Shooter (1988 film)

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Shooter
Genre	Action Drama
Written by	David Hume Kennerly Steve Kline
Directed by	Gary Nelson
Starring	Jeffrey Nordling Noble Willingham Kario Salem Helen Hunt
Music by	Paul Chihara
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Gary David Goldberg
Producers	Barry M. Berg David Hume Kennerly
Cinematography	Gayne Rescher
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Paramount Television Ubu Productions
Distributor	NBC
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	September 11, 1988 (1988-09-11)

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 resident 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.^[1]

Summary[]

The film followed the adventures in Vietnam of a fictional photo journalist named Matt Thompson, played by Jeffrey Nordling in his debut role.

It was made shortly after Good Morning Vietnam had been a success in theaters, and it borrowed two actors from the Good Morning Vietnam cast, Noble Willingham and Cu Ba Nguyen, as well as having a similar free-spirited protagonist who is constantly clashing with his superiors.

The television pilot was filmed on location in Thailand. David Hume Kennerly served as executive producer and writer. Gary Nelson directed the film.

Cast[]

• Jeffrey Nordling as Matt Thompson / Grunwald
• Noble Willingham as Rizzo
• Kario Salem as Rene
• Helen Hunt as Tracey
• Alan Ruck as Stork O'Connor
• Jerry Alan Chandler as Klaus
• Carol Huston as Cat
• Rosalind Chao as Lan
• Nick Cassavetes as Tex
• Grace Zabriskie as Sister Marie
• Adrian Paul as Ian
• Louis Roth as Garth Andrews
• Steven Ford as Capt. Walker

Awards[]

Shooter won an Emmy for cinematography.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Shooter at IMDb

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