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Clay Pigeons [Widescreen/Fullscreen]

Clay Pigeons [Widescreen/Fullscreen]

Actor(s): Vince Vaughn, Janeane Garofalo, Joaquin Phoenix, Georgina Cates, Phil Morris
Director(s): David Dobkin
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Movie Details

MPAA Rating: R
Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Adult Humor, Profanity
Movie Release: 1998
DVD Release: 04/27/1999
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned
Audio Tracks: English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins
Studio: Polygram USA Video
Members Wishing: 7
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Black Comedy, Comedy Thriller, Post-Noir (Modern Noir)
See Also: Clay Pigeons [Widescreen]

DVD Synopsis

David Dobkin made his feature directorial debut with this comedy thriller about an ordinary guy mistakenly viewed as a serial killer by the FBI. In small-town Mercer, Montana (population 1,536), easy-going gas station attendant Clay Bidwell (Joaquin Phoenix) endures a comical nightmare that gets underway when Clay's best buddy Earl (Gregory Sporleder) learns Clay slept with Earl's wife Amanda (Georgina Cates). Earl commits suicide as a horrified Clay watches. Amanda would rather see Clay in prison than have the local gossipers chatting about their affair, so to cover-up, Clay puts Earl's body into a faked auto accident. Clay then finds comfort with waitress Gloria (Nikki Arlyn), but Amanda kills Gloria, leaving Clay to dispose of another body. At the local bar, Clay is befriended by trucker Lester Long (Vince Vaughn), and they go fishing, hooking a corpse. Lester asks Clay to tell the cops he found it alone. The next victim is Amanda, stabbed 40 times. Clay tries to explain what's going on to the law -- Sheriff Mooney (Scott Wilson) and FBI agents Dale Shelby (Janeane Garofalo) and Reynard (Phil Morris) -- but he becomes the main suspect and is arrested, while serial killer Lester is on the loose. Clay manages an escape from jail and goes in search of Lester. David Dobkin, a Ridley Scott protégé, is an award-winning director of music videos (including the Coolio clips that won MTV's "Best Dance Video of 1996") and commercials, many helmed under the auspices of Ridley and Tony Scott's production companies. Shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Actors

Vince Vaughn - Lester Long
Janeane Garofalo - Dale Shelby
Joaquin Phoenix - Clay Bidwell
Georgina Cates - Amanda
Phil Morris - Reynard


Editorial Review of DVD

An easygoing gas station attendant gets mixed up with a smooth-talking serial killer in this hilarious crisis of circumstances, arriving on DVD from Polygram Video. Viewable in either the original 1.85:1 widescreen theatrical aspect ratio or standard 1.33:1 full-screen pan-and-scan, this release also features both closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 and Stereo soundtracks in addition to optional Spanish subtitles. Extra features include filmographies, biographies, and theatrical trailers. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Damian M. (ratchet) wrote on 3/11/2009...

Starts out great. But peters out. Hell its starts with a BANG! What happened to the direction? I know, Jeanne Garfalo appeared on the set and the movie went to shit. She has a remarkable way of doing this! I wish the homoerotic relationship between Vince Vaughn's and Joaquin Phoenix would have been explored. Total tacked on Hollywood ending.


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