Clay Pigeons [Blu-ray]

Director: David Dobkin David Dobkin

Overview

David Dobkin made his feature directorial debut with this comedy thriller about an ordinary guy mistakenly viewed as a serial killer by the FBI. In small-town Mercer, Montana (population 1,536), easy-going gas station attendant Clay Bidwell (Joaquin Phoenix) endures a comical nightmare that gets underway when Clay's best buddy Earl (Gregory Sporleder) learns Clay slept with Earl's wife Amanda (Georgina Cates). Earl commits suicide as a horrified Clay watches. Amanda would rather see Clay in prison than have the local gossipers chatting about their affair, so to cover-up, Clay puts Earl's body into a faked auto accident. Clay then finds comfort with waitress Gloria (Nikki Arlyn), but Amanda kills Gloria, leaving Clay to dispose of another body. At the local bar, Clay is befriended by trucker Lester Long (Vince Vaughn), and they go fishing, hooking a corpse. Lester asks Clay to tell the cops he found it alone. The next victim is Amanda, stabbed 40 times. Clay tries to explain what's going on to the law -- Sheriff Mooney (Scott Wilson) and FBI agents Dale Shelby (Janeane Garofalo) and Reynard (Phil Morris) -- but he becomes the main suspect and is arrested, while serial killer Lester is on the loose. Clay manages an escape from jail and goes in search of Lester. David Dobkin, a Ridley Scott prot?g?, is an award-winning director of music videos (including the Coolio clips that won MTV's "Best Dance Video of 1996") and commercials, many helmed under the auspices of Ridley and Tony Scott's production companies. Shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/27/2021
UPC:	0738329254063
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	15,821

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Vince Vaughn	Lester Long
Joaquin Phoenix	Clay Bidwell
Janeane Garofalo	Agent Dale Shelby
Scott Wilson	Sheriff Mooney
Georgina Cates	Amanda
Gregory Sporleder	Earl
Vince Vieluf	Deputy Barney
Wayne Brennan	Minister
Joseph D. Reitman	Glen
Nikki Arlyn	Gloria
Jeff Olson	Mark
Monica Moench	Kimberly
Kevin Rahm	Bystander at Amanda's
Jesse Bennett	Dr. Jaffe
Phil Morris	Agent Reynard
Zane Parker	Dr. Buckley
Ryan Mouritsen	Pizza Delivery Kid
Kari Peterson	Dolores
Duane Stephens	Bartender
Steve Anderson	Old Man Waiter
John Lurie	Composer

Technical Credits

Matt Healy

David Dobkin	Director
Edward Conna	Stunts
Guy East	Executive Producer
Risa Bramon Garcia	Casting
Randi Hiller	Casting
Ridley Scott	Producer,Executive Producer
Nigel Sinclair	Executive Producer
Ultimate Effects	Special Effects
David Wayne	Special Effects
Chris Zarpas	Producer
Matt Healy	Screenwriter
Robert Eber	Sound/Sound Designer