''Shoot Out'' () is a 1998 Spanish comedy film written and directed by

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starring

María Conchita Alonso María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1955), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Venezuela at Miss World 1975 and placed in the t ...

Plot

Television host and diva Miranda Vega experiences a mental breakdown as a television executive tweaks her show introducing no-name freaks in the studio amid dwindling audience ratings, her husband's cheating, and the manoeuvres of her nemesis, Lesbian actress Marta Peña.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Cristal PC and Sogetel and it had the association of

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and Sogepaq. It boasted a 300 million budget.

Release

Distributed by Columbia TriStar, ''Shoot Out'' was released theatrically in Spain on 24 April 1998.

Reception

Augusto Martínez Torres of ''

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'' lamented that the film "is as cliché, unfunny and boring" as the show it attempts to parody. Jonathan Holland of ''

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'' described the film as a "high-camp, low-interest and phenomenally unsubtle take on the mores of contemporary TV".

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