Men with Guns is a 1997 Canadian crime drama film directed by Kari Skogland.[1] The film stars Donal Logue and Gregory Sporleder as Goldman and Lucas, two smalltime hustlers who run afoul of local mob boss Horace Burke (Paul Sorvino) when they discover and steal a stash of cocaine.[2]
| Men with Guns | |
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| Directed by | Kari Skogland |
| Written by | Lachy Hulme |
| Produced by | Ilana Frank |
| Starring | Donal Logue Gregory Sporleder Paul Sorvino Callum Keith Rennie |
| Cinematography | Danny Nowak |
| Edited by | Susan Maggi |
| Music by | Eric Cadesky |
Production companies | Norstar Entertainment The Movie Network |
| Distributed by | New Films International |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
The cast also includes Callum Keith Rennie, Max Perlich, Joseph Griffin, Bill MacDonald, Janet Kidder, Sabrina Grdevich, Jack Duffy, Mimi Kuzyk, Joe Pingue and Tony Nappo.
The film premiered in the Perspective Canada program at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] The film faced some press criticism for its title, as American filmmaker John Sayles had also screened a film titled Men with Guns at TIFF just four days earlier.[4]
References
edit- ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 143.
- ^ Rick Groen, "Men With Guns fires blanks". The Globe and Mail, January 23, 1999.
- ^ "The Canadian perspective". Toronto Star, September 5, 1997.
- ^ Brian D. Johnson, "The sacred and the profane: Toronto's festival gets stars, big movies and cinematic curiosities". Maclean's, September 8, 1997.
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