1998 Spanish film
| Shoot Out | |
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| Spanish | El grito en el cielo |
| Directed by | Félix SabrosoDunia Ayaso |
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| Produced by | César Benítez |
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| Cinematography | Hans Burmann |
| Edited by | Miguel Ángel Santamaría |
| Music by | Manuel Villalta |
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| Distributed by | Columbia TriStar Films de España |
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| Country | Spain |
| Language | Spanish |
Shoot Out (Spanish: El grito en el cielo) is a 1998 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso starring María Conchita Alonso.
Plot
Television host and diva Miranda Vega experiences a mental breakdown as a television executive tweaks her show introducing no-name freaks in the studio amid dwindling audience ratings, her husband's cheating, and the maneouvres of her nemesis, Lesbian actress Marta Peña.
Cast
- María Conchita Alonso as Miranda Vega
- Loles León as Marta Peña
- María Pujalte as Rita
- Ana Torrent as Yoli
- Daniel Guzmán as Salva
- Pepón Nieto as Paco
- María Adánez as Chus
- Carmen Balagué as Merche
- Malena Gutiérrez as Soraya
- Tito Valverde
- Javivi
- Miguel Ángel Tobías [es] as Íñigo
- Mariola Fuentes
- Antonia San Juan
Production
The film was produced by Cristal PC and Sogetel and it had the association of Canal+ and Sogepaq. It boasted a 300 million budget.
Release
Distributed by Columbia TriStar, Shoot Out was released theatrically in Spain on 24 April 1998.
Reception
Augusto Martínez Torres of El País lamented that the film "is as cliché, unfunny and boring" as the show it attempts to parody.
Jonathan Holland of Variety described the film as a "high-camp, low-interest and phenomenally unsubtle take on the mores of contemporary TV".
See also
References
- ^ "El grito en el cielo". Fotogramas. 29 May 1998.
- ^ Benavent 2000, p. 280.
- ^ Holland, Jonathan (27 July 1998). "Shoot Out". Variety.
- Benavent, Francisco María (2000). Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático. Bilbao: Ediciones Mensajero. p. 280. ISBN 84-271-2326-4.
- ^ "'El grito en el cielo', curiosidades: Quién es la peculiar protagonista, de qué va la película". rtve.es. 4 August 2023.
- Fernández-Santos, Elsa (22 April 1998). "Félix Sabroso y Dunia Ayaso estrenan una comedia inspirada en la televisión de Rafaela Carrà". El País.
- Martínez Torres, Augusto (2 May 1998). ""Cinebasura" contra "telebasura"". El País.