Six Shooter (film)
Encyclopedia
Six Shooter is an Irish 2005
live action
short film
starring Brendan Gleeson
and Rúaidhrí Conroy
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When Donnelly gets up, the kid starts to talk to a young couple, whose young baby boy has just died from cot death. The kid upsets the two by saying they probably did it and the husband leaves to complain about him to Donnelly. Meanwhile the kid starts talking to the wife and upsetting her, and when she moves to get away she accidentally rips the picture of the baby, which seems to drive her over the edge and she jumps from the train to her death.
Donnelly comes back and the kid tells him that she just jumped. The husband comes back and asks the kid where his wife is.The kid tells him that his wife jumped off the train. Thinking that the kid was joking, the man walks off still looking for his wife. Donnelly sees the blood on the train window and stops the train. The train is stopped and the man learns the horrible truth. When the police have finished searching, the train starts again, and the kid waves at the cops who then come to a realisation and start to chase the train.
The kid then tells Donnelly a story about how when he was a kid, he saw an exploding cow. It cheers up Donnelly, who takes a liking to the kid. Finally the train stops, and the cops are armed aiming at the train. It is revealed to the viewer that the kid is responsible for the death of his mother. A shootout between the kid and the cops ensues. The kid is shot multiple times and falls, telling Donnelly that with all those bullets he didn't even hit one policeman (which the kid calls "woeful fucking shooting"). The kid dies and Donnelly takes one of the kid's two guns (with two bullets left) and goes home.
Later at his home, Donnelly is ready to commit suicide (with the kid's gun). Just when he is about to shoot himself, he remembers his wife's rabbit and kills it for the mercy of not being alone. Donnelly is then about to kill himself, the gun drops and discharges, leaving Donnelly with no bullets. Donnelly appears annoyed and frustrated and sits staring in front of him, saying aloud to himself, "Jesus, what a fuckin' day."
2005 in film
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live action
Live action
In filmmaking, video production, and other media, the term live action refers to cinematography, videography not produced using animation...
short film
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
starring Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson
Brendan Gleeson is an Irish actor. His best-known films include Braveheart, Gangs of New York, In Bruges, 28 Days Later, the Harry Potter films, The Guard and the role of Michael Collins in The Treaty...
and Rúaidhrí Conroy
Ruaidhri Conroy
Rúaidhrí Conroy is an Irish actor.Conroy was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of actor Brendan Conroy. One of his first castings was as 'Tito' in the film Into the West, for which he won a Young Artist Award in the Outstanding Youth Actors in a Family Foreign Film category.In 1998, Conroy received...
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Plot
Donnelly's (Gleeson) wife has just died in an accident and he goes home on a train afterwards. There he finds a seat by a kid and the two strike a conversation. The young man is unusually talkative, constantly going on random but amusing tirades.When Donnelly gets up, the kid starts to talk to a young couple, whose young baby boy has just died from cot death. The kid upsets the two by saying they probably did it and the husband leaves to complain about him to Donnelly. Meanwhile the kid starts talking to the wife and upsetting her, and when she moves to get away she accidentally rips the picture of the baby, which seems to drive her over the edge and she jumps from the train to her death.
Donnelly comes back and the kid tells him that she just jumped. The husband comes back and asks the kid where his wife is.The kid tells him that his wife jumped off the train. Thinking that the kid was joking, the man walks off still looking for his wife. Donnelly sees the blood on the train window and stops the train. The train is stopped and the man learns the horrible truth. When the police have finished searching, the train starts again, and the kid waves at the cops who then come to a realisation and start to chase the train.
The kid then tells Donnelly a story about how when he was a kid, he saw an exploding cow. It cheers up Donnelly, who takes a liking to the kid. Finally the train stops, and the cops are armed aiming at the train. It is revealed to the viewer that the kid is responsible for the death of his mother. A shootout between the kid and the cops ensues. The kid is shot multiple times and falls, telling Donnelly that with all those bullets he didn't even hit one policeman (which the kid calls "woeful fucking shooting"). The kid dies and Donnelly takes one of the kid's two guns (with two bullets left) and goes home.
Later at his home, Donnelly is ready to commit suicide (with the kid's gun). Just when he is about to shoot himself, he remembers his wife's rabbit and kills it for the mercy of not being alone. Donnelly is then about to kill himself, the gun drops and discharges, leaving Donnelly with no bullets. Donnelly appears annoyed and frustrated and sits staring in front of him, saying aloud to himself, "Jesus, what a fuckin' day."
Awards
- In 2004 the film won as Best First Short by an Irish Director at the Cork International Film Festival and the Festival Prize as Best Irish Short at the Foyle Film FestivalFoyle Film FestivalFoyle Film Festival is an annual film festival based in Derry, Northern Ireland. The 21st festival took place from 21 to 29 November 2008 and included the Northern Ireland premiere of Brideshead Revisited and the Irish, United Kingdom, and European premiere of Deborah Kampmeier's film Hounddog...
. - In 2005 it was nominated for the Best Short Film BAFTA Film Award and won the Best British Short British Independent Film Award and the IFTA Award as Best Short Fiction, where it was also nominated for Breakthrough Talent (Martin McDonagh - writer/director).
- On March 5, 2006 it won the Academy Award for Live Action Short FilmAcademy Award for Live Action Short FilmThis name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974. For the three preceding years it was known as "Short Subjects, Live Action Films." The term "Short Subjects, Live Action Subjects" was used from 1957 until 1970. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate...
. In the same year, it also won the Audience Award at the Leuven International Short Film Festival.