| Happy, Texas | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Mark Illsley |
| Produced by | Mark Illsley Rick Montgomery Ed Stone |
| Written by | Ed Stone Mark Illsley Phil Reeves |
| Starring | Steve Zahn Jeremy Northam William H. Macy Ally Walker Illeana Douglas |
| Music by | Peter Harris |
| Cinematography | Bruce Douglas Johnson |
| Editing by | Norman Buckley |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | October 1, 1999 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $2.5 million |
| Box office | $1,955,933 |
Happy, Texas is a comedy film released in 1999 directed by Mark Illsley, and starring Steve Zahn, Jeremy Northam and William H. Macy.
Contents |
Three prisoners escape from a chain gang, and two of them, Wayne and Harry (Zahn and Northam) run away to Happy, Texas, where they pose as the gay organizers of a beauty pageant. They put on a show with the small girls of the town while hiding from the law and waiting for the opportunity to rob the local bank.
Their scheme is complicated by the fact that the local sheriff (Macy) is gay, and, believing that Wayne and Harry are also gay, he is attracted to Harry.
With the exception of a few scenes, the film was shot entirely on location in Piru, California.
| Happy, Texas: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by various artists | |
| Released | September 14, 1999 |
| Genre | Country Tejano Exotica |
| Length | 49:08 |
| Label | Arista |
| Professional reviews | |
The soundtrack album for Happy, Texas features a mix of mostly country music by such artists as Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Lee Roy Parnell, Pam Tillis, Brad Paisley and BR5-49. There are also bits of Tejano (Flaco Jimenez) and exotica (Yma Sumac).