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Levon Helm as Mr. Rate, The Shooter

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March 21, 2025, 04:52 PM
TMats
Levon Helm as Mr. Rate, The Shooter
No idea what made me think of this scene. You may, or may not, think Shooter was a great movie, but this is undeniably a great scene. Levon Helm as the most legendary gunsmith east of the Mississippi. Helm only got “also in the cast” film credit, although it was certainly more than a cameo.




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March 21, 2025, 05:36 PM
vinnybass
Still got the shovel.

This is indeed a great scene, IMO.

I think the movie is pretty good too.



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March 22, 2025, 11:19 AM
TMats



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March 22, 2025, 12:54 PM
cas
quote:
Originally posted by TMats:
No idea what made me think of this scene.



Best part of the movie, though the bar was set pretty low.
March 22, 2025, 01:58 PM
Rawny
I also like that "side quest" to go get advice from some hermit master.

Still not sure why he checked both their hands. He was almost doing a palm-reading on Swagger.
March 27, 2025, 06:20 PM
83v45magna
I think he was checking for callouses and signs of working with your hands if I had to guess.
March 28, 2025, 09:44 AM
HRK
Welcome to Tennessee, patron state of shootin' stuff..


It's not a great movie, but it's a good movie, and that was one of the better scenes...
April 01, 2025, 09:40 PM
FPNunes
While not a "great" movie, I enjoyed it the couple of times I've watched it. Levon was perfect in that role. Sad that he is gone now...


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April 01, 2025, 11:50 PM
YooperSigs
I just saw Helm play Gen. John Bell Hood in a movie called In The Electric Mist. Filmed in Louisiana with Tommy Lee Jones. Good role for Helm.


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April 02, 2025, 08:39 PM
amals
I've got it on CD, so have watched it two or three times. Not a bad flick, and Levon's scene was great.
April 04, 2025, 12:16 PM
wolfe 21
Not a horrible movie, one of the first I'd seen in theaters. Unfortunately, it was based on one of my favorite books/characters and was a miserable fucking failure when viewed in that light. Marky Mark was a horrible casting, the story was butchered and I didn't like it nearly as much as I should have.

Yes, this was one of the better scenes in the movie. Not that that's saying much.


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