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"Shoot 'Em Up" is a gritty, fast-paced action thriller. Clive Owen stars as Mr. Smith, a mysterious loner who teams up with an unlikely ally (Monica Belluci) to protect a newborn baby from a determined criminal (Paul Giamatti) who hunts them throughout the bowels of the city. Movies Contain the Essence of Being Human SYNOPSIS

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CAST CLIVE OWEN, has made a name for himself both in his U.K. home, the United States and around the world. With his captivating performance in the title role of Mike Hodges’ sleeper hit Croupier, critics have compared him to the likes of Bogart, Mitchum, and Connery!

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CAST Actors are Liberators Unaware MONICA BELLUCCI has achieved popular and critical acclaim throughout the world for her work in such renowned films as Giuseppe Tornatore’s Oscar-nominated Malena, Irreversible and The Passion of the Christ, among many other international releases during her illustrious career.

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CAST Actors help us: laugh, be happy, cry, get angry, and even think. PAUL GIAMATTI . Giamatti’s performance in Ron Howard's Cinderella Man, earned him a SAG Award and Broadcast Film Critics' Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations in the same category.

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CREW Filmmakers are Revolutionaries, Not Just Entertainers Directed by Michael Davis Screenplay by Michael Davis Original Music by Paul Haslinger Cinematography by Peter Pau Film Editing by Peter Amundson Casting by Deirdre Bowen Production Design by Gary Frutkoff Art Direction by Patrick Banister Set Decoration by Erin Gould and Carolyn 'Cal' Loucks Costume Design by Denise Cronenberg

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DIRECTOR Our Artists Are Our Liberators Filmmaker MICHAEL DAVIS is not only an accomplished writer and director, but also a gifted illustrator who storyboards his films entirely himself. As a multi-hyphenate, Davis brings a strong vision to each phase of the filmmaking process.

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TRIVIA AND NEWS When writer/director Michael Davis's original concept was passed on by movie studios, he put together a 17-minute reel of animated footage, consisting of 17,000 line drawings, in order to give studio heads an idea of how the action scenes would play out. This got the attention of New Line Cinema CEO, Bob Shaye, who approved the project and accepted Davis to direct. After signing Clive Owen and other actors, the film went into production in Toronto, Canada from February 13 to May 8, 2006.

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THE STORY The film follows Mr. Smith (Clive Owen), a down-and-out squatter with both an extensive military background and a fondness for carrots, who wants nothing more than to be left alone.

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THE STORY Smith finds himself embroiled in a complex political conspiracy once he aids a pregnant woman who is being chased by hitmen.

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THE STORY He takes the baby and goes on the run with a prostitute (Monica Bellucci) specializing in lactating fetishes.

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Cinematic Story Telling is Humanizing THE STORY The unlikely family is trailed by the intelligent Hertz (played by Paul Giamatti) and Hertz's army of thugs.

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Film making is a Community Event. THE STORY “Shoot ‘Em Up is akin to an American John Woo action movie and tells the story of the angriest man in the world, Mr. Smith, who’s stuck with a baby and a life-threatening situation. It’s about all the imaginative and clever things you can do with a gun fight.” -- Writer/director Michael Davis

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THE CRITICS SPEAK

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OPINION and INSIGHT

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OPINION and INSIGHT LIVING LIFE WHEN NO ONE CARES Creator Michael Davis describes Shoot ‘Em Up as a “blue-collar James Bond movie. Mr. Smith is the antithesis of James Bond. He has been psychologically damaged in his past and is homeless, which gives you a Rocky-like underdog feeling, because he has no resources but his own…” Admittedly this film is way over the top and the story line takes a back seat to the action. But interestingly, there is a life lesson here: Mr. Smith finds friendship and purpose as he moves beyond his angry isolationism and involves himself with the lives of others (specifically, a woman and a baby).

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Art is a Liberating Force OPINION and INSIGHT Life Lesson: “Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.” --Horace (Ancient Roman Poet. 65 BC-8 BC) MISPLACED ANGER! “Mr. Smith is the angriest man in the world,” says Michael Davis. “Because he’s angrier at a bigger thing that has caused trouble in his life, it’s all the little things in life that make him angry. He verbalizes all the small things that irritate any one of us in real life – someone chewing gum, a guy who doesn’t use his turn signals, or someone slurping coffee. He’s hardboiled, but we can identify with him.”

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OPINION and INSIGHT Life Lesson: “A friend is someone with whom I can reveal many parts of me, even those I am meeting for the first time.” TRUE FRIENDS CALL YOU ON YOUR CRAP! Monica Bellucci plays “the only character in the movie that doesn’t take crap from Smith. She calls him on everything… She’s really the emotional core at the center of the movie. She’s always honest, she’s always saying what she’s feeling and eventually she gets Smith to make a transformation, to be a bit more open and caring, to start healing from his emotional wounds.” -- Michael Davis

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