Beer for My Horses (2008)

"Beer for My Horses" tells the story of two best friends that work together as deputies in a small town. The two defy the Sheriff and head off on an outrageous road trip to save the protagonist's girlfriend from drug lord kidnappers.

Director:

Michael Salomon

Writers:

Rodney Carrington (screenplay), Toby Keith (screenplay)

Stars:

Toby Keith, Rodney Carrington, Claire Forlani

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Toby Keith	...	Joe Bill 'Rack' Racklin
Rodney Carrington	...	Lonnie Luther Feldman
Claire Forlani	...	Annie Streets
Ted Nugent	...	Skunk
Barry Corbin	...	Buck Baker
Greg Serano	...	Tito Garza
Tom Skerritt	...	Sheriff Wilson Landry
Gina Gershon	...	Cammie
Willie Nelson	...	Charlie
Chris Browning	...	Deputy Stippins
Myk Watford	...	Norvel
Carlos Sanz	...	Manuel Garza
Chad Brummett	...	Johnny Franks / Agent Levon Spurlock
David Allan Coe	...	Gypsy Gene
Mark Povinelli	...	Merriweather

Storyline

Bill Racklin is a deputy sheriff in Greer County Oklahoma, the crystal meth capital of the region. His girlfriend leaves him because he's inattentive to her, but things look up when his high-school sweetheart, Annie Streets, returns home to care for her ailing mother. Annie's step-father, Buck Baker, is the local heartless rich guy, buying up farmland. On a stakeout, Rack and two other deputies arrest four men stealing fertilizer to make crystal meth; one of the four is the brother of a notorious Mexican drug dealer. The drug lord arranges Annie's kidnapping and holds her to ransom his brother. Rack and the deputies, prisoner in tow, head for Mexico to rescue her.

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Plot Keywords:

drug lord | crystal meth | rescue | fertilizer | arrest | 

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Taglines:

Vigilante justice... It's a real blast!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexual humor and dialogue, language, drug content and brief nudity

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 August 2008 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dupla Enrascada

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$209,253 (USA) (8 August 2008)

Gross:

$666,045 (USA) (7 November 2008)

Company Credits

Production Co:

B4MH Productions, CMT Films, Show Dog Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ted Nugent's character is a major character in the film but only says two words the whole movie.

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Goofs

During the scene where Lonnie crashes the truck into some road barriers, there is just a piece of wood sticking out of the grille. There should be some damage on the bumper, considering all of the barriers the truck hit.

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Connections

Referenced in CMT Star: Filthy Rich Countdown (2008)

User Reviews

Justice is the One Thing You Should Always Find

I wasn't surprised that the popular 2003 Country single would end up to be a film adaptation five years later. If your familiar with the music video of the song Beer for My Horses, you knew some extension and maybe transformation could lead to a movie. The question was, would they do it? The answer, was yes. As much as I loved the song when I was younger, I wasn't going berserk for the film. I was shocked when discovering it I hadn't seen it until about two years later. The main reason was, I was upset Willie Nelson (co singer in the song) wasn't Toby Keith's sidekick/partner in the film. Thats why I avoided it.

Though as soon I started watching it, I inevitably got hooked. It surpassed the video. It honestly did. The video's plot involved a serial killer who would kill prostitutes, and it was up to Toby Keith, Willie Nelson, and another cop to find out who it was. The movie's plot has a lot more suspense, and effects the protagonist, more than the music video did.

Toby Keith plays lovable deputy Rack who's sidekick is more than meets the eye Lonnie (Rodney Carrington), his bumbling sidekick, and silent and solemn Skunk (Ted Nugent). The three deputies recently arrested a group of Mexicans who tried to steal fertilizer from a shop. The brother of one criminal kidnaps Rack's love interest who he goes back to after his most recent girlfriend dumps him. Rack, Lonnie, Skunk, and the criminal head to Mexico to claim the girl and return the criminal.

Besides some bad jokes, cliché moments, and foreshadowing of help from something useless, this movie proves to be okay. There's just a few problems I have with this. The song Beer for My Horses is heard for fifteen seconds (barely) in the near opening of the film. Thats fine, maybe if the movie wasn't called Beer for My Horses, but why would you name a movie after a song, thats not even in a movie? Its on the soundtrack, and the quote "Whiskey for my man, beer for my horses" is said in the movie.

The last thing I have to complain is the fact that Willie Nelson is the sidekick in the song, but not that movie. Instead he plays a random trucker who fixes the guys' car. Why couldn't all three men (Lonnie, Rack, and Willie) be the lead characters in the film. I don't have a problem with Skunk, but he wasn't even in the video.

This will probably be the closest to the video we will get. Im still hung up on the fact that one of my all-time favorite songs has been made into a movie. Not a bad film, with likable characters and some funny humor. Its not often a good country song gets made into a movie. Though lets hope the next one includes the TITLE SONG.

Starring: Toby Keith, Rodney Carrington, Willie Nelson, and Ted Nugent. Directed by: Michael Salomon.