Young Guns

Six reasons why the west was wild.
Young Guns (1988)
Timing: 1:47 (107 min)
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Budget
$13 000 000
Box office
$45 661 556
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Director
Scenario
Producer
Joe Roth, Christopher Cain, James G. Robinson, John Fusco
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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

  • Charlie Baudry, played by Casey Semashko, actually existed and even survived the shootout at Alex's house. In the film, however, he dies.
  • The shootouts in the film were not staged. The actors were given a free hand to improvise.
  • It is claimed that Charlie Sheen didn't know how to ride a horse at all and fell off several times during filming. During the shootout scene with Henry Hill, the actor's horse bolted, and he had no idea how to stop it.
  • 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.
  • Lou Diamond Phillips is afraid of heights. That is why the actor moved so slowly and cautiously when being filmed on a ten-meter cliff.
  • 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.
  • Hamburger meat was used to represent the brain of McCloskey, played by Jeffrey Blake.
  • 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.
  • When the gunslingers ride through the Indian settlement, Doc, played by Kiefer Sutherland, leads the way with a bandana over his face. In reality, it wasn't Sutherland. On that day, the actor received news that his child had been born and left before filming began.
  • Ground beef was used as McCloskey's brain, as portrayed by Jeffrey Blake.
  • In the scene where Doc writes a letter to the governor at Billy's request, Emilio Estevez wanted it to look as if he were making up the speech on the fly. However, if you look closer, you can see him periodically glancing in the direction where someone from the crew was holding cue cards.
  • 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.

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