
True Grit(2010)
Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with 'true grit'—Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn.


“Two families. One feud. No going back.”
Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.

Michael Shannon
Son Hayes
Douglas Ligon
Boy Hayes

Barlow Jacobs
Kid Hayes

Michael Abbott Jr.
Cleaman Hayes
Travis Smith
Mark Hayes
Lynnsee Provence
Stephen Hayes
David Rhodes
John Hayes
Glenda Pannell
Annie Hayes
G. Alan Wilkins
Shampoo

Natalie Canerday
Nicole
Shotgun Stories is a drama, thriller film released in 2007 exploring themes of sibling relationship, loss of loved one, arkansas. Directed by Jeff Nichols, it stars Michael Shannon, Douglas Ligon, Barlow Jacobs. Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas, these brothers discover the lengths to which each will go to protect their family.
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