The Accountant (2001)

Director:

Ray McKinnon

Writer:

Ray McKinnon (written by)

Genre:

Comedy | Short

Tagline:

Can one man, one hard drinking, chain smoking, backwoods accountant, stop a national conspiracy, change the course of history, and save a way of life? It's do-able... but it ain't gonna be purdy.

Plot Keywords:

Accountant | Dog | Brother Brother Relationship | Conspiracy | Infidelity

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 4 wins

Cast

Ray McKinnon	...	The Accountant
Walton Goggins	...	Tommy O'Dell (as Walt Goggins)
Eddie King	...	David O'Dell
Gary Richardson	...	One-armed farmer

Runtime:

Argentina:35 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Covington, Georgia, USA

Company:

Ginny Mule Pictures

Trivia:

Drive-By Truckers' song "Sinkhole" (from the album Decoration Day) is based on this short film. Ray McKinnon was appreciative, and reciprocated by using a few Drive-By Truckers songs on the soundtrack for his film, Chrystal (2004).

Quotes:

The Accountant: If a man builds a machine and that machine conspires with another machine built by another man, are those men conspiring?

Movie Connections:

References "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962)

My Favorite All Time Film

The Accountant is nothing short of genius. Thank you Ray McKinnon for standing up to the "characatures and stereotypes", and for exposing the cultural conspiracy for what it is.

If you like serious messages coated with great humor, brilliant writing, and wonderful acting performances, you MUST check out this film! This is a moving portrait of the modern American Landscape in it's true light.

It is rare in this day and age for a writer/director to show such guts and intelligence in one swoop. Ray McKinnon delivers three-fold, and The Accountant has honestly become my favorite all time film; short or feature length.

-JB