Clay Pigeons David Dobkin Digital Life DVD

Clay Pigeons
starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Gregory Sporleder, Georgina Cates, Scott Wilson, Vince Vieluf
directed by: David Dobkin

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305353218
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305353212
Label: Polygram USA Video
Manufacturer: Polygram USA Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Polygram USA Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 27, 1999
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 49252
Studio: Polygram USA Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 25, 1998

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Set in Montana's Big Sky country, shot in Utah, lensed by Eric Alan Edwards (cinematographer of My Own Private Idaho)--no wonder it's hard to tell where Clay Pigeons lives, or where it's going. A Ridley Scott protégé previously at home in commercials and videos, debuting director David Dobkin aims to deliver us into the blackly comedic badlands of neo-noir, territory mined by the likes of Red Rock West and Fargo. Pigeons launches strongly, with several cruel turns of the screw. Out target-shooting, Clay Birdwell (Joaquin Phoenix) is hit with the news that his best pal knows he's been boffing his ur-slut wife (Georgina Cates) and could take Clay out on the spot, but chooses a creepier revenge--committing suicide in order to frame the guy who's cuckolded him. Naturally, Clay covers up the mess, thereby opening the film's can of very nasty worms. A slick, fast-talking cowboy (Vince Vaughn)--the funhouse-mirror-opposite of Phoenix's sweet, slow farmboy--turns up, and a string of ugly murders begins to play out. Once Vaughn's Lester Long is on the scene, spreading his psychotically giggling bonhomie, Dobkin's skin-deep riff on Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train pretty much belongs to him. The rest of the cast looks more or less like clay pigeons set up by a scattershot script: exceptions include the always-estimable Scott Wilson who transforms his caricature-prone Sheriff Mooney into a character of nuanced humanity, and Janeane Garofalo, as an urban-hip FBI agent, whose single-chick sarcasm goes down in flames when Lester unholsters those big guns of come-hither charm. John Lurie of Lounge Lizards fame contributes a distinctive score, but Elvis Presley acts as the film's patron saint in more ways than one: Clay Pigeons' sexiest, scariest wet work is choreographed to 'It's Now or Never.' --Kathleen Murphy

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- CLAY PIGEONS
PENTY OF SUSPENCEFUL ACTION. GOOD HUMOR. HARD TO TELL AT FIRST WHERE THE MANY SIDE STORIES ARE GOING BUT ITS ENTERTAINING ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

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- Friggin brilliant.
Discovering Clay Pigeons was to me like discovering a stock certificate in my grandfather's attic and realizing it's worth some serious cash. Well, maybe not to that extent, but along the same lines.

PLOT: Clay Bidwell (Phoenix) is having a rough week. The dead body of one of his former girlfriends in found in a local lake, and a floozy he once hooked-up with is found stabbed repeatedly in her home on the outskirts of town. Everyone is suspecting Clay except for a amicable fella named Lester Long (Vaughn), who has a million dollar smile and the charm to back it up. It seems that everywhere Clay goes, death and Lester Long aren't far behind, smiling with a boyish grin and an "I know something you don't know" glare in his eyes.

It's hard to categorize Clay Pigeons. There are elements of hilarity and elements of suspense, but mostly, the film creates its own distinct vibe by taking the viewer ... Read More

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- Clay Pigeons
First movie I actually liked Joaquin Phoenix. He plays this guy with mixed up morals who then gets involved with people even more mixed up than him. Everything just spirals into a huge mess for Joaquin's character. Pokes fun at small-town life but not in a false manner. Good dark comedy.

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- Great performances...
I thought the cast was pretty much perfect and their performances were great. I just didn't think the story was very orginal and it was too easy to guess what was going to happen next.

Still, I enjoyed it and would recommend it, although it was really nothing special or exciting.

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