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Released
1988 · FILM

Shooter

Directed by
Runtime
100 min
ActionDramaTV Movie

Synopsis

"Shooter" (a.k.a., Matt Thompson, a.k.a., Gruwald) is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson becomes involved in the lives of the soldiers he meets and "shoots." Among them are Ngoc, the Vietnamese photo lab technician; Klause, a German photographer who steals Buddhas; Rene, a French photographer who carries an AK-47; Stork, Matt's superstitious roommate and fellow photographer; Rizzo, the irritable editor; Lan, an American-educated Vietnamese reporter; and Tracey, an embassy worker who is Matt's former lover.

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Peter ParashelesShot by Gayne RescherScored by Paul ChiharaDesigned by Steve Spence

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