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Six Shooter

Synopsis

An older man meets a strange and possibly dangerous young kid on a train, following the death of his wife that morning. They also meet a couple in the same carriage also touched by death that day. The kid's outlandish behaviour sparks a chain of events that lead inexorably to a major showdown. A dark but brutally funny Irish comedy by one of the greatest contemporary Irish playwrights, Martin Mcdonagh, here making his film debut.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
27 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Martin McDonagh
Producer
John Mcdonnell, Mary McCarthy
Co-Producer
John Mcdonnell, Mary McCarthy
Editor
Nicolas Gaster
Screenwriter
Martin Mcdonagh
Director of Photography
Baz Irvine
Sound
Robert Flanagan and Air Studios
Principal cast
Brendan Gleeson, Ruaidhri Conroy, David Wilmot, Aisling O' Sullivan, Gary Lydon

Genre

Northern Irish Comedy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Missing in Action Films and Funny Farm Films

in association with Fantastic Films

Missing In Action Films

Flat 1, 2 Whitfield Street
London W1T 2RB
UK

T+44 (0)20 7323 2895

info@miafilms.co.uk

Sales Company

Accento Sales

Rooseveltlaan 219-1
NL-1079 AT Amsterdam

T+31 20 344 4588

info@accentosales.com

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