Happy, Texas
Escaped convicts disguised as beauty pageant experts? This could get ugly.
1999 | 98m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Mark Illsley |
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| Writer: | Phil Reeves, Mark Illsley, Ed Stone |
| Staring: |
| Two 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 03, 1999 |
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| Director: | Mark Illsley |
| Writer: | Phil Reeves, Mark Illsley, Ed Stone |
| Genres: | |
| Keywords | con man, fraud, beauty contest, escaped convict, in the closet, fish out of water, stolen identity, small town sheriff, ruse, confidence man, pretending to be gay |
| Production Companies | Miramax, Marked Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $1,943,649
Budget: $1,700,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Jeremy Northam | Harry Sawyer |
| Steve Zahn | Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr. |
| William H. Macy | Sheriff Chappy Dent |
| Ally Walker | Josephine "Joe" McClintock |
| Illeana Douglas | Doreen Schaefer |
| M.C. Gainey | Bob Maslow |
| Ron Perlman | Marshal Nalhober |
| Mo Gaffney | Mrs. Bromley |
| Paul Dooley | The Judge |
| Jillian Berard | Madison |
| Scarlett Pomers | Jency |
| Melissa Arnold | Other Happy Girl |
| Cassie Silva | Other Happy Girl |
| Tiffany Takara | Other Happy Girl |
| Tim Bagley | David |
| Michael Hitchcock | Steven |
| Ed Stone | Alton |
| Rance Howard | Ely |
| Derek Montgomery | Bully Boy |
| Kiva Lawrence | Pageant Judge |
| Carley Fink | "Little Light Girl" |
| David Shackelford | Varnel |
| Kim Story | Guard |
| Mark Illsley | Guard on Horse with Shotgun (uncredited) |
| Tim Cowgill | Local Cowboy (uncredited) |
| Krista Lewis | Bank Teller (uncredited) |
| Keo Woolford | Cabana Boy Kimo (uncredited) |
| Guy J. Graves | Tow Truck Driver (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Julia Schklair | Costume Design |
| Phil Reeves | Screenplay |
| April Littlejohn | Stunts |
| Mark Illsley | Screenplay, Director |
| Ed Stone | Screenplay |
| Bruce Douglas Johnson | Director of Photography |
| Maurin L. Scarlata | Production Design |
| Norman Buckley | Editor |
| Tobey Bays | Art Direction |
| Jody Spilkoman | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Michael Leahy | Additional Photography |
| Peter Harris | Music |
| Joe Garcia | Casting |
| Phoebe O'Connor | Set Decoration |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Glenn S. Gainor | Co-Producer |
| Jason Clark | Executive Producer |
| Rick Montgomery | Producer |
| Norman Buckley | Associate Producer |
| Mark Illsley | Producer |
| Ed Stone | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 42 | 6 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
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