My New Gun
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Directed by | Stacy Cochran |
Written by | Stacy Cochran |
Produced by | Michael Flynn |
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Cinematography | IRS Media |
Distributed by | IRS Media |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.1 million[1] |
My New Gun is a 1992 American
Plot
A New Jersey doctor named Gerald buys his trophy wife, Debbie, a revolver against her wishes.[4] Trouble ensues when their eccentric slacker neighbor, Skippy, takes the gun and doesn't want to give it back. After an accident lands Gerald in the hospital, it's up to Debbie to get the gun back and try to figure out why Skippy took it in the first place.
Cast
- Diane Lane as Debbie Bender
- James Le Grosas Skippy
- Stephen Collins as Gerald Bender
- Tess Harper as Kimmy Hayes
- Bruce Altman as Irwin Bloom
- Maddie Corman as Myra
- Bill Raymond as Andrew
- Suzzy Roche as Checkout Girl
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Chris
- Patti Chambers as Janice Phee
- Stephen Pearlman as Al Schlyen
- Leslie Brett Daniels as Waitress
- Paul J.Q. Lee as Desk Manager
- Angela Marie Baker as Maid at Ramada
- Kent Gash as Bell Hop
Production
My New Gun was shot on a budget of $2.1 million, financed from
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 43% based on reviews from 7 critics.[6]
Terrence Rafferty of The New Yorker praised Cochran's directorial debut, writing that "The assurance she shows in handling even a brief expository scene is astonishing. [...] This film school graduate has a kind of 'technique' that can't be taught. [...] The sort of liberation that My New Gun proposes, and embodies, is the product of a true filmmaker's vision".[7]
The film was praised by another critic for its "masterfully understated structure" and eccentricities, which some considered to be influenced by
Emanuel Levy has noted the way in which "the gifted director Stacy Cochran examines suburbia in a manner devoid of the usually nasty, mean-spirited approach to the subject", and unlike other downtown New York films, it "displays no irony or condescension; yet its quirkily laconic, minimalist perspective goes against expectations."[5]
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ "My New Gun (1992)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
- ^ Oliver, David (2 February 2014). "Timeline: The life of Philip Seymour Hoffman". USA Today. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-903364-52-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8147-5124-4.
- ^ "My New Gun". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ Rafferty, Terence. "My New Gun". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
External links
- My New Gun at IMDb
- My New Gun at AllMovie
- My New Gun at Rotten Tomatoes