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3	A 2005 film written by Creator/LarsVonTrier and directed by Creator/ThomasVinterberg, with a surprising amount of talent behind it, such as Creator/JamieBell, Creator/AlisonPill and Mark Webber (both starred in ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''), Michael Angarano and Creator/BillPullman.
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5	It is set in a small mining town set in the South of the USA. Set about the life of Dick Dandelion (Jamie Bell) who is discontent with life until Stevie (Mark Webber) opens him up to the world of firearms. The two become budding friends over their gun enthusiasm and thus set up a club to invite other such youths who feel they live crummy lives.
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7	These youths come together to form the Dandies. A group of young gun lovers who call themselves "pacifists with guns" and begin to gain confidence in their everyday lives from their ability to carry and use guns. Eventually however things spiral out of control which sets into the theme about the dangers of guns.
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10	!! Tropes:
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12	* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The theme song for the Japanese version of ''Film/DearWendy'' is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70we8dRt924&pp=ygURR29nbyBubyBUZWlraWF0c3U%3D "Gogo no Teikiatsu"]] by Remioromen.
13	* DoesntLikeGuns: The protagonist at first.
14	* FiringOneHanded: Pretty much all the Dandies shoot this way.
15	* GunsAkimbo: Alison Pill's character is the only one who gets this.
16	* ICallItVera: All the Dandies name their guns. The guns have both masculine and feminine names.
17	* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: "Dear Wendy, this was a total F**kup."
18	* ImprobableAimingSkills: Yep, pretty much all the characters as they get nice little bull's-eyes and excellent clusters. Heck, Jamie Bell's character can get bull's-eyes firing blindfolded with just one hand!
19	* PinballProjectile: Alison Pill's character specialises at this.
20	* RecklessGunUsage: The Dandies are careful to avoid this at first, but eventually it happens.
21	* RevolversAreJustBetter: The Dandies like old style guns, and Jamie Bell's own personal gun "Wendy," happens to be one of these.
22	* ShootingGallery: It's a film about gun enthusiasts, so this is a given. Happens in an underground chamber, since they live in a mining town.
23	* TechnicalPacifist: The Dandies call themselves: "pacifists with guns" with a strict code, that prohibits them from firing, or even revealing their weapon in public, unless absolutely necessary.
24	* TriggerHappy: At first, the Dandies have strict laws as to where they can fire, but toward the end of the film, it pretty much devolves into this.

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