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Hubbel Palmer (screenplay)
Hubbel Palmer (story)
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The life and times of Tracy Orbison, a grocery clerk with the mind of a dreamer, the soul of a poet and the body of a really fat man. more
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At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison (Hubbel Palmer) is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting... more | add synopsis
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Director Chris Bowman Offers Up a Slice of Humble Pie
(From Beyond Hollywood. 11 November 2009, 11:57 AM, PST)
Your Holiday Indie Film Preview
(From IFC. 4 November 2009, 8:26 AM, PST)
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Funny, original story with some great scenes more (3 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Hubbel Palmer | ... | Tracy Orbison |
 | William Baldwin | ... | Truman Hope |
 | Mary Lynn Rajskub | ... | Peggy Orbison |
 | Kathleen Quinlan | ... | Agnes Orbison |
 | Bruce McGill | ... | Mr. Grigoratus |
 | Vincent Caso | ... | Kendis Cooley |
 | Nick Lashaway | ... | Shawn |
 | Rae Ritke | ... | Helen |
| Scott Lincoln | ... | Lyle |
| Micaela Nelligan | ... | Laverne |
| Tarren McGray | ... | Steve |
 | Janet Varney | ... | Joleen |
 | Miki Eto | ... | Hsao-Wei |
| Guangze Zhu | ... | Mr. Wong |
| Bruce Abbott | ... | Captain Atticus |
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Humble Pie (USA) (new title)
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Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and violence.
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USA:84 min
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #45676)
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Tracy Orbison: [impersonating Kendis' dad] Don't get me wrong, I'm as potent as picante sauce - it's my wife who had the troubled womb. She was as impregnable as Hitler's bunker. more
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Wong Way more
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I saw this at the Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck, Michigan.
Tracy Orbinson (Hubbel Palmer) is an overweight grocery store worker who has dreams of becoming an actor. He takes acting classes and is greatly impressed by his acting teacher Truman Hope (William Baldwin). Along the way he befriends a group of teenagers and tries to reform them from their rowdy ways. The film is filled with a lot of entertaining scenes and funny moments, it's a good and fun movie.
I loved the first half of the movie, it was very funny ad great to watch. But I felt it lost some of its wit and comedy when the teenagers and Hubbel concocted a plan regarding the grocery store, and the film never really recovered after it. It still had some charm in the second half, but it started to become a comedy/drama, and I would have preferred the film to be a consistent comedy.
Directed by Chris Bowman and written and starring Hubble Palmer, it's a worthy effort. The first half is great, and the ending also has the same flare as the beginning of the film. Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, actress Mary Lynn Rajskub, and producer Jeremy Coon were at the film festival and had some funny stories to tell about the making of the film. They were a nice group of people and obviously had a great time making the film.