''Shooters'' is a drama documentary film, directed by Dan Reed for
Suspect Device Films. The film is set in
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
and used local criminals as actors depicting the lives of local '
gangster
A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Most gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from ''mob'' and the suffix '' -ster''. Gangs provide a level of organization and ...
s'.
Channel 4 film hires criminals
at BBC.co.uk, 3 November 2000 It is most notable for having been completely unscripted apart from a brief outline; each scene was improvised and ad-libbed
In music and other performing arts, the phrase (; from Latin for 'at one's pleasure' or 'as you desire'), often shortened to "ad lib" (as an adjective or adverb) or "ad-lib" (as a verb or noun), refers to various forms of improvisation.
The r ...
by the actors themselves.
''Shooters'' was first broadcast in December 2000 on Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned enterprise, state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a four ...
as part of its '' Cutting Edge'' series. The world-renowned Liverpool-born musician John Murphy co-wrote the score.
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2001 films
2000s crime drama films
British drama films
Films scored by John Murphy (composer)
Films set in Liverpool
2001 drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s British films
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