SIX SHOOTER (2004) | dir. Martin McDonagh | Academy Award Winner Best Live-Action Short

A doctor informs a man, Donnelly, that his wife had died in the morning and brings him to his wife's beside to say goodbye. A sad train journey home leads to an encounter with a strange and psychotic young oddball. 2006 Academy Award winner for Best Live Action Short Film.
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SIX SHOOTER (2004) | dir. Martin McDonagh | Academy Award Winner Best Live-Action Short
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[@jamesdan6895]

The fact this all happens at 11 o'clock in the morning somehow makes it funnier.

[@conorb7094]

"Ah, sheep."

[@redshirts4757]

Conor B Priceless

[@Chaa-duu-ba-its-iidan]

"Did you ever shout at a sheep?"

[@sedevacante0027]

You got that right

[@shaneoconnor9773]

No harm in him

[@maxime125]

🤣🤣🤣

[@killapositionz2]

The young guy actor really delivered. Would love to see him in a longer role of a McDonagh film.

[@kristo9800]

True n all man. Too bad that feckers dead, went out in a effin blaze of glory /S

[@davidash2727]

True that.

[@thevideocommenter3061]

Unfortunetly, not possible. Because he was committed to his role so much he agreed to be shot in the chest 3 times and succumbed to his wounds.

[@nyrbsamoht]

@@thevideocommenter3061 he did what in the when now?

[@wangson]

Totally. Spot on! He's fantastic here.

[@its_susie7703]

@ 5:56 you can hear the guns clink in the trash bag when it lightly hits the seat as he’s passing by...

[@Imalrightma]

"......he knows what dressage is" absolutely floored me.....as did this whole mini masterpiece. Genius. Loved The Banshees.....too. MM is destined for legend status one day

[@temporaladvisor3958]

The term 'dressage' is universally used to determine mental intellectual abilities, lol.

[@danielcooke9783]

@@temporaladvisor3958 "Look, we're not moving your child down to a more intermediate class because of their intellect, no, dressage put paid to that idea, in fact we almost back tracked..... It's more to do with the collection of dead Bronski Beat babies being used for show and tell"

[@killapositionz2]

dude is already a legend. still has never written a bad story.

[@Imalrightma]

@@killapositionz2 seems like we're being spoiled by great talent in the film industry right now. love it

[@pab1972]

@@Imalrightma right now? hes been in the top league since Three Bilboards

[@ankush2275]

Martin McDonagh's character portrayals are soooo amazing

[@nadellaelth7652]

9:34 Mad Eye Moody had a chit chat with Bill Weasley

[@elijah6500]

The dad didn't know his son)

[@michaelstrong5383]

This was McDonagh's directorial debut? No wonder it's so amazing!

[@nimrodrool]

Tbf he was a well respected director for years before that in theater

[@Chief_Brody]

Michael Strong your post makes no sense at all.

[@p.p.fogarty2454]

@@nimrodrool He's never directed any of his own plays. It's unusual, but true. He only writes plays, does not direct them.

[@voteforjefe4017]

Oh my God little Domnhall haha. This was fantastic. McDonagh is a master of black comedy.

[@Naminski1a]

This Academy Award-winning live-action short was appeared in the Blu-ray and DVD release of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) as a bonus feature.

[@davidayala3101]

I saw there

[@aidanduffy3407]

Never knew that

[@quirkypurple]

Really? Wow. Nice that it got another wide release, off another great film. Must buy that.

[@TheRealClankZoka]

Yeah, i only noticed that just yesterday, handy since I’m seeing the Banshees of Inisherin today.

[@brentulstad3275]

That's where I first discovered this as well

[@RacilAtutubo]

"Your general face was ratty." Oh my god i laughed out loud

[@fabssta814]

The fact that the two are father and son in real life makes it even better ^^

[@OKG2000]

i always come back to this now and then...that kid did an amazing job

[@kennethmichael5404]

If I'm not mistaken, the young red-headed man is Domhnal Gleeson, the main actor's son in likely his first role. You might recognize him now from "Ex Machina".

