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Six Shooter (film)

Six Shooter
Six Shooter FilmPoster.jpeg
Directed by Martin McDonagh
Written by Martin McDonagh
Starring Brendan Gleeson
Rúaidhrí Conroy
Cinematography Baz Irvine
Edited by Nicolas Gaster
Release date
  • 14 October 2004 (2004-10-14) (Cork International Film Festival)
Running time
27 minutes
Country Ireland / United Kingdom
Language English

Six Shooter is an Irish / British 2004 live action short film starring Brendan Gleeson and Rúaidhrí Conroy. The film earned several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.

As the movie opens, a doctor informs Donnelly (Gleeson) that his wife died at 3 o'clock in the morning. He brings the man to his wife's bedside to say his last goodbye, excusing himself as he's unusually busy: there'd been two cot deaths, and a woman shot so brutally by her son "she had no head left on her". Donnelly spends a few last moments talking awkwardly to his wife and brings her a photo of 'David', their pet rabbit.

Donnelly goes home on the train. He sits opposite a chain-smoking kid (Conroy), who reveals himself to be a manic foul-mouth. In his forlorn state, Donnelly tolerates the kid, allowing himself to be engaged in some inane conversations. Less accepting of the kid's abrasive manners are a couple sitting across the aisle. After some animated exchanges, the kid leaves to get something from the buffet cart. At this time, Donnelly inquires, and finds out that the couple had just lost their son from a cot death.

The kid comes back after the couple had left their seats. Donnelly tells the kid of the baby's death. The kid seems surprised, and immediately asks, "Did they kill 'it'?". When Donnelly explains that it was 'cot death', the kid asserts that they must have "banged it on something". Upon the couple's return, things heat up again. The two almost come to blows, but Donnelly steps in.

Donnelly goes to the buffet cart to get a drink. The man comes out to get tea and engages Donnelly in a brief conversation. With her husband gone, the woman is left alone with the kid, who quickly moves over to harass her as she clutches a picture of her dead baby. He accuses her of "bang[ing] it on something", because the baby was "ugly". Aghast, the woman steps on the table to get away from him, only to trip, fall, and tear the photo. Moments later, the kid, back in his own seat, is startled by a thump at the window; the woman had thrown herself out of the train. He goes to investigate, to find an open gate, and the torn picture of the baby on the floor.

Donnelly and the husband come back. The kid nonchalantly informs the husband that his wife has jumped off the train, and is "dripping down the half of it". The man takes this as a joke, and sets out to look for her. When Donnelly turns to see the blood on the window, he pulls the emergency stop. The police arrive and the man learns of his wife's suicide. Donnelly and the kid are questioned by a policeman, who asks the kid: "Do I know you from somewhere?". As the train departs, the policeman sees the kid wildly waving goodbye, and realises that the kid is someone they want. He orders the train stopped, "and tell the boys to get the guns out".


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