Happy, Texas Page #3

Synopsis: Two escaped convicts arrive in the town of Happy, Texas, where they are mistaken for a gay couple who is to host the town's Little Miss Fresh Squeezed beauty pageant. Enjoying the celebrity and using their skill as con-men, the two adopt their persona to take on the task. Of course, as the two are heterosexual, their interest in the involved ladies intensifies. Ally Walker is a banker, who is distrustful of men and has given up on love. Illeana Douglas plays the dowdy, badly dressed teacher.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Director(s): Mark Illsley
Production: Miramax Films
  6 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
PG-13
Year:
1999
98 min
148 Views


Fifty, four hundred.

Fifty and fifty makes five hundred.

Here you go. You're both gonna need to

sign here as proof of receipt, okay?

Hey, Ely, what are you doing

out here this early?

I got him.

Hey, Joe.

Uh, the boys at the court give me a

$20000 advance on the truck.

Mm hmm.

I'll have that in fives and twenties.

Oh, come on, Ely. You know I don't

have that kind of money round here

till harvest day.

Why don't you leave this here with me

for the next two weeks?

I'll pay you better interest

than that mattress of yours.

After harvest day, I can cash

any cheque you like. Hmm?

Well, could you let me have

three dollars for lunch, then?

Well, I'll need to see some I. D.

Well, here.

No, no, Ely.

That was a joke.

Oh.

Bye bye. Bye.

All right, thank you.

So, Joe, you cash a lot of $20000

cheques around here?

Why, you got one

that needs to be cashed?

Not on me.

Why, it's bad luck.

Well, uh, it was... it was real

interesting meeting you both.

Yeah, see ya.

Yeah, very nice meeting you.

Oh.

Bye.

Okay.

Nice.

Fan frickin' tastic. Let's find us

some wheels and get outta Dodge.

Are you thinking again? 'Cause you could

think on the road, you know.

We're not goin'.

What?

We're stayin'. We're not goin'.

We?

What, you grow another face?

'Cause I'm outta here.

Remember my half now, 250.

Give it over.

Oh, this one's sweet.

Would you just stop and think?

Two fifty. It's plenty enough

for me to get outta here.

How far?

Right now every law enforcement officer

in the southwest is looking for you...

but no one is looking for

a cake eating...

pageant producing, midget tailoring

gay couple in Happy, Texas.

Wait for the heat to cool down.

Stay here two weeks.

Then we take the bank down

and travel in style, right?

When did people in small towns

start lockin' their doors? God.

All right.

What about the RV?

I mean, somebody's gonna

come looking for that.

Worries we don't have yet.

If it gets hot, we just grab a car

and get gone, right?

All right. Let's say

I go along with this.

I mean, you're kind of a wuss.

You've been right so far.

What do you need me for?

Two man job, Wayne.

I need a partner.

Oh, uh, mornin'. Howdy.

Glad I found y'all.

L I looked at your place.

What can we do for you?

They're waitin'.

They're waiting?

The girls.

Oh, the girls.

They started without you.

I told them I'd round y'all up.

Girls are waiting. Yeah, the girls.

Hardly sit down

they're so excited to meet you two.

I've often said to David "David" I've said...

"nothing starts the day off

like an excited girl."

Yep. And I've often said...

"Right."

Well, let's giddap.

And ball change and sugar.

And ball change. Now we do a loop kick.

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