Mad Cowgirl

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

Mad Cowgirl
File:Mad Cowgirl Poster.jpg
Directed by	Gregory Hatanaka
Produced by	Edwin A. Santos
Written by	Gregory Hatanaka Norith Soth
Starring	Sarah Lassez James Duval Walter Koenig Devon Odessa Jaason Simmons
Cinematography	Spike Hasegawa James Avallone
Edited by	B.N. Lindstrom
Distributed by	Cinema Epoch
Release dates	July 19, 2006
Running time	89 minutes
Language	English

Mad Cowgirl is an underground cult film by Gregory Hatanaka. 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. Mad Cowgirl officially was selected to the SF Indiefest and the Silverlake Film Festival, followed by a limited release in major cities such as New York and Seattle. Mad Cowgirl was released on DVD on December 5, 2006.

Plot

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

• 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

External links

• Mad Cowgirl at IMDb
• Film Threat Review
• Upstage Magazine Review
• Variety Review
• The New York Times Review