Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueAfter hearing that his wife sleeps with Clay, Earl kills himself, making it look like Clay shot him. The widow doesn't like it when Clay starts sees another woman instead. Bodies start pilin... Tout lireAfter hearing that his wife sleeps with Clay, Earl kills himself, making it look like Clay shot him. The widow doesn't like it when Clay starts sees another woman instead. Bodies start piling up.After hearing that his wife sleeps with Clay, Earl kills himself, making it look like Clay shot him. The widow doesn't like it when Clay starts sees another woman instead. Bodies start piling up.
- Prix
- 1 nomination au total
- Gloria
- (as Nikki Arlyn)
- Dolores
- (as Kari Peterson)
Histoire
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesAgent Dale Shelby spends the night in a hotel room with three films taken from Amanda's house. The films are Alien: Le huitième passager (1979), which was directed by Ridley Scott, who was a producer on this film; À coeur perdu (1993) which was directed by Ridley's brother Tony Scott, who was an executive producer on this film; and Célibataires en cavale (1996) which starred Vince Vaughn.
- GaffesThe shoulder flashes on Sheriff Mooney's uniform reads "Mercer County Sheriff's Dept.", but the decal on the SUV that Mooney is seen driving reads "Davis County Sheriff".
- Citations
Sheriff Mooney: Promise me something there, will you?
Clay Bidwell: What's that?
Sheriff Mooney: Promise you'll stop finding dead people.
- Générique farfeluAt the end of the closing credits Lester Long says "You gotta good sense of humor, I like that" and does his bizarre laugh.
- Autres versionsDutch video version oddly has all expletives erased or edited. Shot of naked corpse floating in water has been censored.
The performances are another great element in the movie. Vince Vaughn portrays Lester Long like he did in the recent "Psycho" remake. His style, giggle, attitude, and presence are all priceless. Joaquin Phoenix takes us though a funny joyride as he gets into more and more trouble as Clay. Let's not forget Georgina Cates, as the slutty wife of Earl. She plays cocky character who everyone loves to hate. The only character I could find is Janeane Garofalo's, who was surly inspired by Frances MacDormand from "Fargo."
The film's soundtrack is of the best there is, with songs that not only further the character's motives, but are also catchy and even describe some of the movie's plot at times. I have owned the soundtrack even before I saw the movie, which is quite unusual. But once I heard the theme song to "Clay Pigeons": "The Ballad of Lester Long," I had to get it.
I do think that this movie could have been better, however. If it had left a few more elements to the imagination, like the guilt or innocence of Clay Birdwell, and the explicit murder and sex scenes, maybe the viewer would be l bit more involved into the story. A little less plot and a little fewer characters would have also been nice.
But those are but minor complaints. I was looking forward to seeing this movie for a long time, and I was not that disappointed. "Clay Pigeons" is one of the years most entertaining and original films.
- Movie-12
- 23 févr. 1999
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Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 8 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 1 794 086 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 167 364 $ US
- 27 sept. 1998
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 1 794 086 $ US
- Durée1 heure 44 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 1.85 : 1