ACCIDENTAL TEXAN-FR

Event date(s): November 11, 2024
Time(s): 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Category: Fredericton
Location: Fredericton

The Monday Night Film Series presents ACCIDENTAL TEXAN on Nov.11 at 7:30pm in Tilley 102, UNB.

Stranded in Buffalo Gap, Texas, fledgling actor Erwin meets Merle, a veteran oil driller who's about to lose everything he owns. In desperate straits, Merle asks him to pose as his landman to fool the police and a corrupt oil company owner.

The next time you hear someone complain that they sure don’t make them like they used to, point them in the direction of “Accidental Texan”, an unapologetically old-fashioned feel-good dramedy adapted from the Cole Thompson’s novel “Chocolate Lizards”

Fresh-faced recent Harvard student Erwin (Rudy Pankow) flames out of his first professional acting job when he forgets to turn off his phone and triggers an explosive nightmare on set. He flees the New Orleans set, only to have his car break down deep in the heart of Texas oil country. He meets Faye (Carrie-Anne Moss), a kindly waitress and Merle, a local oil driller (Thomas Haden Church).

Learning that Merle is nearly bankrupt, it seems the two men may be able to help each other out of their desperate straits. Church and Pankow persuasively develop an amusing give-and-take, especially whenever their characters are pulling something over on easily deceived adversaries and are just as engaging as they ease into more serious interplay while discussing unpleasant elements of their respective pasts. Bruce Dern drops by now and then to spike the mix with a welcome dose of vinegar as Scheermeyer, a crusty rancher.

“Mark Bristol’s sophomore film is cinema comfort food, goes down easy and leaves you feeling satisfied. Great casting. Rudy Pankow, Thomas Haden Church, and Carrie-Anne Moss make this an enjoyable watch you'll want to revisit.”  Joe Friar, Fort Worth Report

This term, 14 limited release, independent foreign & Canadian films will be shown. Admission is $10/film, but a half-yearly $12 student film society membership reduces admission cost to $7/film. The series is open to all. Memberships are available at Tilley 102 every Monday night.

For further info, contact NB Film Co-op 455-1632  info@nbfilmcoop.com or visit our website.

The NB Film Co-op in partnership with the UNB Faculty of Arts and the Toronto Film Festival presents the series.

Building: Tilley Hall

Room Number: Room 102