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How many shots were fired?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:35 pm
by LemmyCaution6
I was given a tough mission to try to notice how many shots were fired in this movie. I own the Director's Cut DVD, no others.
Compared to others, it's really impossible because of the machine guns, BR is one of few films that has very few shots and that's why I don't see this film as an actionmovie, which some "naysayers" do.

In the Director's Cut I noticed:
12 gunshots were fired.
13 gunshots were heard (if you count the one gunshot echoed outside the spinner/car in the tunnel)

... but here I'm little confused

When Leon Kowalski killed Holden he fired, I think, 3 or 2 shots. It was hard to notice among the noice which went like an echo, but I clearly heard 2 shots: one under the table and one sending Holden away, but somewhere in between I don't know if there was a third shot. If there were 3 shots in the opening scene then I could write
13 shots were fired.
14 shots were heard in the Director's Cut (if you count the one gunshot echoed outside the spinner/car in the tunnel)

Leon Kowalski kills Holden with 3 or 2 shots, not sure about this
Zhora was killed by 4 shots
Leon was killed by 1 shot, by Rachael
Pris needed 2 bullets
3 shots I could hear in the Bradbury Building. Roy gave Rick an experience to live in fear before time came before him.

Not sure about these at all, I might missed some. Help me with this please.

Thx

PostPosted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:59 am
by BR796164
Whoa, now this is interesting... 8)

PostPosted: Thu Mar 16, 2006 12:14 pm
by endzem
I agree that Leon fired only 2 shots at Holden.

In the unrated version with just a couple minutes of extra violent footage, I believe Pris is shot one extra time. This is one of the scenes with a few extra seconds showing Pris jumping up and down and Deckard shoots her a total of 3 times.

PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:03 pm
by BR12819
2 for holden
1 for leon
1 for roy
3 for pris
4 for zora

PostPosted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:06 pm
by THX1138
Ah, the gift of being able to count is one many people take for granted. I havent given this topic much thought, I'll have to check it out tonight.

PostPosted: Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:10 am
by The Abyss Gazes Also
Deckard shot at Batty twice: the first shot was a clean miss and the second shot grazed Batty's ear.

PostPosted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:30 am
by BR12819
damnation

you're right