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Brattle Theatre Movie Watch-A-Thon 2013.
THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN!
Not a bad setup for a Western. A cattle rustler arranges to get the town sheriff in the pocket, all the while setting the two richest ranchers against one another. Features a short bit of ingenious duck cinematography, teamed up with a comic relief ranch cook character.
Unfortunately, stature was apparently more of a factor than acting ability when it came to being cast. Still, a lot of spectacle value: midget (the term owned by the marketing) fisticuffs, sultry saloon entertainment, a few wonderfully awful puns/size jokes (unless that was just me rudely overthinking the dialogue).
A slight puzzle… Going in I knew that the cowboys were matched with shetland ponies. I was surprised to find that they inhabited a standard scale Western town, however. Implying, if one were to try to logic it out, that little people had taken over this town for themselves.
I explained the premise of this film to someone before the 'thon and they couldn't understand how or why it would ever get made. Me, I imagined nickelodeons full of kids on a Saturday afternoon or evening eating this up. And once the film was actually rolling, I had a bit of Ground Round deja vu. Does anyone know if this movie was actually in GR's standard entertainment rotation?
131012-2013_WatchAThon_016
Brattle Theatre Movie Watch-A-Thon 2013.
THE TERROR OF TINY TOWN!
Not a bad setup for a Western. A cattle rustler arranges to get the town sheriff in the pocket, all the while setting the two richest ranchers against one another. Features a short bit of ingenious duck cinematography, teamed up with a comic relief ranch cook character.
Unfortunately, stature was apparently more of a factor than acting ability when it came to being cast. Still, a lot of spectacle value: midget (the term owned by the marketing) fisticuffs, sultry saloon entertainment, a few wonderfully awful puns/size jokes (unless that was just me rudely overthinking the dialogue).
A slight puzzle… Going in I knew that the cowboys were matched with shetland ponies. I was surprised to find that they inhabited a standard scale Western town, however. Implying, if one were to try to logic it out, that little people had taken over this town for themselves.
I explained the premise of this film to someone before the 'thon and they couldn't understand how or why it would ever get made. Me, I imagined nickelodeons full of kids on a Saturday afternoon or evening eating this up. And once the film was actually rolling, I had a bit of Ground Round deja vu. Does anyone know if this movie was actually in GR's standard entertainment rotation?