Happy, Texas
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Happy, Texas |
| Original title | Happy, Texas |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 99 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Illsley |
| script |
Ed Stone Mark Illsley Phil Reeves |
| production | Mark Illsley Rick Montgomery Ed Stone |
| music | Peter Harris |
| camera | Bruce Douglas Johnson |
| cut | Norman Buckley |
| occupation | |
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Happy, Texas is an American crime comedy released in 1999 . Directed by Mark Illsley , who also co-produced the film and wrote the script with Ed Stone and Phil Reeves .
action
Wayne Wayne Wayne Junior, Harry Sawyer and a third inmate escape prison. Wayne junior and Sawyer travel in a stolen car in the small town of Happy ( Texas ), where they expected for homosexual organizers of a beauty contest - held - the real car owner. They use this assumption as a cover and prepare a bank robbery.
Local police officer Chappy Dent turns out to be homosexual. He finds Sawyer attractive while both inmates flirt with local women.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times of October 8, 1999 that the portrayal of Steve Zahn was particularly funny. That of William H. Macy seems calmer and more serious - his facial expressions carry scenes in which no dialogue would work.
The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was an "unoriginally staged independent comedy that uses the confrontation of alleged homosexuality with true homoerotic feelings only for laughter" and "once again presents the pure fool as an unreflected figure of identification" . The actors are "convincing" and provide "modest entertainment value" , but this cannot "hide the insignificance of the film" .
Awards
Mark Illsley received the Audience Award at the Sudbury Cinéfest film festival in 1999 ; he was nominated for the Special Grand Prize of the Deauville Film Festival and for a prize at the German International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival ( Enchanted ). Steve Zahn won an award at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999 and Mark Illsley was nominated for another award at that festival.
William H. Macy won the Golden Satellite Award in 2000 and Steve Zahn was nominated for the same award. Steve Zahn won the Independent Spirit Award in 2000 . William H. Macy was nominated for an American Comedy Award in 2000. Scarlett Pomers won the Young Artist Award in 2000 . Jeremy Northam won the London Critics Circle Film Award in 2000 . The film was nominated for the GLAAD Media Award in 2000.
backgrounds
The film was in Piru ( California turned). Its production amounted to an estimated 1.7 million US dollars . The world premiere took place in January 1999 at the Sundance Film Festival , which was followed in September 1999 by the World Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival . The film grossed approximately $ 1.94 million in US cinemas.
Web links
- Happy, Texas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Happy, Texas at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Happy, Texas at Metacritic (English)