The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun
The Rubber Gun

Canadian International Pictures

The Rubber Gun

$28.99
$28.99
$41.98
Sold Out

Edition Type: Limited Edition Slipcover

CIP-043 SLIP
{ "44254163468330":1 }
- +
Only 337 left in stock

Limit of 1 per customer

My checklist
Have it Need it

You have reached the limit of this product.

Need a protector for the Limited Edition? Add this:
Slipcover Protector
$3.00
$3.00
App, frontpage merch, protector

This Partner Label release is distributed through Vinegar Syndrome's sister company OCN Distribution. Vinegar Syndrome had no part in, nor are responsible for, the restoration, extras, quality control or any content(s) of this release. We hope you enjoy our growing roster of Partner Labels and the expertise and curation brought to each release by their dedicated staff!

Details

2026 Subscribers: This is NOT included in your Subscription. If you'd like to purchase it, you will need to login to view your special 50% off SRP pricing.

This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Sister Hyde) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

From arthouse to Canuxploitation, Canadian International Pictures (CIP) is devoted to resurrecting vital, distinctive, and overlooked triumphs of Canadian cinema. This label is focused on the country’s original cinematic boom years – spanning the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s – occasionally venturing past that period (and the country’s borders) to highlight the films of Canada’s most inspired actors and filmmakers. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing CIP's brand new line of home video releases!

The kids your mother never let you play with.

Charismatic painter Steve (Scanners star Stephen Lack) has carved out a reputation as Montréal’s premiere drug connection, trafficking narcotics with a crew of friends and lovers living as a makeshift “family” on the fringes of society. But tensions rise when the police catch wind of their latest shipment, and Steve strikes up a friendship with a university student eager to observe the group’s illicit lifestyle for his graduate thesis. As the walls start to close in, old jealousies and new paranoias surface, and the family scrambles to adapt or perish.    

Featuring seven songs by acclaimed Leonard Cohen collaborator Lewis Furey, the directorial debut of Allan Moyle (Times Square, Pump Up the Volume, Empire Records) is an innovative drug drama that set the stage for Drugstore Cowboy and other celebrated portraits of addiction. Equal parts Warhol and Cassavetes, the film’s docu-fiction approach earned widespread praise for its urgency and vivid reality, with The Toronto International Film Festival citing it as “one of the best films of the ’70s.” Out of official circulation for decades, The Rubber Gun returns in a stunning new restoration from the original camera negatives.

directed by: Allan Moyle
starring: Stephen Lack, Pam Holmes-Robert, Pierre Robert, Peter Brawley, Allan Moyle
1977 / 84 min / 1.37:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

  • Region A Blu-ray
  • Newly scanned and restored in 2K from the original 16mm A/B negatives by Canadian International Pictures with sound transferred from the answer print
  • New interviews with actor and co-writer Stephen Lack
  • New interview with director Allan Moyle
  • New interview with composer Lewis Furey
  • New interview with co-cinematographer Frank Vitale
  • American Cinematheque Q&A – Post-screening discussion featuring Moyle
  • Fantasia International Film Festival intro and Q&A featuring Lack and Vitale
  • Original theatrical outro song
  • Archival stills gallery
  • Theatrical re-release trailer
  • Booklet featuring a new essay by professor Nathan Holmes and an archival profile by P.M. Massé-Connolly
  • Reversible cover artwork
  • English SDH subtitles

Overall rating: 4.6363635 / 5 from 11 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Summary topics

Review topics: [].

Review highlights

Reviews

Great

"A weird Canadian classic I've never seen. Keep them coming."

— Mark B. (4/5)

teeters between manic philosophy and street-level chaos

"The recent restoration and release from Canadian International Pictures helps put it back in circulation where it belongs, treating it less like a relic and more like an important piece of Canada’s underground film history—raw, funny, and still strangely alive."

— Mitchell C. (5/5)

Another great gem from CIP,

"Another great gem from CIP, which consistently delivers great presentations."

— Mike S. (4/5)

The Rubber Gun

"I enjoyed the film a lot. Great supplemental features & packaging!"

— Andrew L. (5/5)

cool era snapshot

"great snapshot from Allan Moyle who did Pump Up the Volume and Times Square"

— Mark S. (5/5)

Stephan Lack is a hippy patriarch

"And while he’s no Charlie Manson, he is a charismatic sardonic leader of a bunch of friends with an ideological point of view. Wonderdul movie."

— John B. (5/5)

Allan Moyle shows in his

"Allan Moyle shows in his debut the great work he was soon to do in Times Square"

— Corey D. (5/5)

Rubber Gun Review

"Interesting street level film."

— Blake B. (4/5)

Rubber bullets

"Fun indie Canadian fun"

— Colin B. (5/5)

"Awesome! Been waiting to get the remaster!"

— David (5/5)

Q&A

More Items to Consider