Friday, August 23, 2013

Gentlemen Broncos

Young Benjamin, an aspiring sci-fi writer, lives with Stiffler's his mother, a designer for women's night gowns, in small Utah. While on a trip to a science fiction fest he makes friends with Tabatha and Lonnie, the latter a self taught "film maker" with over 80 films (mostly trailers) under his belt.

During the event, Benjamin attends a workshop held by his idol Dr. Ronald Chevalier. During the workshop a contest is announced. People can turn in their own writing and one of the books will be published in a limited run. Benjamin hands in his work "Yeast Lord. The Bronco Years", which never makes his way back to him.

Back home, Lonnie and Tabatha set about to make a film out of Yest Lord, starring Lonnie himself and Benjamin's new friend for hire ("guardian angel"), Dusty. At the same time, Chevalier reads and likes Yeast Lord so much that he decides to steal it and publish it under his own name (with slight changes to mask the story).

The publication of the book coincides with the promotion for the film and Benjamin and Lonnie get accused of having stolen the story, rather than the other way around. Usually timid Benjamin confronts Chevalier during a book signing, which lands him in jail. Fortunately, his mother had all the books he has written since he was seven printed out and bound for his birthday, enabling him to prove that he wrote the story way before Chevalier did.

Hilariously ridiculous with a cast of laughably dorky characters (Dusty is my favorite).

6/10

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