[@trevoreccles9092]

Why is "Ah! Sheep!" my favorite line in this film?

[@turkeygravy0]

because it's pure comedy

[@DoctorMeatDic]

Did you ever shout at a sheep?

[@seanohare5488]

Me too

[@nolan1432]

"Dublin...the city that never sweeps"

[@misterpink808]

So true, it's a dive at the best of times. I love this city but it's so filthy. Why do Irish people litter so freely.

[@romilrh]

9:44 A very young Domhnall Gleeson...acting alongside his real-life father, Brendan!

[@ariakys]

this psycho guy should play in an actual movie man

[@thenaturalworldwithlewismi9920]

aye righto man, think he has like

[@shane-irish]

Theater he perfers

[@NobleCloverVA]

He was Tito from Into the West.

[@quirkypurple]

Sometimes I see him on the train and I feel like bursting out some lines from this film but I talk myself out of it every time. I'm bad but I'm not that bad, lol

[@apartmentzer0]

@@quirkypurple you should ask him if he wants to hear the cow with the trapped wing story

[@stevecheevers7337]

I think this is probably McDonagh's best film, that's saying something as I adore his other work. Great performances from Brendan Gleeson and Ruaihri Conroy. You can tell McDonagh early use of dark comedy with tragedy. He 's every bit as great with dialogue as Tarantino is and love his films pack a punch. Got The Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Blu Ray and as a Bonus feature it had this fantastic short film. Well deserving of it's Oscar win for Best Short.

[@SilverShade1008]

steve cheevers I highly recommend checking out his playwriting career too. He wrote two trilogies of comic-tragedies that take place in Ireland. Plays are obviously meant to be seen and not read but his writing leaps of the page and has such striking imagery; he might be my favourite playwright.

[@georgeallmond4346]

You don’t happen to know the name of the short piece at the end of the Guard do you?

[@thomasmacisaac1503]

Came here to say this

[@Chief_Brody]

@@thomasmacisaac1503 you'd be wrong as well then.

[@thomasmacisaac1503]

@@Chief_Brody nope

[@iena1997]

Martin McDonagh one of the best filmmakers out there today

[@misterpink808]

He and JC Chandor are two my favourites.

[@dylandepauw771]

You can see some connection to In Bruges

[@MilA-eh3gf]

And Seven Psychopaths. And Seven Psychopaths have also connections to In Bruges...

[@LowTempDabr]

@@MilA-eh3gf what do you mean by "connections"? The dialogue definitely follows the same beats and tempo, but all these movies have nothing to do with each-other. I wish there were some easter eggs regarding "In Bruges", unfortunately they're all in different universes, which is cool in its own right

[@gurner69666]

@@LowTempDabr I think you're taking the word "connection" a little too literally. Plenty of reoccurring elements appearing in this and his other works.

[@LowTempDabr]

@@gurner69666 that's why I asked what he meant by connections. If he meant what you're saying, he should've said "similarities". Not a big deal tho, was just inquiring

[@VJGilboy_01_10]

His movie is so real. The essence of this movie is buried inside his soul. The glimpse of reality of a broken heart 💔 😢 Great short film.

[@alunrhysmorgan]

"is she alive or is she dead?" "Dead...she had no head like"

[@atlebakke]

Man, the "like" at the end really makes it!

[@Kishan_Baijnath]

One of the most phenomenally great films I've ever seen. And McDonagh was just getting started. This will always be one of the most influential films of my life.

[@thetriumphofthethrill2457]

Saw this in a "Best Short Films" list and it's certainly up there. The glib criminal should have moved to Hollywood and became a star.

[@danielwiseman7984]

He sounded so ecstatic about sheep

[@jamesdrynan]

A deadly film! Perfect casting and performances.McDonagh has a dark vision of men's souls. He's Irish.There is a thread running through his works,( In Bruge, 3 Bill...,Seven Psycho...)that seems to focus on the morbid qualities of men.But then, murder and mayhem are certainly a delicious setting for high drama.

