Young Guns

Name: Young Guns
Genre: Western, Crime, Action, Adventure
Released: 1988-08-12
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney

Six reasons why the west was wild.

Young Guns (1988)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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Video for the film Young Guns — Official 35th Anniversary Trailer

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Release date

1988-08-12

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Morgan Creek, Vestron Pictures

Genre

Western, Crime, Action, Adventure

Budget

$13 000 000

Box office

$45 661 556

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Director

Christopher Cain

Actors

Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Charlie Sheen, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko, Terence Stamp, Jack Palance, Terry O'Quinn, Sharon Thomas Cain
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

John Fusco

Producer

Joe Roth, Christopher Cain, James G. Robinson, John Fusco

Camera operator

Dean Semler

Composer

Anthony Marinelli

Artist

Jane Musky, Dennis Bradford

Audition

Penny Perry

Editing

Jack Hofstra
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Short description

A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they become the hunted.

What's left behind the scenes

The shootouts in the film were not staged. The actors were given a free hand to improvise.
They say Charlie Sheen couldn't ride a horse at all and fell off several times during filming. During the shooting of the shootout with Henry Hill, the actor's horse bolted, and he had no idea how to stop it.
In the scene where Doc writes a letter to the governor at Billy's request, Emilio Estevez wanted it to look as if he was making up the speech on the fly. However, if you look closely, you can see him periodically glancing in the direction where someone from the film crew was holding cards with words.
Charlie Baudry, played by Casey Semashko, actually existed and even survived the shootout at Alex's house. However, he dies in the film.
In one episode, Billy reads that he is left-handed and immediately states: “I’m not left-handed.” In numerous films, books, and newspaper articles, Billy the Kid (1859-1881) is mistakenly referred to as left-handed due to a surviving image from which such a conclusion could be drawn. The fact, however, is that the image in question used a tintype or ferrotype – an early photographic process using metal plates as photographic material, coated with dark varnish or light-sensitive collodion. The image in this process came out mirrored.
Ground beef was used as McCloskey's brain, as portrayed by Jeffrey Blake.
Fans of the film repeatedly asked the actors if they had actually taken mescaline. In reality, mushroom soup was passed off as mescaline.
Lou Diamond Phillips is afraid of heights. That's why, when filming him on a ten-meter cliff, the actor moved so slowly and carefully.
When the cars race through the Indian settlement, Doc, played by Kiefer Sutherland, is riding at the front with a bandana over his face. In reality, it wasn't Sutherland. That day, the actor received news that his child had been born and left before filming began.
In one episode, Billy reads that he is left-handed, and immediately declares: "I'm not left-handed." In numerous films, books, and newspaper articles, Billy the Kid (1859-1881) is mistakenly called left-handed due to a surviving image from which such a conclusion could be drawn. However, the fact is that the image in question used a tintype or ferrotype – an early photographic process using metal plates as photographic material, coated with dark varnish or light-sensitive collodion. The image in this process came out reversed.