Shotgun Stories is a 2007 drama film about a feud between two sets of half-brothers following the death of their father in rural Arkansas. The film was written and directed by Jeff Nichols, and stars Michael Shannon, Barlow Jacobs, and Glenda Pannell. Son Hayes wakes up and gets dressed, revealing that he has scars from a shotgun blast on his back. He meets his younger brothers, Boy and Kid , who live in a tent and a van respectively, saying that his wife Annie has left him over his gambling habit and inviting them to live in his house. Son and Kid earn meager livings at a fish farm, where... workers take bets on how Son received his scars; Boy is an unsuccessful basketball coach at the local middle school. One night, while Son is researching his gambling system, the boys' estranged mother arrives to announce that their estranged father has just died. The brothers crash the funeral, where their father's second family is mourning.
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| Release date: | March 26, 2008 |
| Directed by: | Jeff Nichols |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 92 Minutes |
| Producer: | David Gordon Green |
| Screenplay by: | Jeff Nichols |
| Genre: | Thriller |