The story follows sixteen year old Benjamin Purvis, who attends a conference for aspiring teenaged fantasy writers, and his opus ‘Yeast Lords’ is shamelessly plagiarized by veteran, desperate, written-out fantasy novelist Ronald Chevalier.
Benjamin (Michael Angarano), home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge), is a loveable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement) and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town’s most prolific homespun filmmaker.
Gentlemen Broncos is a 2009 American comedy film written by Jared and Jerusha Hess and directed by Jared Hess. The film stars Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Coolidge, and Sam Rockwell.
In December 2007, JoBlo.com reported that Jared and Jerusha Hess had signed with Fox Searchlight Pictures to produce Gentlemen Broncos, based on a spec script they had written. The deal called for Jared Hess to direct and Mike White, who co-wrote Nacho Libre with them, to produce. Filming began in March 2008 in Utah. Much of the film was shot in Tooele, Utah. In early August 2008, work on an Internet viral marketing began, which had a video introducing the character of Ronald Chevalier. A second video was released in October 2008. A trailer was released on August 19, 2009. Some of the artwork in the opening credits is by fantasy and science fiction artist David Lee Anderson.
Gentlemen Broncos (2009)
Directed by: Jared Hess
Starring: Michael Angarano, Jennifer Coolidge, Jemaine Clement, Mike White, Hector Jimenez, Kristie Conway, Halley Feiffer, Jizelle Jade, Johnny Hoops, Steve Berg, Daniel Love, John Pleshette
Screenplay by: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess
Production Design by: Richard A. Wright
Cinematography by: Munn Powell
Film Editing by: Yuka Ruell
Costume Design by: April Napier
Set Decoration by: Les Boothe
Art Direction by: Christopher R. DeMuri
Music by: David Wingo
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some crude humor.
Distributed by: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release Date: October 30, 2009
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