Mad Cowgirl

This article is about the film. For Monster Raving Loony Party politician, see Mad Cow-Girl.

2006 American film

Mad Cowgirl

Directed by| Gregory Hatanaka
Written by| Gregory Hatanaka
Norith Soth
Produced by| Edwin A. Santos
Starring| Sarah Lassez[1]
James Duval
Walter Koenig
Devon Odessa
Jaason Simmons
Cinematography| Spike Hasegawa
James Avallone
Edited by| B.N. Lindstrom
Distributed by| Cinema Epoch

Release date

* July 19, 2006 (2006-07-19)

Running time

| 89 minutes
Country| United States
Language| English

Mad Cowgirl is a low-budget film by Gregory Hatanaka released in 2006. Hatanaka dedicated the movie to Doris Wishman, who directed 1960s sexploitation films such as Diary of a Nudist, Behind the Nudist Curtain and Bad Girls Go to Hell, and actor John Cassavetes.[2] Mad Cowgirl officially was selected to the SF Indiefest and the Silverlake Film Festival,[3] followed by a limited release in major cities such as New York City and Seattle. Mad Cowgirl was released on DVD on December 5, 2006.[citation needed]

## Plot

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The central character in Mad Cowgirl is Therese, a meat inspector who is dying of a brain disorder. The film follows Therese on her surreal descent into violence, in which men in her life become the Ten Tigers of Canton that she must kill in order to become a better woman.

Victims of Therese's violent surreal madness include her meatpacking brother Thierry, naughty Pastor Dylan, and a Sri Lankan doctor.

## Cast

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* Sarah Lassez — Therese
* James Duval — Thierry
* Devon Odessa — Aimee
* Walter Koenig — Pastor Dylan
* Linton Semage — Dr. Suzuki
* Vic Chao — Charlie
* Christo DiMassis - Confessional Priest
* Douglas Dunning \- Miles Graham
* Jaason Simmons \- Jonathan Hunter
* Luke Y. Thompson \- Big Brother Cheng
* Katie Weaver - Cindy
* Lucie Duval - Mother
* Willard Morgan - Paul, the producer
* Christopher Ogilvie - Leo
* Ron Becks - Pastor Johnson
* Jeff Milne - Willard

## References

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1. ^ Williams, Alex (March 5, 2006). "Hooked on Online Psychics". The New York Times. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
2. ^ Shannon, Jeff (October 6, 2006). ""Mad Cowgirl": This breaks slasher-film rules, and not in a good way". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 21, 2019.
3. ^ Harvey, Dennis (February 28, 2006). "Mad Cowgirl". Variety. Retrieved September 21, 2019.

## External links

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* Mad Cowgirl at IMDb
* Film Threat Review
* Upstage Magazine Review[dead link]
* The New York Times Review

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