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Sharpshooter (2007 film)

2007 television film directed by Armand Mastroianni

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ7490436 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sharpshooter is a 2007 American action television film starring James Remar, Bruce Boxleitner, Mario Van Peebles and Catherine Mary Stewart. It was written by Steven H. Berman and directed by Armand Mastroianni. It was first shown in the United Kingdom on Sky Three on October 11, 2007, and aired in the United States on Spike TV on January 27, 2008.

Plot

An assassin working for the CIA decides to take one final job before quitting, only to find out that he is the target of his CIA boss.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sharpshooter (2007 film)” as 2007 television film directed by Armand Mastroianni. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sharpshooter, film and television.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2007, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2007-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sharpshooter, film and television providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sharpshooter (2007 film)”, the useful work is to connect “2007 television film directed by Armand Mastroianni” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7490436. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2007 and 2008.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sharpshooter (2007 film)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.