Billy Bob's Filmography
STARS FELL ON HENRIETTA
(1995)
Distributor
Warner Brothers
Director
James Keach
Character
Roy
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Movie Quote
ROY: Who'd you think you was dealing
with? Rockefeller?
Plot
An uncanny, Dustbowl-era drifter named Mr.
Cox (played by Robert Duvall) wanders Texas with
his cat. He becomes convinced that he has
sniffed out a potential oil strike under the land of an
impoverished farm family. The family puts everything
they have into the potential oil strike, with only Mr. Cox's
sixth sense about petrol to assure them.
What Billy Bob Gets To Do
Mr. Cox hires his old pal, Roy, to oversee the drilling on the
Days' farm. Roy gets to tell farmer Don Day (played by Aidan
Quinn) that the ever-confident Mr. Cox has yet to make a successful oil strike.
Ruh-roh!
Backstory
We adore this lovely Depression Era piece that also stars Frances
Fisher,
the late Victor Wong, Brian Dennehy, and Park Overall, as well as one beautifully behaved cat.
It's directed by James Keach, who also directed CAMOUFLAGE, and
produced by Clint Eastwood (hence the Warners release) and Texas-born actor Steve Railsback
(who must be related to Philip Railsback, who wrote the
screenplay).
Relevant Links
IMDb Link
MovieWeb review
A history of Henrietta,
where the stars fell
Related Merchandise
David Benoit's soundtrack was released on CD from that trusty
distributor of film scores, Varesa Records.
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