Shoot Out (1998 film)
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{{Infobox film
| director = Félix Sabroso{{-}}Dunia Ayaso
| writer = {{ubl|Félix Sabroso|Dunia Ayaso}}
| native_name = {{infobox name module|es|El grito en el cielo|nolink=yes}}
| producer = César Benítez
| starring = {{ubl|María Conchita Alonso|Loles León|María Pujalte|Daniel Guzmán|Pepón Nieto|María Adánez|Carmen Balagué|Gracia Olayo|Mariola Fuentes|Malena Gutiérrez|Antonia San Juan|Ángel Burgos|Javivi|Miguel Ángel Tobías|Ana Torrent|Tito Valverde}}
| cinematography = Hans Burmann
| editing = Miguel Ángel Santamaría
| music = Manuel Villalta
| studio = {{ubl|Cristal PC|Sogetel}}
| distributor = Columbia TriStar Films de España
| released = {{Film date|1998|04|24|df=yes}}
| country = Spain
| language = Spanish
}}
Shoot Out ({{langx|es|El grito en el cielo|links=no}}) is a 1998 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Félix Sabroso and Dunia Ayaso starring María Conchita Alonso.
Plot
Television host and diva Miranda Vega experiences a mental breakdown as a television executive tweaks her show introducing no-name freaks in the studio amid dwindling audience ratings, her husband's cheating, and the maneouvres of her nemesis, Lesbian actress Marta Peña.{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=280}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- María Conchita Alonso as Miranda Vega{{Cite book|title=Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático|first=Francisco María|last=Benavent|year=2000|isbn=84-271-2326-4|location=Bilbao|publisher=Ediciones Mensajero|page=280}}
- Loles León as Marta Peña{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=280}}
- María Pujalte as Rita{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=280}}
- Ana Torrent as Yoli
- Daniel Guzmán as Salva{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=280}}
- Pepón Nieto as Paco{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=280}}
- María Adánez as Chus{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=280}}
- Carmen Balagué as Merche{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=280}}
- Malena Gutiérrez as Soraya
- Tito Valverde{{Cite web|website=rtve.es|url=https://www.rtve.es/television/20230804/grito-cielo-pelicula-argumento-curiosidades/2453216.shtml|title= 'El grito en el cielo', curiosidades: Quién es la peculiar protagonista, de qué va la película|date=4 August 2023}}
- Javivi
- {{ill|Miguel Ángel Tobías|es}} as Íñigo{{Cite web|website=Fotogramas|title=El grito en el cielo|date=29 May 1998|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a7176/el-grito-en-el-cielo/}}
- Mariola Fuentes
- Antonia San Juan
}}
Production
The film was produced by Cristal PC and Sogetel and it had the association of Canal+ and Sogepaq. It boasted a 300 million budget.{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/04/22/cultura/893196012_850215.html|website=El País|first=Elsa|last=Fernández-Santos|date=22 April 1998|title=Félix Sabroso y Dunia Ayaso estrenan una comedia inspirada en la televisión de Rafaela Carrà}}
Release
Distributed by Columbia TriStar, Shoot Out was released theatrically in Spain on 24 April 1998.{{Sfn|Benavent|2000|p=280}}
Reception
Augusto Martínez Torres of El País lamented that the film "is as cliché, unfunny and boring" as the show it attempts to parody.{{Cite web|website=El País|first=Augusto|last=Martínez Torres|title="Cinebasura" contra "telebasura"|date=2 May 1998|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1998/05/02/cultura/894060011_850215.html}}
Jonathan Holland of Variety described the film as a "high-camp, low-interest and phenomenally unsubtle take on the mores of contemporary TV".{{Cite web|website=Variety|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|title=Shoot Out|date=27 July 1998|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/reviews/shout-out-1200454285/}}