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Shoot Out (1998 film)
1998 Spanish film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shoot Out (Spanish: El grito en el cielo) is a 1998 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso starring María Conchita Alonso.
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Plot
Television host and diva Miranda Vega experiences a mental breakdown as a television executive tweaks her show introducing no-name freaks in the studio amid dwindling audience ratings, her husband's cheating, and the manoeuvres of her nemesis, Lesbian actress Marta Peña.[1][2][3]
Cast
- María Conchita Alonso as Miranda Vega[4]
- Loles León as Marta Peña[2]
- María Pujalte as Rita[2]
- Ana Torrent as Yoli[3]
- Daniel Guzmán as Salva[2]
- Pepón Nieto as Paco[2]
- María Adánez as Chus[2]
- Carmen Balagué as Merche[2]
- Malena Gutiérrez as Soraya[3]
- Tito Valverde[5]
- Javivi[5]
- Miguel Ángel Tobías as Íñigo[1]
- Mariola Fuentes[1]
- Antonia San Juan[1]
Production
The film was produced by Cristal PC and Sogetel and it had the association of Canal+ and Sogepaq.[3] It boasted a 300 million budget.[6]
Release
Distributed by Columbia TriStar,[3] Shoot Out was released theatrically in Spain on 24 April 1998.[2]
Reception
Augusto Martínez Torres of El País lamented that the film "is as cliché, unfunny and boring" as the show it attempts to parody.[7]
Jonathan Holland of Variety described the film as a "high-camp, low-interest and phenomenally unsubtle take on the mores of contemporary TV".[3]
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