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Shooter (I) (2007)

R  124 min  -  Action | Crime | Mystery   -  23 March 2007 (USA)
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A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why.

Director:

Antoine Fuqua

Writers:

Jonathan Lemkin (screenplay), Stephen Hunter (novel)
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Shooter -- A marksman (Wahlberg) living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the president. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why Shooter -- Clip: Car Chase Shooter -- Behind The Scenes: Wahlberg With Gun In Field
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Wahlberg ...
Michael Peña ...
Danny Glover ...
Kate Mara ...
Elias Koteas ...
Rhona Mitra ...
Jonathan Walker ...
Louis Ferreira ...
Howard Purnell (as Justin Louis)
Tate Donovan ...
Russ Turner
Rade Serbedzija ...
Michael Sandor (as Rade Sherbedgia)
Alan C. Peterson ...
Officer Stanley Timmons
Ned Beatty ...
Lane Garrison ...
Donnie Fenn
Zak Santiago ...
Senior Agent
Michael-Ann Connor Michael-Ann Connor ...
Junior Agent
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Storyline

Bob Lee Swagger, one of the world's great marksmen and the son of a Congressional Medal of Honoree, is a loner living in the Rockies. He's left the military, having been hung out to dry in a secret Ethiopian mission a few years before, when he's recruited by a lisping colonel to help find a way that the President of the US might be assassinated in one of three cities in the next two weeks. He does his work, but the shot is fired notwithstanding and Bob Lee is quickly the fall guy: wounded and hunted by thousands, he goes to ground and, aided by two unlikely allies, searches for the truth and for those who double-crossed him. All roads lead back to Ethiopia. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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Plot Keywords:

President | Marksman | Colonel | Framed | Car Chase  | See more »

Taglines:

Yesterday was about honor. Today is about justice.

Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong graphic violence and some language See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Tirador See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$61,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£716,202 (UK) (15 April 2007) (303 Screens)

Gross:

$95,000,445 (Worldwide)
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Sound Mix:

SDDS  | DTS  | Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

According to the movie's script doctor William Goldman, Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Harrison Ford passed on the movie. These men would have fit the literary Bob Lee Swagger's age a bit more closely than 'Mark Wahlberg' (born in 1971); Stephen Hunter introduced Swagger as a Vietnam veteran in a 1993 novel taking place in 1992. However, to accommodate Wahlberg's age, this film has Swagger active in Africa in the 1990's instead of Vietnam in the 1970's. See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: The car Swagger drives in the Chase scene has PA plates but with tag numbers in the style 9999 AAA. Pennsylvania plate numbers have three letters followed by four numbers, not vice versa. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Donnie Fenn: Movement. Two men. Approximately... forty goats.
Bob Lee Swagger: They're not on anybody's side. We don't have to shoot them.
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Connections

References Sniper (1993) See more »

Soundtracks

"Nasty Letter"
Written and Performed by Otis Taylor
Courtesy of Telarc International Corporation
By Arrangement with Music for the Masses See more »