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The King Of Texas

The King Of Texas

2008
Documentary, Biography
1h 14m
A rich and graceful account of the life and work of regional film pioneer Eagle Pennell, the man whose first feature directly inspired Robert Redford's Sundance Institute and who Richard Linklater called 'one of the patron saints of American independent film'. Directed by Rene Pinnell and Claire Huie, the documentary tells the story of Pennell's rise through his own talent and determination and his tragic prolonged alcoholism that resulted in his death in 2002. Featuring interviews with family,
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The King Of Texas

2008
Documentary, Biography
1h 14m
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Rated 27 Nov 2020
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An overview of Pennell's life and world that doesn't really penetrate too far below the surface, this nevertheless gives the participants an opportunity to offer a few memories and reflections, and for that reason it is much better that it exists rather than not. Definitely leaves the impression of a milieu that is dead and gone. Whether Pennell could have gone on to do better things is rather ambiguous. Seems like as well as making his first name Eagle, he changed the spelling of his surname.

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