GUN: THE SHOT {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The premiere of this anthology series that traces the intricate path of a handgun as it changes hands and alters various lives. As the program begins, Jack Booth recklessly fires bullets into the family television with his new gun and, having enraged his wife, he pawns the firearm. The pistol then crosses paths with Harvey Hochfelder, an out-of-work actor who is moving away from Los Angeles with his wife and son. At a convenience store on their way out of town, the impatient actor throws a hysterical fit about the slow-moving checkout line -- and at the same time, a criminal enters and holds up the store with the recently pawned pistol. Exasperated, Harvey shrieks at the panicked robber, who flees in the family car with their young son. Harvey grabs the gun and apprehends the robber, causing a media frenzy to descend upon the newly crowned hero and his family. Talk-show appearances spark the actor's sagging career, but after identifying the robber in a lineup, Harvey fears he may not live to enjoy his rewards and acquires the "lucky" gun from the robbery. When a studio negotiates rights for a television movie, the actor demands that he play himself in the starring role. The sexual advances of Kathy Ireland, who is slated to play his wife, distract him from a sinister phone call -- until two hoodlums apprehend him. Persuading them to consider an alternative to murder, Harvey forges a dangerous contract with them. And his wife, Dora, grows jealous of Kathy Ireland and demands a divorce unless he quits the television movie. The filming of the convenience store shoot-out has scarcely begun when it comes to an abrupt and unexpected halt. Includes previews for upcoming installments of "Gun." Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: April 12, 1997 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:15
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:48665
- GENRE: Drama, action/adventure
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, action/adventure; Firearms; Crime and criminals
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1997
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Con Air" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - 3 Musketeers candy bar
- TV - Commercials - Burger King fast food
- TV - Commercials - Colgate Whitening toothpaste
- TV - Commercials - Cool Mint Listerine tartar control toothpaste
- TV - Commercials - I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spread
- TV - Commercials - Lever 2000 soap
- TV - Commercials - Little Caesars pizza
- TV - Commercials - Maybelline Express Finish fast-dry nail enamel
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's fast food
- TV - Commercials - Milk
- TV - Commercials - Payless shoe stores
- TV - Commercials - Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil
- TV - Commercials - Salon Selectives hair products
- TV - Commercials - Saturn automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Sears department stores
- TV - Commercials - Sprint long-distance service
- TV - Commercials - Sudafed nasal decongestant
- TV - Commercials - Trident sugarless gum
- TV - PSA - Adult Literacy by the Education Excellence Partnership
- TV - Promos - "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea"
- TV - Promos - "20/20"
- TV - Promos - "1997 Brit Awards"
- TV - Promos - "Forrest Gump"
- TV - Promos - "Home Improvement"
- TV - Promos - "Mother Knows Best"
- TV - Promos - "NYPD Blue"
- TV - Promos - "PrimeTime Live"
- TV - Promos - "Reality Bites" (feature film on television)
- TV - Promos - "Relativity"
- TV - Promos - "Soul Man"
- TV - Promos - "Spin City"
- TV - Promos - "The Shining"
CREDITS
- Robert Altman … Executive Producer
- Rob Dwek … Executive Producer
- Donald Kushner … Executive Producer
- Peter Locke … Executive Producer
- James Sadwith … Executive Producer, Created by, Writer
- Peter Bogart … Producer
- Steve Turner … Associate Producer
- James Foley … Director
- Lee Curreri … Music by
- John Lennon … Theme Music by, Words and lyrics by, "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"
- Paul McCartney … Theme Music by, Words and lyrics by, "Happiness Is a Warm Gun"
- U2 … Music Group, Theme music performed by
- Daniel Stern … Cast, Harvey Hochfelder
- Kathy Baker … Cast, Dora Hochfelder
- Kathy Ireland … Cast, herself
- Ed Begley … Cast, the Director
- Eddie Velez … Cast, Detective Jimenez
- Tom Verica … Cast, the Agent
- Clayton Landey … Cast, the Producer
- Tim deZara … Cast, the Gunseller
- Erick Avari … Cast, the Proprietor
- Santos Morales … Cast, the Hotel Manager
- Clint Howard … Cast, the Homeless Man
- Zachary McLemore … Cast, Buck
- John Asher … Cast, the Video Rat
- Price Carson … Cast, Jack Booth
- Suzanne Krull … Cast, Mrs. Boothe
- Lawrence LeJohn … Cast, Detective Becker
- Andrew Shaifer … Cast, the Clapper Boy
- Kathleen Sullivan … Cast, herself