The Shooting (1967)
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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… More 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 with Roger Corman, director Hellman shot The Shooting in Utah simultaneously with another feature, Ride in the Whirlwind, for a combined budget of $150,000. Completed in 1967, The Shooting did not receive widespread release until after Jack Nicholson achieved stardom in the early 1970s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Monte Hellman
- Written By
- Carole Eastman, Adrien Joyce
- Genres
- Western, Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1967 Wide
- Studio
- VCI
Critic Reviews
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Brian Holcomb, Kinetofilm
What is most intriguing about "The Shooting" is the constant sense of undefined menace throughout.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
One of my favorite Westerns.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
If there ever was an existential Western, this one is it.
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Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Doesn't ask to be taken as an existentialist mechanism per say, though it certainly functions as one.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, San Francisco Examiner
An all-time great "B" Western with metaphysical undertones.
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Cast
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Warren Oates
as Willett Gashade
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Will Hutchins
as Coley
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Millie Perkins
as Woman
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Jack Nicholson
as Billy Spear
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B.J. Merholz
as Leland Drum
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Charles Eastman
as Bearded Man
