Shoot in Any Direction and You'll Hit a Bastard

An award-winning independent spaghetti western short film.

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Previously streaming on Prime Video for six years

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Awards & Festival Honors

Winner: Best Western Film — Laughlin International Film Festival Winner: Best Music — Top Indie Film Awards 2016 Nominee: Best Short — The Wild Bunch Film Festival Nominee: Best Original Score — The Wild Bunch Film Festival Nominee: Best Art Direction — Lift-Off Global Film Festival Nominee: Best Action Short — Grindhouse Planet Film Festival Nominee: Atmospheric Weird Alternative — Wasteland Film Festival Nominee: Best Western Short — Genre Celebration Film Festival Official Selection — Tucson Film & Music Festival Official Selection — GenreBlast Official Selection — Vegas Indie Film Fest Official Selection — DAM Short Film Festival Official Selection — PDXtreme Fest Official Selection — Rio Grind Film Festival Official Selection — Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival Official Selection — Lift-Off Los Angeles Film Festival Official Selection — Lift-Off Las Vegas Film Festival Official Selection — ZERO Film Festival

Synopsis

Several years after the Civil War, Colonel Leviathan Briggs, an unscrupulous and unhinged Union officer, continues a maniacal search for five hundred dollars that has spanned many miles, many months, and many hands. Searching for answers, Leviathan seeks counsel with eccentric European bounty killer Dutch Holland, a former fur trader who uses playing cards to mark his bounties and seal their fate.

Ultimately, the unrelenting Colonel must comb the Mojave Desert in search of the infamous gunfighter, Archimedes of Syracuse, who is already awaiting his arrival, waiting for his rival. What transpires next is an epic duel of sharp wits and astonishing gunplay where an uncanny visitation turns the tables, leaving one man with a fistful of dollars to pay for the other man's funeral.

Written and Directed by Brahm Taylor, "Shoot In Any Direction And You'll Hit A Bastard" was produced by John Gjonola.

Dutch Holland

A European fur trader who returned from an expedition only to find his young Paiute wife viciously murdered by a wanted outlaw. Dutch promptly traded his traps and Bowie for .45 caliber Long Colt cartridges and soon became one of the most feared bounty killers in eleven counties. A cultural curiosity wherever he goes, Dutch struggles to preserve the foreign elegance of his homeland against the uncivilized backdrop of the American Southwest.


Weapons of Choice

Dutch carries an ivory-gripped Single Action Army in a cross-draw holster.

Colonel Leviathan Briggs

A once celebrated Union officer, Colonel Leviathan Briggs found himself without purpose, or sanity, after the surrender of the Confederacy. With a maniacal fervor, the grizzled Leviathan leads a lawless band of grave robbers across the High Desert, desecrating fallen soldiers in search of buried treasure. Chasing the ghost of his former glory, Leviathan will stop at nothing to satisfy his lust for wealth and power.


Weapons of Choice

Levi carries an 1873 lever-action rifle.

Archimedes of Syracuse

A master gunfighter wandering the Southwest territories by way of New York, Archimedes was compelled to leave Syracuse due to an unfortunate accident that befell several patrons near his person in a local saloon. Although by no means a saint, he often shows a soft spot for the downtrodden and has proven to be an unexpected counterweight in many a dispute where justice was outgunned.


Weapons of Choice

Archi carries dual 1873 Peacemakers butt-down in horizontal holsters around his waist, in addition to an 1851 Navy slung low on his right hip.

Cast & Crew

Shoot in Any Direction and You'll Hit a Bastard

Written and Directed by
BRAHM TAYLOR

Cast

Character Actor
Colonel Leviathan Briggs JOHN GJONOLA
Archimedes of Syracuse BRAHM TAYLOR
Dutch Holland CHRIS LEE

Crew

Produced by
JOHN GJONOLA
BRAHM TAYLOR

Music by
MARC KADUCAK
BRAHM TAYLOR

Sound Design by
MARC KADUCAK

Film Editing by
BRAHM TAYLOR

Special Effects by
JOHN GJONOLA

Script Supervisor
FREDERICK BERRY

Gaffer
CHRIS LEE

Grip
RICHARD PALMER

Cast and crew of Shoot in Any Direction and You'll Hit a Bastard

Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Tracklist

Track Title Duration
1 Triumph of Guanto 02:43
2 Blood For The Monarch 02:24
3 The Dying Dutchman 00:53
4 Biasco Fiasco 00:49
5 Leviathan Rising 02:20
6 Blazing Sun 00:19
7 Spanish Flyswatter 00:49

Credits

Written by
Brahm Taylor and Marc Kaducak

Mastered at
Snornado Studios – Chicago, IL

Published by
Technocracy Music – IPI 339779307

Drums, Guitars, Harmonica, Ocarina, Piano
Marc Kaducak

Vocals, Bass
Brahm Taylor

Rights Society
ASCAP