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Overview

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6.2/10   6,035 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Ed Stone (writer) &
Mark Illsley (writer) ...
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Release Date:
3 December 1999 (UK) more
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Tagline:
Escaped convicts disguised as beauty pageant experts? This could get ugly. more
Plot:
Two escaped convicts (Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn) arrive in the town of Happy, Texas, where they are... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
6 wins & 6 nominations more
User Comments:
A real feel-good film more (117 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Steve Zahn ... Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr., aka David

Jeremy Northam ... Harry Sawyer, aka Steven 'Steve'

William H. Macy ... Sheriff Chappy Dent
Ally Walker ... Josephine 'Joe' McClintock the Banker

Illeana Douglas ... Doreen Schaefer

M.C. Gainey ... Robert 'Bob' Allen Maslow

Ron Perlman ... Marshal Nalhober

Mo Gaffney ... Mrs. Bromley
Paul Dooley ... The Judge
Jillian Berard ... Madison 'Maddie'

Scarlett Pomers ... Jency (Flaming Batons)
Melissa Arnold ... Another Happy Girl

Cassie Silva ... Another Happy Girl
Tiffany Takara ... Another Happy Girl

Tim Bagley ... David, Pagent Professional
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language, sexual content and some violence.
Runtime:
98 min
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Trivia:
William H. Macy's character has a discussion on the phone where he complains he cannot read a smudgy fax, and the message should be mailed, not faxed. This is exactly like a conversation his character has in Fargo (1996). more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: There are no mountains or vineyards anywhere near Happy, Texas. more
Quotes:
Marshal Nalhober: Great googely moogely! more
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References Fargo (1996) more
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Baila Este Ritmo more

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11 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
A real feel-good film, 13 February 2004
8/10
Author: Tord S Eriksson from Gothenburg, Sweden

Happy, Texas is one of these films that you know from the beginning will end well, where everything work out, eventually, and nobody gets killed.

But it sure ain't all sweet, as foul language and sex is comic parts of the story, as are two supposedly gay men (they have stolen a camper belonging to two gay mane, so they, two escaped convicts, have to impersonate these guys for a while), a gay sheriff and so on.

The acting is nigh perfect, the story ludicrous, and it is all a great saga, but very modern at that. When Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr teaches the small girls how to dance on scene is one of the funniest scenes I've seen for a long time, and in all it outshines similar films by quite some distance!

If only Stuart Little had some of this energy and love of life, sigh!

8/10

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