Shooter (1988)
1h 40m
Running Time
September 11, 1988Release Date
Plot.
"Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets involved in the lives of the soldiers he meets and "shoots." There's Ngoc, the Vietnamese photo lab tech; Klause, a German photographer swiping Buddhas; Rene, a French photographer who carries an AK-47; Stork, Matt's superstitious roommate who is also a photographer; Rizzo, the irascible editor; Lan, an American-educated Vietnamese reporter and Tracey an embassy worker who is Matt's former flame.
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Cast & Crew.
Jeffrey Nordling
Matt Thompson / Grunwald
Noble Willingham
Rizzo
Kario Salem
Rene
Alan Ruck
Stork O'Connor
Helen Hunt
Tracey
Jeffrey Alan Chandler
Klaus
Gary Nelson
Director
Carol Huston
Cat
David Hume Kennerly
Writer
Rosalind Chao
Lan
Steve Kline
Writer
Steve Kline
Writer
Barry M. Berg
Producer
Nick Cassavetes
Tex
Grace Zabriskie
Sister Marie
Paul Chihara
Composer
Details.
Release DateSeptember 11, 1988
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Wiki.
Shooter is a 1988 American made-for-television action drama film based on the book Shooter by and about Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly, who had been a combat photojournalist during the Vietnam War and later the White House photographer for President Gerald Ford. The film was produced as a pilot which was not picked up as a series by NBC and originally aired on September 11, 1988.