Release Date | 1988-09-11 |
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Runtime | 100 minutes |
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Stars | Jeffrey Nordling, Noble Willingham, Kario Salem, Helen Hunt, Alan Ruck |
Directors | Gary Nelson, David Hume Kennerly, Steve Kline, Barry M. Berg, Gary David Goldberg |
"Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets involved in the lives of the soldiers he meets and "shoots." There's Ngoc, the Vietnamese photo lab tech; Klause, a German photographer swiping Buddhas; Rene, a French photographer who carries an AK-47; Stork, Matt's superstitious roommate who is also a photographer; Rizzo, the irascible editor; Lan, an American-educated Vietnamese reporter and Tracey an embassy worker who is Matt's former flame.