Set in the Watts area of Los Angeles, a slaughterhouse worker must suspend his emotions to continue working at a job he finds repugnant, and then he finds he has little sensitivity for the family he works so hard to support.
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Stan works in drudgery at a slaughterhouse. His personal life is drab. Dissatisfaction and ennui keep him unresponsive to the needs of his adoring wife, and he must struggle against influences which would dishonor and endanger him and his family.
Written by Jim Beaver
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Ο σφαγέας των προβάτων
(Greece)
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Zabójca owiec
(Poland)
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ςφαγέας προβάτων
(Greece)
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Забойщик овец
(Soviet Union, Russian title)
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キラー・オブ・シープ
(Japan, Japanese title)
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$100,000 (estimated)
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| Opening Weekend United States |
$31,728, 06 Apr 2007
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| Cumulative Worldwide Gross |
$456,459
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| Trivia |
The Library of Congress has declared "Killer of Sheep" as a national treasure and one of the first fifty on the National Film Registry. The National Society of Film Critics selected it as one of the "100 Essential Films" of all time. However, since the film was made without the proper legal permits and rights acquisition (due to the expense of the music rights) the film was never shown theatrically or made available on video. It had only been seen on poor quality 16mm prints at a scant few museums and film festivals. Thirty years after its premiere the new 35mm print of Killer of Sheep was brilliantly restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive. In addition, all rights were secured for the music, allowing the film to be shown on the film festival circuit, theaters, and nationally broadcast by Turner Classic Movies. The film is also available on DVD.
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After Stan and his friend load the engine block on the truck, they drive away and it falls out, and a car is then seen parked along the curb. The car was not there when they carried the engine out.
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| Movie Connections |
Featured in
Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003).
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| Soundtracks |
This Bitter Earth
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Stan:
[holding a cup of tea]
Stu, what does it remind you of when you hold it next to your cheek?
Stu:
[taking the cup and placing it to his cheek]
Not a damn thing but hot air.
Stan:
Didn't it remind you of when you're making love and a woman 'fore it gets sometimes? Just like this?
Stu:
Maybe so. I don't go for women who got malaria.
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