Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9786305800941
Format: Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 6305800944
Label: Miramax
Manufacturer: Miramax
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Miramax
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 11, 2000
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 14365
Studio: Miramax
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Description:
Popular stars Steve Zahn (FORCES OF NATURE, YOU'VE GOT MAIL, OUT OF SIGHT), Jeremy Northam (AN IDEAL HUSBAND, MIMIC), and William H. Macy (MYSTERY MEN, A CIVIL ACTION, FARGO) enliven a hilarious comedy where a case of mistaken identity leads to a beauty of a con game! When escaped convicts Harry Sawyer (Northam) and Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr. (Zahn) are pulled over in the town of Happy, Texas ... while driving a stolen Winnebago ... they think they are being arrested. Rather, they're immediately welcomed as the vehicle's owners: a gay couple who've come to orchestrate the 'Little Miss Fresh-Squeezed Pre-Teen' beauty pageant! Not ones to let a good con pass them by, the pair don't hesitate to adopt flamboyant new personalities ... and quickly meet with outrageously unpredictable consequences! With a great cast of stars playing an unusually offbeat collection of characters -- you'll be more than happy you picked up this laugh-out-loud comedy treat!
Amazon.com:
Three prisoners on a chain gang find themselves on the loose when their prison van overturns to avoid hitting an armadillo. Two of them--Jeremy Northam (An Ideal Husband, The Winslow Boy) and Steve Zahn (Out of Sight, That Thing You Do!)--steal an RV that turns out to belong to two junior-beauty-pageant promoters on their way to organize a pageant in Happy, Texas. When Northam and Zahn find themselves stuck in Happy, their only option is to follow through with their masquerade and put on the pageant. Unfortunately, the promoters are known to be gay, which complicates matters when both men find themselves attracted to local women--Illeana Douglas (Grace of My Heart, Cape Fear) and Ally Walker (While You Were Sleeping, TV's Profiler). The cast is uniformly entertaining, but it's William H. Macy (Fargo, Pleasantville) who really steals the show as the town sheriff with a secret of his own. Happy, Texas was an audience favorite at the Sundance Film Festival but didn't do as well in wide release, probably because viewers expected a nonstop farce. But though the movie is a comedy, and a very funny one, its humor springs more from nuances of character than broad wackiness. The situations are a little predictable, but the performers--especially Macy--give it zest and genuine feeling. --Bret Fetzer
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Great Sleeper
This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. It is up there in a cult like status following with such great hits as Office Space and The Big Lebowski. Ya' all know what the story line, and the bottom line is the acting is great, story is creative, and the movie is a classic hit for the family.
Rating:  - Are we Reviewing the same Movie?
This movie was somewhat watchable when it was free on TV. I am shocked by all the positive reviews. Esp. when so many critics rip apart good movies. This movie came out in '99, so the whole gay thing was already kinda tired then.
Jeremy Northram does not work in any way as a redneck convict. He even periodically loses his accent. Much of Zahn's antics seemed a litttle more groan worthy than funny. Macy is kind of sweet as the town's closeted sheriff. But overall this movie just didn't work or seem believable. None of these actors seem like Texans. The plot was kinda stock. Simply not a 5 star movie.
Rating: - Happy Texas
This is a rebuy for us. We lost our first one during Katrina. Liked it so much we purchased another. If you have any sense of humor, you will laugh constantly.
Rating: - Happy texas
If you want some great laughs, then go for this movie, a bit stupid, but has some hidden warmth and human element in it that makes you want to see it again
Rating: - Happy Texas...Happy customer!
I ordered this movie in VHS as I understand it is out of print now. It is just the most hilarious movie. I didn't know any of the actors but Tim Robbins. I saw this movie on television and had to have it. If you like to laugh...get this movie!!! Loved it!!! And it has a good story to it as well.
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