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Ray McKinnon (written by)
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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.
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Won Oscar. Another 4 wins more
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(2 articles)
Birthday Suits: Abba Alert!
 (From FilmExperience. 15 November 2009, 6:01 AM, PST)

Little Rock Film Festival 2009
 (From PasteMagazine. 14 May 2009, 7:56 AM, PDT)

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Cast

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Ray McKinnon ... The Accountant

Walton Goggins ... Tommy O'Dell (as Walt Goggins)
Eddie King ... David O'Dell
Gary Richardson ... One-armed farmer
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Argentina:35 min
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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). more
Quotes:
The Accountant: If a man builds a machine and that machine conspires with another machine built by another man, are those men conspiring? more
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References Sling Blade (1996) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
Fan-bloody-tastic!, 29 February 2004
10/10
Author: David Vanholsbeeck from Ternat, Belgium

Simply the best short film I ever saw. Imaginative, funny (did I say funny? I mean HILARIOUS)and one that can be viewed over and over again to get the whole picture. This reminded me of the great work of the Coen Bros(especially THE BIG LEBOWSKI). Seems very absurd and scores as great for almost the whole duration (about 30-35 min.) of the (short) movie, until the end, when it becomes a masterpiece. With all of this in mind I'll be happy to watch it again for sure, if I can get my hands on it once more. Just caught this on Dutch television but shorts don't come by so often on TV, so next time I'll surely try and tape it. Won't be for all tastes, but won't kill you either ;-) and I simply loved it. 10/10 ( a first for a short in my book)

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