Shoot for the Sun

One of the finest, most gritty of British gangster movies although time may have diminished my memory . I dont know why but i have never been able to find it.. id love to see this again

Most pf rhis film was set u in the gilshochill area pf maryhill glasgow in the thornton inn in cottar street and also the hogh rise flats in glenavon road all the ypung guys got paod a think 30 to 50 pounds fpr playing pool and jist standing about and as a kod i also gpt to meet the cast throigh my dad being his local boozers and the street we stayed it wwas filmed on great old day beimg it back i was a wee 9 yr old girl and i remember that film like yesterday beimg made jimmy niall was a lovely guy also peter mcdougal i wemt on to cut peter mullans hair down in gibson street years later. Can anyone point me in the roght direction to get this film as my 2 brother's are now dead 7 months of eachother bpth 50 and 51 i wpuld lpve this film to remember them buy thanks for the memory

I finally just watched this after years of looking for a copy on DVD.

Shoot For The Sun is the only one of Peter McDougalls films that has never been repeated on television or had an official release on DVD which is quite strange considering that his other classics such as Just A Boys Game, Just Another Saturday and Down Among The Big Boys have all been released on DVD and are repeated regularly on the BBC Scotland Channel.

In this gritty drama Peter McDougall shows us a darker side to 1980's Edinburgh, Jimmy Nail and Brian Cox are two failed bank robbers who turn to selling Heroin on the streets of Edinburgh as a way of making easy money, Jimmy Nail's character Geordie is ruthless and unremorseful whilst Brian Cox's character Dunny is distressed and cautious about the epidemic happening around them, the trouble starts when Dunny starts to question their motives about the business and decides to get out.

If You are a fan of Peter McDougall's earlier works of Just Another Saturday and Just A Boys Game, I would definitely recommend giving Shoot For The Sun a look.

I swore I reviewed this previously but maybe not.

This was written by Peter Mcdougall who is well known for writing hard as nails Scottish crime dramas.

I am from Edinburgh and remember this being made in the city.

Edinburgh had an awful heroin crime wave in the 1980s.

It seems parts of this were filmed in Glasgow but I recognise the Greendykes area of Edinburgh in this.

Nearly all of the writers other works are available on dvd but for some reason this one is not.

It is a very adult piece with some crude humour.

40 years on Iain Rankin is still making a living writing about Edinburgh the city with 2 faces,faie enough but doesn't every city have rich and poor?

Anyway if you ever get a chance to see this make sure you do.

People who use heroin or sell it have awful lives and are a blight on society.

The women involved especially have crap lives.

Come on BBC get this shown again.