[@pjom4191]

He isn't irish

[@pjom4191]

@@justarandomghost5616 Yea. That's not irish

[@stephen3654]

Have ya seen 'The Guard' great film, same style, same actors turns out, its his brother director wouldn't ya know.

[@dominicrouse2623]

@@pjom4191 legit dont believe you. Those are the most irish catholic films ever made, in bruges in particular

[@stephen3654]

@@dominicrouse2623 yeah, he's full on irish

[@noscopelegendeuw8036]

This is a masterpiece. However the ending was very sad.

[@hjde-jg7ho]

a good movie, the ending was funny as

[@Grim528]

I thought the ending was hilarious

[@invisiblemann1756]

I literally laughed when he couldn't do it then saw your comment and I thought I'm fucked up 🤣🤣💀

[@cotswoldcuckoo]

Yes I would have preferred him to have shot his hand instead of Dave, then to have dropped the gun as the rabbit ran off.

[@LaCruzEnElJardin]

I think the whole movie short and the ending are funny as hell

[@ScorpionStrike7]

Just watched this in Film class. Thanks for making my analysis paper easier!

[@tbag938]

literally watching rn for class

[@aaryanpavvitchhabra9265]

can u please share syllabus,

[@ScorpionStrike7]

@@aaryanpavvitchhabra9265 That was 3 years ago dude 😅

[@aaryanpavvitchhabra1986]

@@ScorpionStrike7 what university were u in? I'll find online. I'm pursuing film too, just not in school

[@ScorpionStrike7]

@@aaryanpavvitchhabra1986 Montgomery College, it’s in Maryland. I’m in another film class at UMD now

[@BlueMega]

An instant classic. 15 years later, and I'm still occasionally thinking about the cow with trapped wind story.

[@danielcooke9783]

Best day of my f-ing life

[@emmayoung3355]

This is great.Watching it I realised Aisling O Sullivan is from my home town, Ruaidhri Conroy asked me for a light one time and I bumped into Brendan and Domhnall Gleeson on the street. Ireland really is small!🙂

[@seanohare5488]

Do true

[@DanielTheWalrus]

"Aye, the gay man, the gay man, aye"

[@oscartravis5740]

Saw this years ago, nice to catch up with it again.

[@kevincurtin465]

"Best day of me fucking life, that cow exploding."

[@seanohare5488]

Hilarious

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

Awesome story and awesome storytelling.

[@kerrzUSR]

The ending is the funniest thing I've ever seen

[@natiqadullayev7538]

Kp mdsoy

[@VJGilboy_01_10]

Wow this is so great amazing short movie Eccellent phenomenal for a deep friendship of one enemy who both fought for their own country Really touches heart😢

[@LocalHistorian]

Am seeing this after seeing THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN. Did not know of this, but this came up in my feed. Wow....powerful.

[@richardjohnston3359]

Brendan Gleeson is a Brilliant actor 👍🏻

[@seanohare5488]

Definitely

[@Scum8ag]

Only flaw that fucked my suspension of disbelief was how silent the rabbit-killing gunshot was. It would be even funnier if he was deafened by the bang as he would be in real life. Anyway, this thing is great. The emotions this one brings up..

[@nasseransari4378]

I wanna be friends with people who understand this masterpiece!

[@metaport-stories]

We are, Nasser San.

[@nasseransari4378]

@@metaport-stories 😊D

[@kaloyankolev9804]

I don't get it - it's just different people coping with death in different ways. Would you explain how you see it?

[@nicktaylor684]

How is Ruaidhri Conroy not in modern films. He's brilliant in this and such great presence, character and humour. It baffles me as so many actors at the moment lack his great delivery.... Very strange. Unless it's his choice.

[@tonihartman507]

You can count me as one of your fiends 👍

[@ilyatsukanov8707]

"There's one for the each of us." I thought he meant that as in "We give each other a reason to keep on living."

