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Mar 8, 2024 · Accidental Texan: Directed by Mark Lambert Bristol. With Thomas Haden Church, Rudy Pankow, Carrie-Anne Moss, Bruce Dern. Erwin finds himself stranded in Texas, where he's taken under the wing of a nearly bankrupt oil driller Merle.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Mark Lambert Bristol
- 2023-04-29
English. Box office. $292,243 [1] [2] Accidental Texan (formerly titled Chocolate Lizards) is a 2023 American comedy-drama film directed by Mark Lambert Bristol, and starring Thomas Haden Church, Rudy Pankow, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Bruce Dern. It is based on the 1999 novel Chocolate Lizards by Cole Thompson.
About Chocolate Lizards. Released on April 29, 2023; Comedy Drama. ... Full Cast of Chocolate Lizards. Rudy Pankow . plays Erwin Vandeveer. About Rudy Pankow
Oct 27, 2021 · EXCLUSIVE : Rudy Pankow ( Outer Banks) will play the lead role in Chocolate Lizards, an indie dramedy based on Cole Thompson’s 1999 novel of the same name, which also stars Carrie-Anne Moss and ...
- Matt Grobar
- The Author: 'Lizards' Has Heart and Emotion
- The Actor: Pankow Saw A Lot of Erwin in His Life's Journey
- The Director: This Is The Movie That Was Meant to Be
- If You Go
Thompson's book is about the heyday of the oil business the way it was in the 1970s and 1980s. It has a solid story but thrives on the over-the-top characters and situations. The screenplay by Abilene's Julie Denny has been tweaked over the years since she first wrote it, then acquired the rights. "The movie has more heart in it, more emotion in it...
Pankow attended the Dallas premiere, breathing in the audience reaction to the movie. It's always super fun ... to be there to witness an audience enjoying a film," the young actor said. While he has been in other films, this is his biggest movie role to date. He is a central character in the Netflix teen drama series "Outer Banks." "It's always a ...
The recent premieres for film festivals bring Bristol full circle. Years ago, Denny tabbed him to direct, figuring that an experienced storyboard guy would make a great director. The project lolled and Bristol went onto other things. He then re-entered the project and saw it through. "I knew we had a really fine film but you never what it's going t...
What: Abilene premiere of "Chocolate Lizards." Screenplay by Julie Denny, based on Cole Thompson's bookWhere: Paramount Theatre, 352 Cypress St.When: 7 p.m. showingTickets: About 150 balcony tickets for the public remain. Cost is $17 plus feesSummaries. After blowing his first big acting job in New Orleans, Harvard-educated ERWIN VANDEVEER finds himself stranded in Buffalo Gap, Texas, where he is taken under the wing of irrepressible, almost-bankrupt, oil driller MERLE LUSKEY, who sees Erwin as his "Savin' Angel." The two set off on a crazy fun-filled adventure to outwit the bank ...
Oct 21, 2021 · "The cast has turned out to be just way beyond anything I ever imagined." ... "Chocolate Lizards" was Thompson's second try at a book. He first wrote about golf, but that effort was rejected by 10 ...
