Ghostbox Cowboy

Name: Ghostbox Cowboy
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Released: November 30, 2018
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 76
Cast: Angelina Liu, Carrie Gege Zhang, David Zellner, J.R. Cazet, Nicholas Grgich

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Dark Star Pictures | Release Date: November 30, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Angelina Liu, Carrie Gege Zhang, David Zellner, J.R. Cazet, Nicholas Grgich, Robert Longstreet, Specialist, Steve Musselman, Tax Ninja, Vincent Xie

Summary: Texan Jimmy Van Horn (David Zellner) arrives in China brimming with optimism, only to realize that acquiring a share of the country’s rapidly growing riches is not as easy as it appeared from back home. Armed with an absurd product pitch and short on the charisma or quick thinking needed to convince local businessmen of his sincerity, JimmyTexan Jimmy Van Horn (David Zellner) arrives in China brimming with optimism, only to realize that acquiring a share of the country’s rapidly growing riches is not as easy as it appeared from back home. Armed with an absurd product pitch and short on the charisma or quick thinking needed to convince local businessmen of his sincerity, Jimmy soon finds himself out of funds, leaving him at the mercy of those who promise to help him stay in the place he’s gambled away his entire livelihood to be. As it turns out, there’s a lot of unpleasant work in China for guys who look like Jimmy Van Horn.… Expand

Director: John Maringouin

Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 90 min

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Glenn Kenny

Dec 13, 2018

Ghostbox Cowboy feels like a William Gibson adaptation directed by David Lynch and Jean-Luc Godard — while not directly lifting from or nodding to those artists. It’s rare that a release so late in the year is so noteworthy, but this is a genuine find. Read full review

Lorry Kikta

Jan 22, 2019

Ghostbox Cowboy is a wonderful mishmash of mockumentary that lends comparisons to Ulrich Seidl’s work or Harmony Korine’s earlier films such as Julien Donkey Boy and Gummo, with the weirdness of Terry Gilliam and the idiosyncratic brutality of Werner Herzog, while also being a completely unique animal apart from these influences. Read full review

The Playlist Joe Blessing

Apr 30, 2018

Fascinating, atmospheric, and utterly strange in ways both good and bad, Ghostbox Cowboy pulls back the curtain on those trying to export the American dream and reaping the whirlwind. Read full review

Harry Windsor

Apr 27, 2018

It's certainly never boring, and Maringouin makes the madness feel queasily real. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Nov 30, 2018

This original if sometimes befuddling vision blurs the line between fiction and documentary elements, conventional storytelling and improvisational collage, all to oft-bracing effect. Read full review

Noel Murray

Nov 29, 2018

The film’s as eclectic as it is eccentric, and it stays true to its own twisted sense of poetry, all the way to an epilogue that’s somehow even odder than anything that came before. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Nov 29, 2018

I was fascinated, but I can’t say I liked Ghostbox Cowboy as much as I enjoyed the films it seems inspired by. Read full review

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