Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane

Infobox_Film
name =Blood, Guts, Bullets, and Octane


writer =Joe Carnahan
director =Joe Carnahan
producer = Joe Carnahan
Dan Leis
Peter Broderick (executive producer)
starring =Joe Carnahan
Dan Leis
distributor =New Wave Films
Lions Gate Films
released =September 1997 (New York Independent Feature Film Market)
1998 Sundance Film Festival
runtime =87 min.
language =English
budget =$7,300
music = Dan Kolton
Luis Resto
editor = Joe Carnahan
awards =
imdb_id =0163984

"Blood, Guts, Bullets, and Octane" is a 1998 independent action comedy film (with elements of dark humor) written and directed by Joe Carnahan. The film stars Joe Carnahan and 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.

The film has since been negotiated to be developed by Carnahan and producer Bob Levy as a prime time series on NBC [http://www.leisuresuit.net/Webzine/articles/joe_carnahan.shtml] .

Trivia

*Much of the equipment used for the film came from the television station where Carnahan was employed.
*Several of the crew also starred in the film including producers Ken Rudulph and Kevin Hale.
*Mitchell Wayne Richter is played by Matt Carnahan, the younger brother of writer and director Joe Carnahan. Other relatives in the film include Leah Carnahan and Chuck Leis.
*Mike Maas played both Victor Drub and the Dumpster Bum.

External links

*imdb title|id=0163984|title=Blood, Guts, Bullets, and Octane
* [http://www.reelcriticism.com/ziggyrealm/reviews/bloodoctane.html Ziggy's Video Realm: Blood, Guts, Bullets, and Octane]
* [http://www.leisuresuit.net/Webzine/articles/joe_carnahan.shtml Interview with Joe Carnahan] by Jordon Hoffman