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5.7Two escaped convicts roll into the village of Happy, Texas, where they're mistaken for a gay couple who work as beauty pageant consultants. They go along with it to duck the police, but the local sheriff has a secret of his own.
Released: 1999-12-0398 minDir: Mark IllsleyComedy, CrimeBudget: $1.7MBox office: $1.9M
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Cast
- Jeremy Northam as Harry Sawyer
- Steve Zahn as Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr.
- William H. Macy as Sheriff Chappy Dent
- Ally Walker as Josephine "Joe" McClintock
- Illeana Douglas as Doreen Schaefer
- M.C. Gainey as Bob Maslow
Themes
- small town
- texas
- con man
- fraud
- beauty contest
- mistaken identity
- escaped convict
- thief
- in the closet
- fish out of water
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Happy
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Cast member
- Mo Gaffney
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Filming location
- Piru
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 248721
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2000-01-06
- title
- Happy, Texas
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- film editor
- Norman Buckley
- review score
- 62/100
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