Oates are starred in this bare-bones tale of an ex-bounty hunter (Oates) with a price on his head and the cocky young gun (Nicholson) who hopes to collect. The film seems to be exclusively populated by Life's Losers; but even with portents of doom throughout, the ending is still a jaw-dropping experience. Demonstrating the parsimony he'd learned while working

PG-13, 1 hr. 22 min.

Western, Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Directed By: Monte Hellman

Written By: Carole Eastman, Adrien Joyce

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1967 Wide

On DVD: Nov 30, 2004

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Cast

Warren Oates
Willett Gashade
Will Hutchins
Coley
Millie Perkins
Woman
Jack Nicholson
Billy Spear
B.J. Merholz
Leland Drum
Charles Eastman
Bearded Man

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What is most intriguing about "The Shooting" is the constant sense of undefined menace throughout.

February 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Kinetofilm

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Brian Holcomb

Kinetofilm

One of my favorite Westerns.

February 11, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

If there ever was an existential Western, this one is it.

December 27, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Doesn't ask to be taken as an existentialist mechanism per say, though it certainly functions as one.

May 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

An all-time great "B" Western with metaphysical undertones.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

San Francisco Examiner

The film's ending is a favorite amongst cultists and it acts as the paradigm of Camus' thinking: stoic, but humane, and advocating nature over violence.

May 2, 2001 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Ed Gonzalez

Apollo Guide

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A very unique movie, it's really basic and dreamy. It feels more like an acid trip than an actual movie, the camera never moves toward the focus of the scene but wherever it feels like going. For the very little dialogue and character development it has, Warren Oates and Jack Nicholson manage to have some very

June 28, 2010