American Gun


An indie arthouse ensemble piece which looks at how guns affect average people in America. There are three storylines: one deals with how a mother and her son carry on after her eldest son shoots some people at school; the second is about a principal haveing to deal with one of his best students carrying an unloaded gun; while the third focuses on a gun shop owner and his granddaughter. All of their lives are affected in some way by people with guns.

93 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language, Violence).
Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Guns don
Guns don't kill people, bullets do.

Credits

Cast
Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden, Linda Cadellini, Chris Marquette, Nikie Reed, Arlen Escarpeta
Director
Aric Avelino
ScreenplaySteven Bagatourian, Aric Avelino
MusicPeter Golub
CinematographyNancy Schreiber
EditingRichard Nord
Sound formatsDolby Digital
Made in2005
Produced byIFC Films, Participant Films, Spirit Dance Entertainment

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Geraldine Fröling
16
Die Burger
Laetitia Pople
10
Cape Times
Kevin Crust
10
iAfrica.com
Tom Gray
10
Mail & Guardian
Shaun de Waal
12
The Citizen
Bruce Dennill
16
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
10
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert
15
eye Weekly
Norman Wilner
5

What the People say

Internet
316 Netizens
12

Average .. 58%

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