American Gun Movie Review 2005

Three generally uninvolving stories about guns from debuting director Avelino. In Oregon, Janet (Harden) and her teen son David (Marquete) are guilt-wracked community outcasts three years after her older son participated in a high school shooting rampage. At a gang-ridden Chicago school, Principal Carter (Whitaker) expels student Jay (Escarpeta) for having a handgun, and the pic follows the teen to his convenience store job where he tries to use the (fake) weapon as intimidation against would-be thieves. In Virginia, co-ed Mary Ann (Cardellini) sets aside her dislike of firearms and learns to shoot after a friend is date-raped.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Homicide, Single Parents, High School, Rape

Screenplay

Aric Avelino, Steven Bagatourian

Cast

Donald Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Marcia Gay Harden, Linda Cardellini, Tony Goldwyn, Christopher Marquette, Nikki Reed, Garcelle Beauvais, Amanda Seyfried, Melissa Leo, Arlen Escarpeta

Cinematography

Nancy Schreiber

Director

Aric Avelino

Music

Peter Golub

Other

Lori Dovi, Richard Nord, Devorah Herbert

Producer

Participant Films, IFC Films, Ted Kroeber