[@yenaskitegar3140]

don't know why martin mcdonagh do not work with Rúaidhrí Conroy again after this. since every cast here, he has worked with again

[@Kadarello]

9:45 dad and son moment 🥰

[@regularbasis9295]

That boy is very good.

[@seanohare5488]

Definitely

[@maddalonefarms]

19:30 ground beef!

[@vladpewt5896]

Friggin hysterical.

[@MankyFrilla]

'There's one fur the each of us - And I'll be following yee shortly' [BANG]

[@AxelHernandez-zb3ts]

I want more short films, 20th Century Fox Searchlight Pictures.

[@haroldherki6845]

What a great short film!

[@seanohare5488]

I agree

[@shane-irish]

Funny enough won an oscar for this

[@baylee8659]

Ngl, I cried laughing at the end. Loved it XD

[@bulbasaurbrutal5137]

That gun is seriously noise suppressed. First I thought the bunny suppressed it. Turns out it's a quiet shootah.

[@tomverseUK]

What a day... what a beautiful feckin day

[@Freedyxx]

watching this for the first time today... the kid on the train really reminds me of Barry Koeghans role in Banshees or Inisherin. Sticking true to his roots i guess.

[@Khalifa1592]

Amazing

[@marcopuccioni5943]

What a fuckin day

[@johnwest3509]

i cannot stop watching the train scene and cannot stop laughing uncontrollably as the crazed young man is hysterical and the writing is superb! Almost forgot the cow scene was just hilarious!

[@currykingwurst6393]

This is great. And so Irish!

[@CinemaDemocratica]

"He looks like your man off'a Bronsky Beat."

[@cyclingtj]

Who else things that, had the Kid lived, he would have grown to be Colin Farrell's Ray in "In Bruges?" McDonagh is good.

[@theonesparrowhawk]

Similar sense of humour, but Colin Farrell's character wasn't a psychopath. He clearly feels regret and pain from his actions.

[@sean_d]

Same actor playing the Guard as in The Banshees of Inisherin, almost 20 years later. And the cow expert played the priest.

[@HowItsEvenPossible]

I think the policeman here is also played the policman in the Banshees of the Inisherin

[@sean_d]

@@HowItsEvenPossible Yes sorry, that's what I meant, we call the cops "the Guards" here.

[@OMGclueless]

@@sean_d And the same guy plays the protagonist in both of 'em too.

[@bluelava4282]

Brendon Gleeson is an Remarkable Actor…. Remember Braveheart 1995’ 6 shooter is well done…

[@dixit5779]

I 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡 brendan...

[@keithkearney5197]

The best short movie ever made, that's the absolute of it

[@richardcullen7007]

That goes to Nolan Ryan. That is on another level. No budget. 2 endings depending on the order of the scenes , that is a masterpiece. This was really good.

[@willalwaystelehandler8450]

A treat🎥

[@MilA-eh3gf]

WOw Domhnall Gleeson back in the days XD

[@eighteen-naked-cowboys]

Animal death is my limit on dark humour 😂 Great flick other wise

[@phrangk3308]

Jimmy Somerville. That’s yer man from Bronski Beat.

[@SuperRod88]

"Your man off of Bronski Beat." always gets me

[@MirzaKhalid]

Captain Kirk and Professor Moody 😂

[@fadthetic]

Thanks

[@asmrcentral577]

GOOD FILM

[@godwinbino2526]

It's a crime that they didn't put the subtitles .

[@djamilamarouf7027]

Best thing ever

[@bhushanw78]

Wow!

[@CJM-rg5rt]

I just don't know why he'd care about a psychopath, it made me not care about two out of three of the deaths. Maybe that was the point but tragedy/empathy is what makes black comedy funny.

[@SenseiKendi]

Somebody more get here by searching six shooter coyote kisses?

[@sebastianeulefi1116]

anyone knows where I can find the script of this shortfilm?

[@brightblackgrouse6236]

very epic

[@marcinkrocki8114]

Thanks, White Steve Harvey

[@saltriverpirate3172]

This short only invites all to see "The Guard" (Maybe my favorite film to date from Brendan Gleason)

[@shaneoconnor9773]

It's funny my brother always wanted too be a jockey but he was too tall

[@CinemaDemocratica]

There's always dressage....

