Mad Cowgirl

Mad Cowgirl
Directed byGregory Hatanaka
Written byGregory Hatanaka
Norith Soth
Produced byEdwin A. Santos
StarringSarah Lassez[1]
James Duval
Walter Koenig
Devon Odessa
Jaason Simmons
CinematographySpike Hasegawa
James Avallone
Edited byB.N. Lindstrom
Distributed byCinema Epoch
Release date
  • July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Mad Cowgirl is a low-budget film by Gregory Hatanaka released in 2006. Hatanaka dedicated the movie to Doris Wishman, who directed 1960s sexploitation films such as Diary of a Nudist, Behind the Nudist Curtain and Bad Girls Go to Hell, and actor John Cassavetes.[2] Mad Cowgirl officially was selected to the SF Indiefest and the Silverlake Film Festival,[3] followed by a limited release in major cities such as New York City and Seattle. Mad Cowgirl was released on DVD on December 5, 2006.[citation needed]

Plot

[edit]

The central character in Mad Cowgirl is Therese, a meat inspector who is dying of a brain disorder. The film follows Therese on her surreal descent into violence, in which men in her life become the Ten Tigers of Canton that she must kill in order to become a better woman.

Victims of Therese's violent surreal madness include her meatpacking brother Thierry, naughty Pastor Dylan, and a Sri Lankan doctor.

Cast

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Williams, Alex (March 5, 2006). "Hooked on Online Psychics". The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  2. ^ Shannon, Jeff (October 6, 2006). ""Mad Cowgirl": This breaks slasher-film rules, and not in a good way". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
  3. ^ Harvey, Dennis (February 28, 2006). "Mad Cowgirl". Variety. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
[edit]