I Shot a Man in Vegas

I Shot a Man in Vegas is a 1995 crime thriller film written and directed by Keoni Waxman and starring John Stockwell and Janeane Garofalo. The film follows five friends dealing with a getaway after one of them guns down another and dumps the corpse into the trunk of a car.

I Shot a Man in Vegas
Directed by	Keoni Waxman
Written by	Keoni Waxman
Produced by	Alec Chorches Adam Gainsburg Molly M. Mayeux Scott Moore
Starring	John Stockwell Janeane Garofalo
Cinematography	Steven Finestone
Edited by	Ken Blackwell
Music by	Shark
Production company	Trans Atlantic Entertainment
Distributed by	Arrow Entertainment
Release dates	July 1995 (1995-07) (Mystfest) October 18, 1996 (1996-10-18) (United States)
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

On a night of youthful carousing in Las Vegas, a scuffle erupts between hustler Johnny and his friend Grant in an alley. Watching the fight are Gale, Grant's girlfriend, and Martin and Amy. The fight ends in a death. Unfortunately when the death occurred, Gale, Martin, and Amy each claim to have seen something different. After the incident, the survivors take off across the Nevada desert toward the California border and their different viewpoints on what happened are chronicled via flashback.

Cast

• John Stockwell as Grant
• Janeane Garofalo as Gale
• Brian Drillinger as Martin
• Noelle Lippman as Amy
• David Cubitt as Johnny
• Ele Keats as Chick
• Todd Cole as Nick
• Patrick J. Statham as Cop No. 1
• Ellen S. Statham as Cop No. 2 (as Ellen Statham)
• Tyler Patton as Cop No. 3
• Shark as The All Nighter (voice)
• Wendy Gardner as Lorna Love (voice)
• Craig Wasson as Radio Caller (voice)

Soundtrack

The film's score was composed by Wild Colonials guitarist, Shark.

The score piece "Route 15 4:30AM" from the film appeared on the Wild Colonials film music compilation, Reel Life, Vol. 1.

Critical reception

In his review, film critic Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times praised the film, writing "...this taut psychological drama packs one surprise after another. Storytelling with a camera seems to come naturally for Waxman, who matches an easy visual flair with an equally effective way with actors and dialogue... Waxman has chosen well his cameraman Steven Finestone, endlessly resourceful and dynamic yet fluid, and his composer Shark, whose spare, mood-setting score is superior to many in far more expensive movies."

External links

• I Shot a Man in Vegas at the Internet Movie Database
• I Shot a Man in Vegas at AllMovie