Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery is a 2013 documentary about the American independent film distributor The Shooting Gallery, directed by Whitney Ransick. The film had its world premiere on 11 October 2014 at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
Synopsis
The documentary looks at the independent film distribution company The Shooting Gallery, which experienced a rise in popularity due to their distribution of films like You Can Count on Me and Laws of Gravity. Ransick looks at the company starting with their start in the early nineties to their crash in later years.
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