An escaped mental patient holds a film crew hostage and forces them to film his screenplay.An escaped mental patient holds a film crew hostage and forces them to film his screenplay.An escaped mental patient holds a film crew hostage and forces them to film his screenplay.
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- TriviaHarvey Wilkes are the middle names of the patsys involved in Presidential assassinations,John Wilkes Boothe(Lincoln) who Lee Harvey Oswald(Kennedy)
- Quotes
Hector: [discussing the Southern California heat] You have to know how to stay cool. I have a special method - one that renews both the mind and body.
Rachel: Go on.
Hector: I remove my clothes, and stand naked in my room. At first, the perspiration trickles slowly down my chest and back. Then as it begins to evaporate, my skin becomes alert to the faintest breeze. My organs of manhood, now free of restrictive garments hang low and unencumbered, my heart - she beats a gentle rhythm that is almost audible in the silence. It is then that I summon the spirits of my Aztec ancestors, men who endured the steaming heat of the jungle with strength and dignity. As their male power coarces through my body, I feel serene and refreshed, yet enormously potent. That is my method.
Rachel: Wow. I just... turn on the air conditioner.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Tales from the Script (2009)
- SoundtracksShoot Or Be Shot
Performed by Modern Groove Assembly
As a movie fan, I like to appreciate the bad films along with the great ones. But "Shoot or be Shot" doesn't have any flair or funny bits, unintentional or not.
While unrated, there were no objectionable scenes (blink or you'll miss it nudity, cartoonish gunfire "violence" with the endless bullet gunfights), so one is led to believe that the producers merely wanted to save the fee required to get the MPAA to rate it. This will make its way to cable with barely 10 seconds edited out.
Of the eight people that were in the theatre with us, four of them left mid-way, muttering statements like "This is stupid".
Shatner plays an escaped mental patient who has been denied release because he views himself as a screenwriter. The examination board stamps his request "INSANE". He runs into a group of Z-grade moviemakers who "shoot on video because its 80% cheaper than film" and decides to force them to shoot his script at gunpoint. There are a few minor subplots that develop some of the secondary characters, but for the most part, that is the whole movie.
If you want to spend 90 minutes on a Shatner "art" film, see "Free Enterprise" instead, it is a much better film.
- The Davii
- Jan 27, 2002
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- $1,500,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
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