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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305353218
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305353212
Label: Polygram USA Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Polygram USA Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Polygram USA Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 27, 1999
Running Time: 104 minutes
Studio: Polygram USA Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 25, 1998
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Editorial Review:
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Set in Montana's Big Sky country, shot in Utah, lensed by Eric Alan Edwards (cinematographer of My Own Private Idaho)--no wonder it's hard to tell where Clay Pigeons lives, or where it's going. A Ridley Scott protégé previously at home in commercials and videos, debuting director David Dobkin aims to deliver us into the blackly comedic badlands of neo-noir, territory mined by the likes of Red Rock West and Fargo. Pigeons launches strongly, with several cruel turns of the screw. Out target-shooting, Clay Birdwell (Joaquin Phoenix) is hit with the news that his best pal knows he's been boffing his ur-slut wife (Georgina Cates) and could take Clay out on the spot, but chooses a creepier revenge--committing suicide in order to frame the guy who's cuckolded him. Naturally, Clay covers up the mess, thereby opening the film's can of very nasty worms. A slick, fast-talking cowboy (Vince Vaughn)--the funhouse-mirror-opposite of Phoenix's sweet, slow farmboy--turns up, and a string of ugly murders begins to play out. Once Vaughn's Lester Long is on the scene, spreading his psychotically giggling bonhomie, Dobkin's skin-deep riff on Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train pretty much belongs to him. The rest of the cast looks more or less like clay pigeons set up by a scattershot script: exceptions include the always-estimable Scott Wilson who transforms his caricature-prone Sheriff Mooney into a character of nuanced humanity, and Janeane Garofalo, as an urban-hip FBI agent, whose single-chick sarcasm goes down in flames when Lester unholsters those big guns of come-hither charm. John Lurie of Lounge Lizards fame contributes a distinctive score, but Elvis Presley acts as the film's patron saint in more ways than one: Clay Pigeons' sexiest, scariest wet work is choreographed to "It's Now or Never." --Kathleen Murphy
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I was not impressed with this movie. I found it predictable and the characters slightly annoying. A little too obvious when less really is more. I would recommend renting it, though it is hard to find.
Rating:  -
Vince Vaugn is most convincing in this role, and really a handsome cowboy. Worth watching.
Rating:  -
Clay Pigeons is a quirky modern Western with the bad guy wearing the white
hat. The boots, jeans, flannel shirts, pick 'em up trucks, and Big Sky
Country give it a distinctive coloring that is pure Americana. I think it
is a serial killer who-done-it on its way to being a cult classic. Vince
Vaughn's range as an actor is showcased here. I couldn't take my eyes off
him and couldn't wait for him to be back on-screen. Joaquin Phoenix plays
the small-town rube to perfection. In fact, all the actors give nuanced
performances that just take you in and make you feel right at home. I
gave it five stars because it's the kind of movie I will watch over and over, finding new details to revel in each time I see it.
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PENTY OF SUSPENCEFUL ACTION. GOOD HUMOR. HARD TO TELL AT FIRST WHERE THE MANY SIDE STORIES ARE GOING BUT ITS ENTERTAINING ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
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Discovering Clay Pigeons was to me like discovering a stock certificate in my grandfather's attic and realizing it's worth some serious cash. Well, maybe not to that extent, but along the same lines.
PLOT: Clay Bidwell (Phoenix) is having a rough week. The dead body of one of his former girlfriends in found in a local lake, and a floozy he once hooked-up with is found stabbed repeatedly in her home on the outskirts of town. Everyone is suspecting Clay except for a amicable fella named Lester Long (Vaughn), who has a million dollar smile and the charm to back it up. It seems that everywhere Clay goes, death and Lester Long aren't far behind, smiling with a boyish grin and an "I know something you don't know" glare in his eyes.
It's hard to categorize Clay Pigeons. There are elements of hilarity and elements of suspense, but mostly, the film creates its own distinct vibe by taking the viewer into a bizarre world where death and humor are intermixed and the result is something rather brilliant. Phoenix and Vaughn both deliver masterfully in roles that suit their strengths. For Vaughn, playing a roguish miscreant who saturates his world with intellectual wit was something quite entertaining to behold. On the flipside, Phoenix is right at home in playing the role of a kid who is clinging desperately to his sanity as the world around him crumbles under the weight of accusation.
Overall, Clay Pigeons is a solid film that will keep you engaged to the end. If you're a fan of Vaughn or Phoenix, you won't be let down with either.
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