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HIT MAN

• Director: Richard Linklater
• USA / 2023 / DCP / Colour / 115’ / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Richard Linklater, Glen Powell
• Director of Photography: Shane F. Kelly
• Editing: Sandra Adair
• Music: Graham Reynolds
• Cast: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio, Retta
• Producer: Stuart Ford, Zach Garrett, Miguel A. Palos, Jr., Mike Blizzard, Glen Powell, Richard Linklater, John Sloss, Vicky Patel, Steve Barnett, Alan Powell, Shivani Rawat, Julie Goldstein, Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan, Scott Brown, Megan Creydt
• Production Co.: AGC Studios, Barnstorm Co., Detour Filmproduction, Cinetic Media, Monarch Media, ShivHans Pictures, Aggregate Films
• World Sales: AGC Studios
• Turkish Rights: Pinema

Richard Linklater, known for directing Dazed and Confused and the Before... trilogy, comes up with an action comedy about a mysterious hit man that premiered out of competition at the Venice Film Festival in September. Gary Johnson is the most sought-after professional killer in New Orleans. To his clients, he is like something out of a film, but he actually works for the cops. When he breaks protocol to help a desperate woman trying to flee an abusive boyfriend, he finds himself becoming one of his false personas, falling for the woman and turning into a criminal himself. The film stars Glen Powell who co-wrote the screenplay with Linklater loosely based on a true crime article. Linklater says, ‘The film is attempting to hit a lot of notes – comedy, noir, thriller, psychological study – while examining most of all the concept of identity and how fixed our personalities may or may not be.’

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.