Gun Shy (2000)

An undercover DEA agent brings down the Mafia.

Director:

Eric Blakeney

Writer:

Eric Blakeney

Stars:

Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liam Neeson	...	Charlie
Oliver Platt	...	Fulvio Nesstra
José Zúñiga	...	Fidel Vaillar
Michael DeLorenzo	...	Estuvio
Andrew Lauer	...	Jason Cane (as Andy Lauer)
Richard Schiff	...	Elliott
Paul Ben-Victor	...	Howard
Gregg Daniel	...	Jonathan
Ben Weber	...	Mark
Sandra Bullock	...	Judy Tipp
Mary McCormack	...	Gloria Nesstra
Michael Mantell	...	Dr. Bleckner
Mitch Pileggi	...	Dexter Helvenshaw
Louis Giambalvo	...	Lonny Ward
Rick Peters	...	Bennett

Storyline

An undercover DEA agent almost gets killed, and to continue with his mission he needs to attend group therapy.

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Plot Keywords:

group therapy | colombian | murder | nurse | enema | 

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Taglines:

The Agency's best has a bad case of nerves.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and some brief nudity

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 2000 (Australia)

Also Known As:

Ein Herz & eine Kanone

Filming Locations:

Paramount Ranch - 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$14,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$703,109, 6 February 2000

Gross USA:

$1,638,202

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$3,284,444

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hollywood Pictures, Fortis Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mary McCormack and Paul Ben-Victor were both cast members on In Plain Sight.

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Goofs

When Charles 'Charlie' Mayeaux is smoking a cigarette he puffs and exhales as if he drew smoke in, yet the cigarette isn't lit and when he exhaled, no smoke either.

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Quotes

Fulvio Nesstra: Maybe you got that weird, fuckin' sleeping disease. "Narco-sleepy." Somethin' sleepy.

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Crazy Credits

Shortly into the credits there is a brief scene of Fulvio picking a nicely grown tomato

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Connections

References Miami Vice (1984)

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Soundtracks

This Time
Written by David Hidalgo
Performed by Los Lobos

User Reviews

Slapstick Mixed with Psychology

GUN SHY is a peculiar movie, one that purports to have a significant storyline but one that splinters ideas all over the place, leaving the viewer wondering what all the fuss is about.

'Charlie' Mayeaux (Liam Neeson) is a bummed out DEA agent fresh from a bungled case yet given an important assignment to break a Columbian drug cartel represented by Fidel (José Zúñiga) and his boyfriend Estuvio (Michael DeLorenzo). Also caught up in this mélange is the Mafia represented, however reluctantly, by Fulvio Nestra (Oliver Platt), a nerdy but vicious bungler whose temper is uncontrollable, partly due to his insipid belittling wife Gloria (Mary McCormack) whose father demands Fulvio's crime life importance. Charlie is a mess, meets a psychologist who introduces him to group therapy (where Charlie idiotically relates all the DEA secrets openly) and to gastroenterology where nurse Judy (Sandra Bullock) administers a barium enema then other more herbal-sided treatments while she and Charlie become bonded. People are maimed (gunshot castration), killed, made to look foolish, all to the end of supposedly belly laughs on the part of the audience.

True, Neeson shows a flair for comedy and Platt manages to convey a breakthrough role for him, but the rest is a jumbled mess. Made in 2000 with the Twin Towers of New York frequently visible during talk against Arabs and the Middle East, it is easy to see why the timing of this 'yet another Mafia vs law' film contributed to its short theater run (how many have even heard of it?). But in the final analysis it probably failed on its own merits - sad for a film filled to the brim with very fine actors. Grady Harp