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Guns on the Clackamas

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1995 | 80 min | Drama, Comedy

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Right up the alley of anyone who likes wide open spaces and slow-burning standoffs and fans of deadpan, fly-on-the-wall comedy. Dust, horses and a showdown waiting to happen. Liked Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan or A Hard Day's Night? This is a good next one. Shot like a documentary, played completely straight.
The mood
Funny with heart.
The pace
Quiet, then quietly devastating, at 1 hr 20 min. Done before bedtime.
What might put you off
Skip it if you need something light and fast tonight.

Nigel Nado, the notable documentary filmmaker, is trying to make a movie about some people trying to make a movie. But everything is going wrong. The subject of his documentary, the western 'Guns on the Clackamas' is plagued with problems. The lead actress has a severe stutter. And since she also happens to be the Executive Producer's mistress, there's not much that can be done to remedy the situation. Unsuccessful in turning the movie into a yodeling extravaganza, they decide to fire the actress. This results in having her irate beau pull the plug on the film's financing. The beginning of the end is marked by cast members dropping like flies due to any number of reasons. Bad macaroni salad. Bad chili. Bad caterer. A camera dolly runs over a crew member, severing some key limb or another. Then since no cast member has survived, and the film's producers can't hire replacements, the 'Guns on Clackamas' makers must resort to solutions at once startling and hilarious.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

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  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    Not enough engagement data yet

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Cast & crew

Directed by Bill Plympton

  • John BaderCarl 'Safety First' Huggins
  • Danny BrunoSol Kaplan
  • Keith Scales
  • Micheal Thomas Parks
  • William C. Tate
  • John Bader
  • Marty Ryan
  • Gus Van Sant
  • Bill Plympton
  • Chris Hoffman