Shooters is a 2001 crime film directed by Dan Reed for Suspect Device Films. It stars Desmond Bayliss as "Dezzie","Ex-bouncer-turned-actor Desmond Bayliss facing jail over £2.75 cannabis farm plot". Liverpool Echo, 12 November 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2024 and is set in Liverpool and used local criminals as actors depicting the lives of local 'gangsters.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 by the actors themselves.
Shooters was first broadcast in December 2000 on Channel 4 as part of its Cutting Edge series. The Liverpool-born musician John Murphy co-wrote the score.
The Plot follows local liverpool gangsters, most notably “big john” and “dezzy” as they navigate the local drug trade.
Family, financial and social aspects are all portrayed.
Dialogue from the film was sampled in the intro of the 50 Cent album Curtis.
Cast Paul Attah as Paul Ali Awad as Dezzys Friend Desmond Bayliss as Dezzy Franny Bennett as Franny Stephen Condon as Stephen Shakira Jones as Shakira Ricky Rowe as Ricky Christopher Scully as Scully Cheryl Varley as Big John's Ex John Wayland as John
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