| Shooters | |
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| Directed by | Dan Reed |
| Written by | Dan Reed |
| Produced by | Dan Reed Ceri Barnes |
| Starring | Paul Attah Ali Awad Desmond Bayliss |
| Cinematography | Jacek Petrycki |
| Edited by | Stefan Ronowicz |
| Music by | Daniel L. Griffiths John Murphy |
| Distributed by | 101 Films |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Shooters is a 2001 crime film directed by Dan Reed for Suspect Device Films. It stars Desmond Bayliss as "Dezzie", [1] and is set in Liverpool and used local criminals as actors depicting the lives of local 'gangsters. [2] It is most notable for having been completely unscripted apart from a brief outline; each scene was improvised and ad-libbed by the actors themselves.
Shooters was first broadcast in December 2000 on Channel 4 as part of its Cutting Edge series. The Liverpool-born musician John Murphy co-wrote the score.
The Plot follows local liverpool gangsters, most notably “big john” and “dezzy” as they navigate the local drug trade.
Family, financial and social aspects are all portrayed.