[@remixandkaraoke]

I love the films of Martin McDonagh. Just as I intend to do with mine, I believe he's doing God's work with the films he makes. Films to make people think about what's most important in life, like brotherly love, and ones that show that no matter how much we may like to think we're in control of our lives, it's really God who is at the controls, piloting our life.

[@anthonymaddaford8474]

Haven’t seen this for years.

[@jay54929]

Brendan had a head start on the character in Banshees.

[@Oshmoshy]

I always say that now. “I was here before all ye spas”

[@ps5stuffguy]

Funny and dark short

[@omarlazri551]

"Is that your dead kid? :)))"

[@EmpyrionBlackthorn]

Fucking. Brilliant.

[@bedadosth4life329]

Please add subtitles

[@joeginsu2965]

First time viewing this short and thoroughly enjoyed it. MM is a writer/director w no peers able to do what he is accomplishing with his craft. Could you imagine Mr McDonagh being asked to bring his artistic style to a blockbuster franchise like Marvel or Star Wars? I highly doubt he would be interested but think how good his dark comedy could instill new life into, say, a Punisher movie. I would purchase tickets to that before they even began filming because it would be a match for the ages in my eyes. I can only assume Martin McDonagh's standards for excellence would never allow such a marriage to happen, but a girl can dream can't she? LOL. Anxiously awaiting Banshees of Inisherin, looks like something both new and classic, more from the vision of MM.

[@danielcooke9783]

I do agree that he brilliantly brings his own approach to things and Six Shooter and In Bruges are exceptional. So dark and so funny all at once. However MM's brother did The Guard and Calvary so as peers go, there is something in the family.

[@gipi23]

I am not a native, and I do believe many films like this one get to be produced around the globe, and just the very fact the many people speak English makes is just so much more...'applicable'. Nevertheless, this is truly one of the best films I have ever seen. And boy oh boy, do I just love This is England, the lot!

[@misterpink808]

This Is England, A Room For Romeo Brass and Dead Man's Shoes are all Shane Meadows greats.

[@samuelghinai3403]

I always wonder how much non-native speakers (or people with little to no exposure to Irish speech patterns and vocal culture) understand of the dialogue in a film like this one. Kudos for your skills (and taste in film)

[@joeginsu2965]

Enjoyed it too, my only bad takeaway was how he was able to get the gun. With all those cops, they surely saw how many guns he was carrying, and if you count his shots there are more than what a six shooter (the movie's name) would hold so he had to have more than one gun. That is the only big flaw I noticed about an otherwise great short. Glad you enjoyed it too, cheers.

[@atlebakke]

@@samuelghinai3403 English is not my first language, much less "Irish English. I get about 90% I guess. The kid is the one I have trouble with, and he's the one who talks the most, kinda weird if it's not available with subtitles on the DVD. The rest of the cast I understand fine

[@markrainford1219]

@@joeginsu2965 I counted thirteen, and there were still two left!!

[@happyguycol]

1:40 in and I wasn't expecting this to be so funny. I dont why, I just did.

[@mrflibble3226]

I had a feeling a dropped gun was gonna go off but I thought it was gonna be on the train.

[@MookieG7]

Step 1: watch this. Step 2: look up Bronski Beat.

[@mdaddy775]

This movie popped up in my dream last night! I wonder what that means

[@CinemaForCinephile]

jesus what a fucking day

[@darraghflaherty6843]

Domhnall Gleeson was very good in this acting opposite his dad!

[@scifinerd17]

If you mean the kid he talks to, that’s Rúaidhrí Conroy Domhnall Gleeson was the cashier at the cart that he argues with over a drink due to the time.

[@Bakedpotatomanforever]

The best short film with an exploding clown

[@Bakedpotatomanforever]

The best short film with an exploding cow

[@VVhiteKoder]

they didn't put here captions for reason :)