Eagle Pennell 16mm classic screened for Corpus Christinos

[Ulysses at Langdale Tarn]

On Nov 18th in Bay Hall of Texas A&M Corpus Christi,
Eagle Pennell's 1978 classic "The Whole Shootin' Match" was
screened together with "The King of Texas" short by Claire
Hughes. Pennell started as cameraman for 16mm school football game
films. "Shootin' Match" was shot on weekends in the Austin
area by a crew that largely worked fulltime in local businesses. The
production budget was $30,000. Pennell was influenced by
western film makers John Ford, Howard Hawkes, and Sam
Peckinpaw. Pennell himself was "killed off" by "Jim Beam" in 2002.
He is survived by a brother and a nephew René Pinnell.
The cast did not recognise the comedy value of it until
after it initially screened in local and national film festivals.

The theme is the timeless frustration of reaching the end of one's
30's without achieving the goals you had set for yourself earlier in
life. The film rights are owned by a German company.

I suggested its values are film noir, had it been a silent film. Sonny
Davis positively agreed. Davis stated that the movie keeps coming back
and won't die. Davis had a Hollywood career as a bit player in "big
films with small roles & small films with big
roles." He said to Google him for his screen credits which are
impressive.

Faculty member Dr. Bill Huie allows the public to attend
these classes every Wednesday evening.

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