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Sure Fire

Original title: Sure Fire
Year: 1990
Running time: 83 min.
Country: United States
Director: Jon Jost
Screenwriter: Jon Jost
Cast: Tom Blair, Kristi Hager, Robert Ernst, Kate Dezina, Phillip R. Brown, Dennis Brown, Richard L. Blackwell, Haley Westwood, Kaye Evans
Music: Erling Wold
Cinematography: Jon Jost
Producer: Complex
Genre: Drama | Independent Film (US)
Synopsis: Like Last Chants for a Slow Dance, Jon Jost's Sure Fire features Tom Blair in a dark, tragic character study. Blair plays Wes, a small-time real estate tycoon with big plans to lure urban Californians to his rural Utah town with the promise of cheap vacation homes. Wes applies his scheming business sense to every part of his life, from deciding on a gift for his wife to paying off his friend Larry's (Robert Ernst) debts to keep him under his thumb. The film culminates during a hunting trip, when Wes' troubled relationship with his teenage son, Phillip (Phillip R. Brown), leads to a shocking end.

Awards: 1991: Berlin Film Festival: Caligari Film Award

1991: Sundance Film Festival: Nominated for Grand Jury Prize

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Sure Fire

1990

Jon Jost