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Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane is a film of genre Thriller directed by Joe Carnahan released in USA on 16 october 1998 with Joe Carnahan
Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane (1998)
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Add to a movie listBlood, Guts, Bullets, and Octane is a 1998 independent action comedy film (with elements of dark humor) written, produced, edited, directed and starring Joe Carnahan. The film stars Carnahan and the film's other producer Dan Leis as two salesman of a failing used car dealership who are paid $250,000 to allow a 1963 Pontiac LeMans convertible onto the dealership lot for two days.
For years the film was under negotiation for development as a prime time series on NBC by Carnahan and producer Bob Levy. However, the series has not materialized.
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Au bord de la faillite, Sid et son pote Bob, vendeurs de voitures d'occasion, acceptent de garder une Pontiac décapotable au contenu mystérieux pendant 48 heures... moyennant 250 000 dollars ! Parallèlement, le FBI enquête sur une série de meurtres qui ont tous l'air d'être étrangement liés à une Pontiac en provenance d'Amérique du Sud...Actors
Joe Carnahan
(Sid French)
Eric Lutes
(Dick Dupree Jr.)
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