Happy, Texas
“Escaped convicts disguised as beauty pageant experts? This could get ugly.”
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.
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Cast
28 people
Jeremy Northam
Harry Sawyer
Known for
The Tudors
The Crown
Steve Zahn
Wayne Wayne Wayne Jr.
Known for
Silo
War for the Planet of the Apes
William H. Macy
Sheriff Chappy Dent
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Shameless
Fargo
Ally Walker
Josephine "Joe" McClintock
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Sons of Anarchy
Colony
Illeana Douglas
Doreen Schaefer
Known for
Stir of Echoes
Cape Fear
M.C. Gainey
Bob Maslow
Known for
Tangled
Lost
Ron Perlman
Marshal Nalhober
Known for
Hellboy
Sons of Anarchy
Mo Gaffney
Mrs. Bromley
Known for
Absolutely Fabulous
Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
Paul Dooley
The Judge
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Cars
Insomnia
Jillian Berard
Madison
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Scarlett Pomers
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Reba
Erin Brockovich
Melissa Arnold
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Mark Illsley Director · Phil Reeves Screenplay Ed Stone Screenplay
Worldwide gross $1.9M · Budget $1.7M · United States release December 3, 1999
Box office
Budget
$1,700,000
Worldwide gross
$1,943,649
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Marked Entertainment
Production
Miramax
Studio · Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 26, 1999
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · December 3, 1999
Theatrical
Canada
September 10, 1999 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
December 3, 1999 · Limited theatrical
Czechia
June 1, 2000 · Theatrical
France
August 9, 2000 · Theatrical
May 10, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Germany
January 6, 2000 · Theatrical
Thailand
July 21, 2000 · Theatrical
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