Stateside Independent will screen The Happy Poet -- which premiered at SXSW 2010 -- Monday, May 6 at 7 pm [ticket info]. Cast members Jonny Mars, Chris Doubek and Liz Fisher, and producer David Hartstein, will be there for a Q&A following the movie.
In The Happy Poet, a comedy filmed in Austin, unemployed writer Bill (writer-director Paul Gordon) dreams of running a cart that sells local/organic vegetarian snacks: eggless egg-salad sandwiches, basil pesto pitas and the like. There's just a slight hitch in his plans: He's practically broke and has to insinuate to the man selling him the food cart that he will be selling hot dogs instead. He makes the snacks at his apartment in the morning (my baker friend would be distressed to see his lack of plastic gloves) and stakes out a spot to sell his wares.
Bill, bespectacled and hesitant, is aided in this venture by friends who...
In The Happy Poet, a comedy filmed in Austin, unemployed writer Bill (writer-director Paul Gordon) dreams of running a cart that sells local/organic vegetarian snacks: eggless egg-salad sandwiches, basil pesto pitas and the like. There's just a slight hitch in his plans: He's practically broke and has to insinuate to the man selling him the food cart that he will be selling hot dogs instead. He makes the snacks at his apartment in the morning (my baker friend would be distressed to see his lack of plastic gloves) and stakes out a spot to sell his wares.
Bill, bespectacled and hesitant, is aided in this venture by friends who...
- 5/3/2013
- by Elizabeth Stoddard
- Slackerwood
One of my favorite films of SXSW 2010 – The Happy Poet – will be screening on Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 7:30pm at the Marchesa Hall & Theatre (located in the Lincoln Village Shopping Center – facing Middle Fiskville Road). This screening is a fundraiser to help The Happy Poet cast and crew kick-start their travel for an upcoming festival run commencing with New York City's Rooftop Films Summer Series (www.rooftopfilms.com) on Friday, June 25th. Director Paul Gordon and other members of the cast and crew will be in attendance for a Q&A. A cash bar and food will be available at the venue. So please help The Happy Poet travel to New York City and beyond…Tickets ($10.00 each) can be purchased here: http://marchesa.inticketing.com/events The Happy Poet Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 7:30pm The Marchesa Hall & Theatre (map) 6406 N. Ih-35, Suite 3100 Austin, TX 78752 This screening is co-sponsored by the Austin Film Society,...
- 5/30/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Date/Time: Thursday, June 3, 2010 - 7:30pm - 9:30pm Location: The Marchesa Hall and Theatre More info: Visit external web page.
Jenn Brown and I caught the premiere of locally made film The Happy Poet at SXSW this year, and had a great time. It's a charming low-key comedy about a guy who decides to open a food cart at Auditorium Shores that will sell vegetarian and organic sandwiches and treats. He's battling a limited budget, a hot-dog-loving clientele and a delivery man with occasional shady habits. Writer-director Paul Gordon also plays the lead character, and the cast includes Chris Doubek, Liz Fisher and Jonny Mars. Read Jenn's review for more details.
The Happy Poet is scheduled to play in New York in late June, and Gordon and his producers are in need of some travel funds so they can attend their own NYC premiere (at Rooftop Films Summer Series,...
Jenn Brown and I caught the premiere of locally made film The Happy Poet at SXSW this year, and had a great time. It's a charming low-key comedy about a guy who decides to open a food cart at Auditorium Shores that will sell vegetarian and organic sandwiches and treats. He's battling a limited budget, a hot-dog-loving clientele and a delivery man with occasional shady habits. Writer-director Paul Gordon also plays the lead character, and the cast includes Chris Doubek, Liz Fisher and Jonny Mars. Read Jenn's review for more details.
The Happy Poet is scheduled to play in New York in late June, and Gordon and his producers are in need of some travel funds so they can attend their own NYC premiere (at Rooftop Films Summer Series,...
- 5/19/2010
- by Jette Kernion
- Slackerwood
After first watching The Happy Poet at SXSW, I immediately knew that it was going to end up being one of my favorite films of the festival. To be honest, this was the interview that I looked forward to the most during SXSW. I was really excited about meeting writer-director-actor Paul Gordon and having the other lead actors (Jonny Mars, Chris Doubek and Liz Fisher) along for the proverbial ride made it all that much better. The five of us met up at the Austin Hilton to chat about The Happy Poet, which screened as part of SXSW 2010’s “Emerging Visions” series. The interview goes off on some odd comedic tangents – but what would you expect from the hilarious team behind The Happy Poet? DS: The Happy Poet appears to function as a metaphor on several levels for many things. I’m curious what your intentions were? PG: Well, I...
- 4/18/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Director: Paul Gordon Writer: Paul Gordon Starring: Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Chris Doubek, Liz Fisher, Amy Myers Martin, Amy Myers Martin, Ricardo Lerma, Sam Wainwright Douglas, Carlos Trevino Bill (Paul Gordon) is looking for a job. He has the bright idea to borrow the very small amount of cash that his bank is willing to loan to him in order to buy a hot dog cart and convert it into a health food cart. At least in the beginning, Bill plans on this being a one-man operation. He will prepare the organic and mostly vegetarian sandwiches himself as well as man the food cart. After finding a prime location – beside a hike and bike trail (at what some may recognize as Austin’s Lady Bird Lake) – crowded with people enjoying the outdoors, doing healthy things like walking, running and biking; Bill quickly discovers that most people, no matter how healthy purport to be,...
- 3/29/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Same old story...I didn't get into the Cold Weather screening today at the Ritz; but I did get to do a bunch of really great interviews that I am very excited about posting (I'm not too excited about the transcribing part). First was an interview with Sean Byrne and Robin McLeavy for The Loved Ones; then I interviewed Matt Porterfield for Putty Hill; then Paul Gordon, Jonny Mars, Chris Doubek and Liz Fisher for The Happy Poet; then Andrew Bowser for Jimmy Tupper Vs. the Goatman of Bowie. My first movie was not until 6pm today, and that was Harry Brown. Wow, so essentially Michael Caine plays an aged Dirty Harry who decides to fight a one man battle against the local hoodlums that hang out at his estate (this is set in Britain - so by estate, I mean housing project). This libertarian fantasy pic had a lot...
- 3/17/2010
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Paul Gordon's The Happy Poet had its world premiere this week at SXSW to an over-capacity and appreciative crowd at Alamo Ritz.
Bill (Paul Gordon) has a dream to open a healthy and organic food cart. This simple dream seems impossible due to poor credit and no experience (he's a poet), and no one believing in him, but he's determined to make it work, despite the pressure to open a hot-dog stand instead. With the unlikely allies of unemployed friend Donnie (Jonny Mars), a slacker-philosopher who haggles for the first sandwich (Chris Doubek), and Agnes (Liz Fisher), who quickly becomes a regular, it looks like his dream will take off. But can the Happy Poet food stand make a stand for healthy food, or will Bill be forced to sell out and sell hot dogs?
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Bill (Paul Gordon) has a dream to open a healthy and organic food cart. This simple dream seems impossible due to poor credit and no experience (he's a poet), and no one believing in him, but he's determined to make it work, despite the pressure to open a hot-dog stand instead. With the unlikely allies of unemployed friend Donnie (Jonny Mars), a slacker-philosopher who haggles for the first sandwich (Chris Doubek), and Agnes (Liz Fisher), who quickly becomes a regular, it looks like his dream will take off. But can the Happy Poet food stand make a stand for healthy food, or will Bill be forced to sell out and sell hot dogs?
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- 3/17/2010
- by Jenn Brown
- Slackerwood
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