| Handgun | |
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| Directed by | Tony Garnett |
| Written by | Tony Garnett |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Mike Post |
Production company | Kestrel Films |
| Distributed by | EMI Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Handgun (also known as Deep in the Heart) is a 1983 American vigilante film starring Karen Young, Clayton Day, and Suzie Humphreys. It was written and directed by Tony Garnett.
Shortly after moving to Dallas, a young woman is raped at gunpoint. Her anger drives her to seek revenge, and she becomes a hunter on a mission. [1]
Garnett had recently moved to the United States from the UK and wanted to make a film about gun violence there. He got a development deal from The Ladd Company, then went to Dallas to research and write the film. He succeeded in raising the $3 million budget from EMI Films. [2] [3] Garnett found Karen Young in New York City, and the actors who played her parents in Boston. The rest of the cast were from Dallas. He used techniques he had developed in British drama, rehearsing and improvising with the actors for several months. [2] "I didn't come here to make pat judgements about American culture," said Garnett. "I came to try to understand." [4] Filming took place in the summer of 1981 in Dallas. [5]
Garnett said EMI were "hands off" until the final edit, but that changed once they saw the film. "The problem was that I had made a slow, thoughtful, and I hope considered character study, and they were expecting a commercial hit—an action movie with some sexy rape scenes. I hadn’t delivered. Some of the distributors were disappointed as they considered the rape scenes a turn off and not sexy! I had to cut elements from the film that I now regret." [2]
Garnett sold the film to Warner Bros, which he later said he regretted. "They were producing a Clint Eastwood rape and revenge film. They didn’t want the competition so they bought mine, sat on it, and opened it in a few theatres before pulling the film. It was a failure." [2]
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