All hat

Movie
German title	All hat
Original title	All hat
Country of production	USA , UK , Canada
original language	English
Publishing year	2007
length	89 minutes
Rod
Director	Leonard Farlinger
script	Brad Smith
production	Jennifer Jonas
music	Bill Frisell
camera	Paul Sarossy
cut	Glenn Berman
occupation
Rachael Leigh Cook : Chrissie Luke Kirby : Ray Dokes Keith Carradine : Pete Culpepper Lisa Ray : Etta Parr Ernie Hudson : Jackson Jones David Alpay : Paulie Stanton Noam Jenkins : Sonny Stanton Joel S. Keller : Dean Calder Graham Greene : Jim Burns Gary Farmer : Billy Caan Stephen McHattie : Earl Stanton Michelle Nolden : Gena Stanton David Gardner : Homer Parr Tracy Wright : Elizabeth Dokes Lorne Brass : Dan Rockwell

All Hat is an American - British - Canadian western comedy from 2007. Directed by Leonard Farlinger , the screenplay was written by Brad Smith based on his own novel.

action

Cowboy Ray Dokes is released after serving a two-year prison term. He returns to his hometown and wants to lead a quiet life there. Dokes gets into the entrepreneur Sonny Stanton, who wants to buy the farm of his indebted friend Pete Culpepper to build a golf course . Etta Parr, a former friend of the cowboy, is fighting against these plans.

Dokes meets the jockey woman Chrissie, whom he gets closer. A ten million dollar racehorse is stolen from the entrepreneur. Stanton urges many local residents to sell their farms to him. Dokes devises a plan to stop Stanton.

Reviews

Philip Marchand wrote in the Toronto Star on January 25, 2008 that Brad Smith followed the well-known formula with "the utmost accuracy . " The plot is still "reasonably convincing" and the pace is "tight" . The story is as “thin” as an episode of a television series ( “The only problem is that the story feels slight - more like a prolonged episode of a television series than material for a full-blown movie” ).

David Nusair wrote on Reel Film Reviews that the film offers impressive representations and breathtaking camera work in places , but that something would be missing that could keep the viewer interested for more than a few minutes at a time. The plot is too "winding" , the characters are not developed enough. Kirby's portrayal is effective, but this would destroy the weaknesses of the unconvincing character.

backgrounds

The film was shot in Alliston , Fort Erie and Hamilton, Ontario . Its production cost was estimated to be 5 million Canadian dollars . On September 11, 2007, the film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival , which was followed by several other film festivals. It was shown in a movie theater in the United States in 2008 and otherwise released on DVD.

Web links

• All Has the Internet Movie Database (English)
• All Hat atRotten Tomatoes(English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Film review by Philip Marchand , accessed October 31, 2008
2. ^ Film review by David Nusair , accessed October 31, 2008
3. ^ Filming locations for All Hat , accessed October 31, 2008
4. ^ Box office / business for All Hat , accessed October 31, 2008
5. ↑ Release dates for All Hat , accessed October 31, 2008