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American Gun (2002 film)
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Wikipedia article
'American Gun' is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Alan Jacobs. It stars James Coburn (in his final film), Virginia Madsen, Barbara Bain and Alexandra Holden.
Plot
Martin Tillman (James Coburn), a World War II veteran, is on a cross-country journey to trace the origin of the gun used to kill his daughter Penny (Virginia Madsen). On the way he seeks his granddaughter Mia (Alexandra Holden).
Writer/director Alan Jacobs was inspired by a visit to the Smith & Wesson factory in Massachusetts, where he saw an obituary for a young girl above the workbench where a man was assembling guns. He wondered if the worker had perhaps assembled the gun that killed the girl. "At that moment it clicked," Jacobs said. "I had recently read a book called Lethal Passage by the journalist Erik Larson who tracked down the history of a submachine gun that ended up in the hands of a kid who took it to school one day. That put the idea in my head that a gun could have a history."Robert Knott, Santa Fe New Mexican Film Festival Guide, 2002
Cast
* James Coburn as Martin Tillman
**Ryan Locke as Young Man Martin Tillman
**Chapin Long as Young Boy Martin Tillman
* Virginia Madsen as Penny Tillman
* Barbara Bain as Anne Tillman
**Niesha Trout as Young Anne Tillman
* Alexandra Holden as Mia
**Devin Irish as Young Mia
**Sarah Michael Ezzo as Baby Mia
* Paula Murad Coburn as Jasmine
* Jesse Pennington as Pastor
* Jason Winther as Mike
* Alex Feldman as McNee
* Martin Kove as Theodore Huntley
* Walter Emanuel Jones as J.B.
* Andrea C. Pearson as Jewel
* Anthony Harrell as Kyle
* Toby Smith as Valerie
* Antoni Corone as Charles Anderson
* Joey Diaz as Gun Smuggler
* Laurie O'Brien as Martin's Mother
* Max Thayer as Martin's Grandfather
* Michael Esper as Burglar
* Bob Glazier as Dirty Cop
* Stacey Alexander as Vegas Show Girl #1
* Erica Arnold as Vegas Show Girl #2
* Erika Cossio as Vegas Show Girl #3
* Danielle Della Valle as Vegas Show Girl #4
* Julia Hayes as Vegas Show Girl #5
* Farrah Hines as Vegas Show Girl #6
* Tammy Kinney as Vegas Show Girl #7
* Shannon Warf as Vegas Show Girl #8
Production
The film was shot over a period of 40 days of principal photography which began in December, 2000 in Rutland, Vermont, followed by Los Angeles, California, Las Vegas, Nevada and Miami, Florida. The film was shot by cinematographer Phil Parmet in 35mm Kodak color, black & white, with additional footage on Sony PD150 mini-DV, and the combination of formats won the Modern Digital Cinematography Award at the Seattle Independent Film Festival in 2002.
References
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