Chowboys: An American Folktale

"Hopeless men... Against hopeless odds..."

2018 0h 8m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 4

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Synopsis

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Three stupid cowboys are lost in the woods without any food on the coldest night of the year. Will they succumb to the cold, cannibalism, or the Christmas Spirit? Canada's infamous Astron-6 return to short form to challenge the very idea of storytelling. Grotesque. Absurd. Buñuel by way of Zuckers and Abrahams.

“Hopeless men... Against hopeless odds...”

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Cast

Matthew Kennedy
Adam Brooks
Conor Sweeney
Jeremy Gillespie
Steven Kostanski

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Adam Brooks
Writers: Matthew Kennedy, Adam Brooks, Steven Kostanski
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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RUNTIME

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Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Adam Brooks shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Matthew Kennedy and Adam Brooks and Conor Sweeney carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Hopeless men... Against hopeless odds...".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt9657888 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Adam Brooks directs. Adam Brooks cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Adam Brooks shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Matthew Kennedy and Adam Brooks and Conor Sweeney carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Hopeless men... Against hopeless odds...".
7IMDB entry: tt9657888 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.