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Ghostbox Cowboy

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A Texas entrepreneur reinvents himself as a cowboy in China's tech industry.

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Glenn Kenny New York Times Dec 13, 2018
A scary, dryly funny dissection of entrepreneurial absurdism bleeding into existential and metaphysical despair. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey Variety Nov 30, 2018
This original if sometimes befuddling vision blurs the line between fiction and documentary elements, conventional storytelling and improvisational collage, all to oft-bracing effect. Go to Full Review
Noel Murray Los Angeles Times Nov 29, 2018
The movie is unique, and often off-putting, in ways that should be exciting to open-minded cinephiles. Go to Full Review
A.S. Hamrah n+1 Mar 29, 2019
Immersed in our shared dollar-store world of travel-sized toiletries, useless trinkets, and selfie sticks, Ghostbox Cowboy investigates American and Chinese capitalism by presenting two sides of the same bad penny. Go to Full Review
Lorry Kikta Film Threat Jan 18, 2019
9/10
The score by Casey Wayne McAllister encapsulates the dystopian discomfort the film is out to convey, somehow being serene yet grating simultaneously. Go to Full Review
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Finn L Jan 12, 2019 I hated everyone in this movie. Looks great but is hard work at times. I get it. That's about it.
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John Maringouin

Director

David Zellner

Jimmy Van Horn

Robert Longstreet

Bob

J.R. Cazet

Johnny Mai Thai

Angelina Liu

Joanna

Nicholas Grgich

Ronnie

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Movie Info

Synopsis A Texas entrepreneur reinvents himself as a cowboy in China's tech industry.
Director
John Maringouin
Producer
Sean Gillane, Molly Lynch, John Maringouin, John Montague, Billy Peterson, George Rush
Screenwriter
John Maringouin
Distributor
Dark Star Pictures
Production Co
Scope Dog, 23rd Street Films, Lightshow Films, Sino-American Regional Trade Enterprise, Big Horn Global, Grunkok Company
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 30, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 3, 2019
Runtime
1h 30m
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