''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

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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 {{2000s-crime-drama-film-stub