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Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.
Oct 26, 2023 · Jeff Nichols’ Shotgun Stories is one of those pitch-perfect debuts that don’t come around very often. In telling this universal tale with a distinctly Southern air, Nichols demonstrates that he has been weaned on classical drama—both in literature and in cinema—yet he updates his seemingly familiar scenario with an ingeniously modern twist.
Mar 20, 2008 · Alternately terse and elegiac, writer-director Jeff Nichols’s Shotgun Stories works best when it observes the lives of its main characters, three lower-class brothers from southeast Arkansas.
Jun 30, 2008 · With the fire of a classic Greek tragedy, but with an attune eye for the real world, Jeff Nichols' debut feature is a rare film that keeps you guessing and marveling from beginning to end. Great drama can move you to the edge of your seat just like a thriller and SHOTGUN STORIES does just that.
Jun 5, 2008 · Son (Michael Shannon) and Kid (Barlow Jacobs), are scarred by their abusive childhoods in “Shotgun Stories.” Jeff Nichols ‘ “Shotgun Stories” is shaped and told like a revenge tragedy, but it offers an unexpected choice: The hero of the film does not believe the future is doomed by the past.
2007 USA Directed by Jeff Nichols Produced by David Gordon Green, Lisa Muskat, Jeff Nichols Written by Jeff Nichols Featuring Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs
