The Gunfighter | A Short Film by Eric Kissack (narrated by Nick Offerman)
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- In a small town in the old west, a lone and weary gunfighter enters a saloon. As he walks through the room surrounded by the people of the town, a voice begins narrating the scene, telling us exactly who this gunfighter is. But unlike every classic western to use the
narrator trope, the characters in this film can hear the voice.
This omniscient narrator quickly begins divulging the deepest, darkest secrets of the people in the saloon. He exposes infidelity, homosexuality, prejudice and even a bit of bestiality. As the story unfolds it becomes evident that the voice is a bloodthirsty bastard that wants nothing more than to see the people of the town kill each other in a needless gunfight.
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The Gunfighter won the following Awards:
Los Angeles Film Festival - WINNER - Audience Award, Best Short
Palm Springs Short Film Festival - Best of Fest Selection
LA Shorts - WINNER - Best Comedy Short
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The Gunfighter has been shown on following festivals:
Cleveland International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
Traverse City Film Festival
Woods Hole Film Festival
Sidewalk Film Festival
Hell’s Half Mile Film Festival
South Dakota Film Festival
Napa Valley Film Festival
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Director: Eric Kissack
Screenplay: Kevin Tenglin
Producer: Sarah Platt
Music: Paul Thomson - Krátké a kreslené filmy
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“You know what, I see - where you’re going with this; and I’m just gonna retract my disgust right now.”
I fuckin died at that part.
But ya still wanted to know...lol
lol again
😂🤣🤣🤣
You know we're good here we're good
Hahaha lol yes :-))
- Or a woman...
- Let's not get carried away
I was in tears. Sally's reaction was priceless lol
I forgot the technical name of it but this is a strategy used in theatres and the cinema. You portray an ideology in a foreign setting, so that people can judge that ideology objectively.
Because, if you portray it in a relatable setting, people can take it personally and their judgement will be biased.
I like this one better than the typical hollywood movie, where they think simply casting women or colored people as the pratogonist will make a change.
@@ibrahimkayikci2146 '...Or colored people...' Welp my time machine worked but it seemed to bring me only a few decades back.
I mean I agree with your point but yikes.
@@seajay632 "Colored people" - bad, racist, old-fashioned
"People of color" = good, definitely not racist, progressive
Leftist vapidity never ceases to bewilder me lol
@@smeksii_yozhik soft vocabulary
@@AdoptedPoo Indeed; a certified George Carlin moment
i watch this about four times a year; its an absolute masterpiece.
every actor was perfect and nick offerman's delivery is spectacular.
Yes, me too. About 4 times a year and I've made many other people watch it as well.
i do the same
Me three!
An awesome ballet of humour!!!
A measly four times a year?! Bloody rookies.
😂👏🏻🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Seven years later and this is still gold!
Who are all those professionals who spent amazing amount of time, effort, talent and money on this GLORIOUS piece of ART?
It literally shows who made it right after it ends. It's called " end credits "
Real men
@@BMWS1000RRR I bet if someone was watching this on a phone , they wouldn't be able to see them.
@@Ang3la990s well lets not get carried away...
@@illbebad Kinda like the bear......
I'd make a comment, but the narrator already knows what it would be. Great job.
You should write. You what to look for when you watch shows!
said frogisme not knowing that...
That's right he knows more than you lol
Fr
frogisme , nice one buddy!!
I come back to this every couple months and it only gets better. This film is genuinely crafted to perfection and everyone involved has done an absolutely outstanding job. The fact it "only" has ~4 million views is a complete travesty. This should have 100+ million views.
Aggree with you, this is hands down best short film i have ever saw. I also return time to time watch this.
I’ve had this movie in my “watch later” list for a couple years. Just didn’t get to it till today.
Why did I wait so long?
Absolutely fantastic!!
There was a bear behind you.
@@DrForrester87
...lied JDH87.
In truth it took him so long because he had a tea party with his dolls.
@@Phoenix_cataclysm_in_2040 "He ain't got no dolls". LOL
This is the funniest short-film I have ever seen in my life.
TRUE BRO LMAO
Me too!!! 😂😂😂
One of the funniest anythings i have ever seen.
samee :)
I concur,
Who ever wrote this, is a genius.
Said Mark Tucker, however....
Whoever wrote this is a predictable turd. It might have been funny forty years ago. But now it is just more entertainment group think bullshit. Now if they were brave to go on the other side and deconstruct politically correct tropes, I would be impressed. As is, its just one more lame attempt at making manliness seem out dated. Its not.
@@mariasmith2198 Said the angry feminist who cooks dinner for her husband who she nicked from her comrade, after a get together 2 years ago, but having an affair and lied before she married him.
Maria Smith
Yea but it’s still funny and has a lot of dark humour which isn’t exactly predictable. And why the hell would they go on the political side of things? This is a comedy and that’s such an obvious reason so I don’t get why ur disappointed at that.
@@mariasmith2198 Damn! If you only focus on the movies 3 or 4 jabs at social stigmas, maybe it's predictable and redundant, but you're blurring 99% of the movie because of your political stance.
This is the greatest short film I’ve ever seen, and I’m not just saying that. I was giddy the entire time. Perfect set up, perfect comedic delivery, perfect acting, excellent cinematography. The whole shebang. This belongs in an Oscar lineup
Slow down! You are giving an Oscar style kiss my ass speech!
1:23 "No, im asking you, you fcking .... voice ?!" a golden line 😂
Possibly, the most enjoyable 8 minutes I've watched in recent and distant memory. Thanks for that.
Yep
I absolutely agree with that
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watch the son
You mightn't believe it but this played in the middle of SesameStreet in NewZealand in nineteen ninety two.
Emilio D'alise yr
The comedic timing before the last 'but he was' was perfection.
“Well let’s not get carried away” that line had me dead
"Smells like the ass end of a China man" got me..lol
the dialogues, the music, the cinematography and the story all just deserve much respect
I want to watch a full length feature film in this format, it would be up there with Blazing Saddles.
Please make it happen.
BETTER than....
Exactly, full feature..
@@rickdeuel2652 Lets not get carried away now...
Yes
@@richardmason902 Full length would not work for me with this, just s series of short random stories
Extraordinary footage, scenario, sound, camera, montage... every character is perfect! Wow. Just wow, guys!
...said the oldest Henderson boy ))
and acting, and costumes, and characterisation....
"Implored Tommy.............................The oldest Henderson Boy." Superb line if ever there was one.
I don't know any of the 2000 odd people who gave this gave this a thumbs down, but I'm sure not one of them is worth knowing.
gave a thumbs down? this is the kind of thing I hate about Republicans.
That has zilch to do with politics
@@BlackCat-dm5yg some people can't distinguish reality (or humor) from their prejudices... folks like doomsday people only see a nail and are only looking for a hammer even when the nail has them on a cross or in a coffin. Dassad
@@lorenkittel9459 You probably scratch your front porch a lot.
Honestly i would have given it a thumbs down if nobody got shot@lorenkittel9459
After all these years of re-watching this work of genius, I can only say, the best short film ever, in all aspects. Masterpiece.
"Ya know what.....I see where you're going with this.....and I'm just gonna retract my disgust right now....if that's possible"
LMAO Best Line!!!
it really is though
....n just mooooove oooon....!
OMG, I laughed so hard!
It was followed by: "Let's just mooooooove on.", also very funny.
Martha? Not Martha!
Especially with his delivery. 🤣
This is likely the BEST western movie ever made, and it's 8 minutes long. Eric Kissack is a genius
I love it too, but the BEST western movie? Like, we just going to forget True Grit, both the original and the Coen Brother remake, A Fistful of Dollars, The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, or My Name is Nobody, Django Unchained, Once Upon A Time in The West, etc.?
A Million Ways to Die in the West is the best Western movie ever made. Fight me!
@@into.the.wood.chipper. i will admit its a fun movie. But idk man westerns use to be really popular and they have a few bangers.
@@jacobburch7555 Being popular doesn't equal being good, you've implied that because you think they aren't popular anymore perhaps they aren't good.
He sure Kickasses ! ;o)
Who dreamed up this?! OMG! Perfectly executed.
I am so glad my memory is shit so i can re-enjoy this comedic masterpiece.
This incomparable gem should be on the agenda of every film class. Setting, costumes, acting, dialogue--hit the mark every time. Oscar worthy in every respect!
This is GOLD! If a whole movie was like this, It would be amazingly fun.
"Stranger than Fiction" is the closest movie I can think of....
@@joketube79 8 minutes & 39 seconds is all it needed, where else could you go? The itchy whore was killed by the wolf the next day, she said, "Well F**k Me" LMAO
The ballad of Buster Scruggs is pretty close.
Whats odd is i have been watching this and showing other people this mini-movie for years, and never realized is was Nick Offerman narrating. But once it was pointed out, i was "yeah! That's why that was so familiar."
I shot an event a couple of years ago where they had a whole hour long play that largely used the narrator trope and it turned out pretty amazingly
I just discovered this jewel, and I laughed my ass out the entire time. Shame no long film is even remotely as entertaining as this short, that's a masterpiece of humour
I’ve lost count on how many times I’ve watched this. No it word for word. 🇦🇺🤠👍
same here
“Or a woman!”
“Let’s not get carried away”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 😂
She's dead in a day, so it really doesn't mater.
@@geraldfrost4710 so she got carried away after all
rich and poor, that is what matters to the rich to divide us, they get sex and race to divide us so they can take power.
Never has 8 minutes felt shorter in my lifetime, thank you, i needed this
Joshua Situ or longer
I remembered this exists again. Such a good film, never fails to lift my spirits. The team behind it are geniuses.
Every half a year or so I find a snippet of this wonderful short film and I end up here giving it a rewatch to lighten my day.
"...And Elijah Jessup's sister."
"Welp, time for him to die"
Honestly that scene was golden.
I'm okey if you slept with any women except my sister.
Shoulda ended with “little did she know she was going to be mauled do death by a bear that was standing right behind her” 😂
Tommy would have warned her, if he wasn't dead already.
yeah that would have been much better
I actually remembered like that...
man. That wouldve been perfect
I was expecting that
I keep coming back to this: great acting and directing. Hats off!
I watched this when it was first uploaded, it has been a long time and it is still as good as I remembered it to be!
this is better than the million dollar budget films Hollywood has produced
On point!
Somehow the funniest thing ever!!
It's the difference between beating someone with a hammer and a pillow. By pairing the story down to the action it's getting to the point without the pillow. The intro was three seconds to walk into the bar; no wasted time.
Jay
Man you have got that right.
Definitely better than whatever drivel Marvel keeps churning out nowadays.
"..and the bestiality should probably stop." - probably the greatest line in any show ever.
Probably the ONLY time as a line in any movie ever!
"Probably"
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Beastiality*
"And I might be gay."
I've watched this about 10 times and just heard that line.
Eight minutes of pure entertainment, kept me focus and I enjoyed every second of it.
That is not a short film, it is a master piece! Think about how f****g hard it is, to tell such a komplex story on an easy and funny way in 8 minutes!!! Awesome actors, great humor and well done filming!
Thanks for sharing!
Wtf how can anyone not like this, let alone 1300 people. I’ve seen this at least 5 times and it never fails to make me laugh. The direction, the acting and the timing of the jokes are on point.
Right! I seem to rewatch it every couple of months. 😂
Those people who dislike this video have had their own personal encounter with the narrator at one point in their life.
Ahhhh, back in the day when they showed the number of dislikes...oh the memories :)
While the sketch is funny, if you are not keen on below-the-belt-humor I can see why you wouldn't like it.
Every line that the voice speaks draws the viewers of this western saga deeper into the narrative.
As the story deepens and the characters unfold, the viewers chuckle and smile, knowing that they will be helplessly enthralled by the end...
And the glowing arrows of their technological pointing devices will click the glowing blue 0:00 on their screens, just so that they can relive the humor and compelling western drama once more!
how does he know this
bet your the life and soul of the party
It's an AMAZING piece!!
Well .let's not get carried away 😅
Hysterical!!!
Absolutely Stellar performance by all! The Narrator was superb! Highest kudos for writing and directing!
True professionals all!
This should be the standard for a new genre of Westerns and other Dark Comedy movies!
Please! Do more of these with different story lines!!! Like maybe something in a 1930s / 40s film noir, the 50s and America's new lifestyle and 50s comedy era ; ala Leave it to Beaver, Dennis the Menace....
The Donna Reed Show..... Please consider it!!!! 👍✌️😊
7:40 I just noticed as soon as this poor guy gets shot in the back, he still tries to keep his hat on his head LOL
I love this short film, and the "Awesome Ballet of Death"
I've seen this a gazillion times, and I still love it. Everything about it is perfect. Congratulations to the pre-production, production, and post-production team members. Time for a feature film!!!
I swear - we need an app that says everything in the voice of Nick Offerman...
Wonder if does custom voicemail greetings, for a fee...??
Or Patrick Warburton
Sounded more like Rod Serling ...Twilight Zone
I cannot stop coming back to this when I need a laugh. Wonderful skit.
I can watch this over and over and no matter how many times I watch this, I still look insane laughing with my headphones in(the change in music when the gunman gave his speech was absolutely perfect)
5:43 the way he says it slays me every time
LMAO
Best 9 minutes I've spent online in a long long time. 😂😂😂
"and i might be gay" is as perfect of comedic delivery as I have ever seen.
I forgot the name of this video so i just searched "air talking to cowboys at bar" and it brought me here😂
Welldone CZcams
Mohammadreza Atashzar
Kkkkk me too !
Though, I have searched as “ western voice” and it came!!
Amazing
Same here. I searched for „Wild West narrator” and here I am.
and i search " the movie narrator wants to kill you"
I searched 'Bloodthirsty Narrator'.
“Narrator short old west” lol
3:50 "You know anything about that?" "Errr no" He did, but we'll get to that later. OMG!
This is brain candy. Pure gold. Brilliantly written. And perfectly casted and acted. They were all perfect. This is almost too perfect. Its hard to get all of it right. There is like 20 gems in this. Damn good stuff.
The "Back to the Future" kind of perfect, I daresay.
This is one of the best shorts in shorts history... simply and purely, THE BEST! : )
This is one of the best short films I've ever seen
OMG! Can you imagine watching a full length feature western like this. People would walk out to keep from death by laughter. Very very well done. Thank you.
lol like using a gallon of Chanel No. 5
7 years?! I love to watch it every now and then. Still taday. Just great
I love that “Welp Sam has to die.”
I want to see the sequel. If there's not one, there needs to be. Great job. Best 8 minutes of my day.
They all died 🤷
a sequel? everyone is dead bro
The sequel is one scene, one minute long, of the itchy whore getting mauled by a rabid wolf.
"The wolf circled around itself a couple of times before settling down to digest Sarah's left thigh, without a smidge of awareness that it had just contracted the sheep clap from her. It peacefully dozed off to the sound of the ethereal voice it couldn't understand, but whose Swnansonian cadence it found deeply comforting. Little did it know that a bear would shred it to pieces five minutes later to snatch away the rest of Sarah's mortal remains, in a truly awesome ballet of apex predator death."
Glad there's not. It wasn't funny.
"I see where you're going with this and I'm just gonna retract my disgust right now...." HAHAHAHA!! Man, I love this! Every time I see this I laugh just as hard as I did the first time!
That last gunfight made me watch Reservoir Dogs again...great job!
I have to say, THIS is an 8 minute Masterpiece of film-making. The classics CAN be funny - Shakespeare, Voltaire, etc I want People to KNOW about this treasure!!!
Some of the best "lines" in this short are Sally's facial expressions!... LMAO!
This video is criminally underrated
We'eell Fuck! Just STOP with the "underrated". Are you one of those guys that scours CZcams looking for places to post "underrated"? Because I can't seem to find an entertainment video anymore without someone posting it, without merit.
Said the unseen voice.
Said the oldest Henderson boy
*Criminally overrated
@@charlieross-BRM
Yep, and I can't find an underrated comment with out someone batching like a child about it.
Awesome piece of cinema...I watch it once a year. Forever in my TOP-TEN omeletos.
This is what I imagine it would sound like if God narrated peoples lives.
Would have been perfect if it was a bear, instead of a wolf - considering the youngest henderson boy.
It is in some other(non-english) translations :)
I do not understand why this video doesn't have views in the millions. Absolutely outstanding.
If I am struggling to smile, I watch this. It works every time. It is an absolute masterpiece. Are there any other works of a similar nature?
I keep coming back to this time and again over the years. It is masterful!
I watched it at least ten times and I just can't help laughing each time. This is really good. Awesome.
angelikgg me too
Little did she know that she’ll be mauled to death by a bear that was hidden behind the stairs.
This is one of those things, so good that I have to keep coming back and watching it periodically
I truly loved this skit. I saw it a few years ago and laughed all the way through again today.
Kudos to Kevin Tenglin for the great story.
This is so well made and produced. The clothes and atmosphere is on POINT and perfect! I wish this was a whole complete film.
It IS a whole complete film. It's perfect because it's exactly the length the story requires; if it were blown up to feature length the director and scriptwriter would have to throw in extra not-quite-as-good material to provide that extra hour or two.
"And I might be gay" *all cowboys screaming*
Hahaha Texas residents get their panties wadded.
Seen this bit like ten times over the course of 6 years and still love it. The best short film I'Ve ever seen....
No matter how many times I watch this..it just gets better and better..Thanks for so many hours of entertainment as I’m sure I’ve easily watched it dozens of times and shared it often with friends. Love love love it! A classic!
"But the gunfighter decided he was okay with it"😂
Thanks?
Bro that one and the lets not get carried away not got me
now i can't find anything to compare with this, guess i'll watch it again.
you can play the stanley parable
*also i just saw this is 2 years old so yeah... but nevermind
Stranger than fiction
Is this this one of your favorites? i have shared this with multiple friends.
Check out the channel "Omeleto" here on YT, they're where I first saw this short film and they've got tons of great ones like it. There are two time travel ones with very different premises on there that are amazing.
Buster Scrugs (probably way too late)
I've watched this at least a half dozen times, never fails to leave me laughing!
i rewatch this movie once per month, so awesome it is. Some moments are pure gold.
This was just a genius piece of work. I can honestly say this has been my favorite short film so far. The writer(s) of this film are nothing short of geniuses. But I'm pretty sure the narrator knew I was going to comment this.
This led me to searching short films, look up “I’m You Dickhead” it’s pretty damn funny.
I watch this periodically just because
I decided to be the hundredth like on this comment just because
God I love this short. I bet I've watched it 100 times, have it memorized. The cinemaphotography, the lighting, the props, the costuming, the sound, the acting, and oh my god the delicious writing. Just fucking superb.
I was not expecting the comedy genius in this film.👏👏 Excellent 😊
Give this short film an oscar already.
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. Congratulations on a job well done by all members of the cast and crew. This is perfect filmmaking. Special kudos to the film composer, Paul Thompson.
Life is good when Ron Swanson is narrating
An ad about a cowboy in a bar before a video about a cowboy in a bar? Hell yeah! 🤠
Idea, storyboard, camera, music and actors all just great. Funniest little western ever!
This is very well done. I love how it mixes humor, seriousness (awesome speech!) and Mr. Swanson! I've always known backdoor but front porch is new for me
Yes, me too at my first viewing. 😀
Now, i 'use it' myself all the time, it's actually more polite than any other past refence, imo. 🤗👍✌
well, yknow... I guess the order in which a young man learns these things isn't thyt important....
So badly needs a sequel... or something similar not even related to this. Brilliantly done
I first saw this movie a year or two ago. I see lots of people here saying they wish it could be a full length movie. I think that would be exhausting for the audience. To process everything that's going on that they ( masterfully) cram into eight minutes, and Be that intense for 90 minutes?
Somebody mentioned Buster Scruggs being on that level. I saw that in pieces. It too is Well done and perhaps easier to digest since it is broken into at least four distinct parts. At least that's what I recall of it. Do good
The fact that you got Nick Offerman to narrate this just makes it great.
This was the most enjoyable 8 minutes I’ve had in a long time. I would actually look forward to this being a regular series show
It's perfect as it is, why dilute it? If it were a series this would be the one perfect episode and the rest would be the good-to-just-ok episodes that were produced to fill out a season.
This is cinema in the grand tradition. Perfect setting, perfect story, perfect acting, perfect photography. It's an entire story, it plays in a single room.
This is how you tell story.
This is a brilliant piece of work and I remember having seen it 6 years, or so, ago.
Quentin Tarantino would have been proud of this production.
I wish we knew the name of the geniuses who conceptualised, created, directed, produced and acted in this marvel.