Men with Guns (1997 Canadian film)

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Men with Guns
Directed by
The Movie Network
Distributed byNew Films International
Release date
  • September 9, 1997 (1997-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Men with Guns is a 1997 Canadian crime drama film, directed by Kari Skogland.[1] The film stars Donal Logue and Gregory Sporleder as Goldman and Lucas, two smalltime hustlers who run afoul of local mob boss Horace Burke (Paul Sorvino) when they discover and steal a stash of cocaine.[2]

The cast also includes Callum Keith Rennie, Max Perlich, Joseph Griffin, Bill MacDonald, Janet Kidder, Sabrina Grdevich, Jack Duffy, Mimi Kuzyk, Joe Pingue and Tony Nappo.

The film premiered in the Perspective Canada program at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival.[3] The film faced some press criticism for its title, as American filmmaker John Sayles had also screened a film titled Men with Guns at TIFF just four days earlier.[4]

References

  1. . p. 143.
  2. ^ Rick Groen, "Men With Guns fires blanks". The Globe and Mail, January 23, 1999.
  3. ^ "The Canadian perspective". Toronto Star, September 5, 1997.
  4. ^ Brian D. Johnson, "The sacred and the profane: Toronto's festival gets stars, big movies and cinematic curiosities". Maclean's, September 8, 1997.

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