Poor White Trash (2000)

Director:

Michael Addis

Writers:

Michael Addis (story) &
Tony Urban (story) ...

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

Crime pays... just not enough

Plot:

A white trash family must resort to crime to send their teenaged son to college.

Plot Keywords:

White Trash | Sheriff | Independent Film

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tony Denman	...	Michael Bronco
Jacob Tierney	...	Lennie Lake
Craig Patton	...	Ken Kenworthy
Kerri Randles	...	Suzy
Danielle Harris	...	Suzi
Patrick Renna	...	Ricky Kenworthy
Doug MacHugh	...	Sheriff Ross (as Douglas MacHugh)
Todd Babcock	...	Deputy Haggard
Sean Young	...	Linda Bronco
Charles Solomon Jr.	...	Bailiff
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Judge Pike
Tim Kazurinsky	...	Carlton Rasmeth
Richard Livingston	...	Prosecutor Machado
Bob Koherr	...	Jim Bronco
Jason London	...	Brian Ross

Also Known As:

Goodbye Sunrise (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some sexuality and violence.

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Benton, Illinois, USA

Company:

Kingsize Entertainment

Trivia:

Co-writer Tony Urban began writing the movie when he was 19 years old. He met director Michael Addis via email and the duo completed the script sending script pages back and forth through email, Urban in Pennsylvania and Addis in California. Their story is profiled in the book "Screenwriting on the Internet".

Goofs:

Continuity: During the robbery, Suzy has the bag of food in her hands as she walks to the back of the store to tell #3 to hurry up. When she is seen next entering the office the bag is missing.

Quotes:

Linda Bronco: If you're gonna compliment a woman, do it from your heart, not your pecker.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kottentail (2004)

Soundtrack:

Faith

Smart comedy

With a name like Poor White Trash, this movie easily could have been mistaken as a low-grade comedy with stereotype characters telling stupid jokes. Instead, it develops characters as real people, with few cliches. Yes, there is a trailer park and trailer trash, but that is the real world, and real people live there. The writers do not make fun of their character's living condition, but rather use it to help understand them. The young men live in a world where stealing cheap beer and chasing cheap girls pass for culture, and they understandably want out. You're rooting for them, especially when things start to go wrong. Oh, and it's funny, and even poignant. Jaime Presley is beautiful and Sean Young is sharp and witty. To her credit, she's not afraid to play a woman her age, and she does so with dignity and grace. Buy the DVD and impress your friends with it in a few years when the young cast become major stars.