Killshot
The much delayed drama Killshot has a release date of January 23, 2009. The film is executive produced by Quentin Tarantino for Bob and Harvey Weinstein, and stars Mickey Rourke, Diane Lane and Rosario Dawson.
Fast Facts
- Director: John Madden
- Executive producer: Quentin Tarantino
- Producers: Lawrence Bender and Richard N. Gladstein
- Screenwriter: Hossein Amini
- Release date: January 23, 2009
- Studio: The Weinstein Company
- Filming locations: Canada, Detroit, Michigan and Cape Girardeau, Missouri
- MPAA rating: R
- Run time: 84 minutes
- The film has been delayed five times
- Based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard
Killshot Synopsis
A Mafia hitman relentlessly pursues a couple after the wife (Diane Lane) inadvertently watches him commit a crime.
Cast Information
- Mickey Rourke - Armand "The Blackbird" Degas
- Thomas Jane - Wayne Colson
- Rosario Dawson - Donna
- Diane Lane - Carmen Colson
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Richie Nix
- Lois Smith as Lenore
- Don McManus as Nelson Davies
Ever-Changing Release Date
The Killshot release date has been changed five times since 2005. Changes were made to the original script by Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack and scenes have been reshot.1
The Los Angeles Times reports that studio owner Harvey Weinstein attributed the most recent delay to the desire for a premiere that would capitalize on the presumed Oscar buzz for Mickey Rourke's performance in The Wrestler.2
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John Madden (Director) | Mickey Rourke | Thomas Jane | Rosario Dawson | Diane Lane | Joseph Gordon-Levitt | The Weinstein Company | Bob and Harvey Weinstein
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