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Clay Pigeons (1998) 6.4
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Reviews: 105 user | 49 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com Clay (as in the title) is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife. Feeling guilty, Clay now ... See full summary » Director:David DobkinWriter:Matthew L. Healy |
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Earl
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Amanda
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Glen
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Gloria Collins
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Mark
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Kimberly
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Dr. Jaffe
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Agent Reynard
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Clay (as in the title) is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend kill himself because of the ongoing affair that Clay was having with the man's wife. Feeling guilty, Clay now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with their sexual affairs. Into this comes a serial killer who befriends Clay, even to murdering the nagging widow for him... but certainly not at Clay's request. But that doesn't matter for the police, as well as for a savvy female FBI agent who sees Clay as their prime suspect. Yet Clay doesn't tell them of his 'friend' who admits to him of his serial killings, primarily because Clay sees himself as somewhat of an accomplice, in that he seems to have introduced to the killer each young woman that is killed... in fact, the sheriff comments that he wishes Clay would quit finding the murdered victims, which he always seems to do. But at last Clay is able to turn from being the pigeon... to giving the film its very unpredictable conclusion. Written by BOB STEBBINS <stebinsbob@aol.com>
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Lester Long never forgets a friend See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong scenes of sexuality, language and violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 September 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
In Too Deep See more »Box Office
Budget:
$8,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$167,364 (USA) (25 September 1998)Gross:
$1,789,892 (USA) (13 November 1998)Company Credits
Production Co:
Fade In Films, IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG, Intermedia Films See more »
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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By Rhett Miller
Performed by Old 97s
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Trivia
Star Joaquin Phoenix was at first apprehensive about taking the role of Clay because he feared that the scripts combination of humor and violence wouldn't translate well to screen. However, Phoenix changed his mind after meeting an enthusiastic David Dobkin and took the role. See more »Goofs
Shortly after the funeral, when Amanda is waiting for Clay in his bed, she gets up and a picture on the left-hand side of the headboard falls over. A few seconds later the picture is upright again. See more »Crazy Credits
At the end of the closing credits Lester Long says "You gotta good sense of humor, I like that" and does his bizarre laugh. See more »Soundtracks
"Timebomb"By Rhett Miller
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Clay Pigeons is, to put it mildly, a very strange movie. That could be just me though, as this is the first dark comedy I've seen. Despite that I had fun watching it, from the first scene (which, by the way, gives you an awesome view of Joaquin Phoenix's beautiful eyes) up till the very last. Joaquin Phoenix, once again, delivered a memorable performance as Clay. He said his lines with conviction and the right amount of emotions at the right places. I don't know if Vince Vaughn was supposed to be hilarious but he cracked me up. I don't fancy Vince much but I like him in this movie. The plot is pretty unpredictable, and even though it doesn't grip your heart with tension it will maintain your interest until the very end cause you'll be dying to find out what happens to Clay.
Overall this film is definitely worth a watch.