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Mar 26, 2008 · Jun 16, 2013. "Shotgun Stories" is a moody melodrama of Southern rural life smartly observed. Jeff Nichols shoots his first feature film, trusting the scenery, the faces of his actors creating the atmosphere while he relies on small town, everyday life circumstances for character building. "Shotgun Stories" is a tragedy that unfolds beautifully ...
Shotgun Stories. Thanks to a talented cast and its uncommon depth, Nichols' debut manages to rise above its overly familiar plot. Backed by siblings Kid (Barlow Jacobs) and Boy (Douglas Ligon ...
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Apr 18, 2023 · For Shotgun Stories is a literal family feud, albeit a far more complicated one. Family bonds can be ugly and twisted, and Nichols takes his time in establishing the strains placed on the sons left behind. The care with which he builds this situation doesn’t just accurately reflect the slow living of that world; it adds gravity to the conflict.
May 24, 2008 · Shotgun Stories (90 mins, 12A) Directed by Jeff Nichols; starring Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs. Jeff Nichols's Shotgun Stories is set some 700 miles southwest of Timber Falls in a ...
Mar 26, 2008 · Shotgun Stories. Directed by Jeff Nichols. Drama, Thriller. PG-13. 1h 32m. By Matt Zoller Seitz. March 26, 2008. Jeff Nichols’s “Shotgun Stories,” a drama about warring clans of brothers in ...
Shotgun Stories. 76 Metascore. 2007. 1 hr 32 mins. Drama, Suspense. PG13. Watchlist. Small-town secrets and family rivalry erupt into bloodshed in this steamy, Southern-fried melodrama about two ...
Shotgun Stories, Jeff Nichol's impressive directorial debut, is an intense portrayal of a host of social ills in the Southern US: poverty, lawlessness, broken homes and guns. Set in a town in Arkansas, the film picks up the story of three brothers, all young men, named Son, Kid and Boy.
