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Article: 'Clay Pigeons,' nasty and refreshing movie
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- September 25, 1998
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Dana Corrough
University Wire
09-25-1998
(Daily Trojan) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Has the fickle nature of life ever granted you a period of complete hell where your life is in disarray, your friends end up dead, a psycho becomes your new best friend and you're suspected of murder?
For those of you who can honestly say yes, your pain is shared by the exploits of an easygoing gas station attendant named Clay Bidwell (Joaquin Phoenix) in "Clay Pigeons," a new film from Gramercy Pictures.
The audience is transported into the freakish world of Mercer, Mont., where we witness the labyrinth that suddenly becomes Clay's reality - a carnage of Clay's peaceful existence and his tour of duty ...