A Hell of a Note

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A Hell of a Note
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Directed by Eagle Pennell
Written byEagle Pennell
Produced byEagle Pennell
Starring
Music byChuck Pinnell
Production
company
Distributed byWatchmaker Films (DVD)
Release date
Running time
28 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Hell of a Note is a 1977 independent short film directed, written, and produced by Eagle Pennell. It stars Lou Perryman and Sonny Carl Davis. [1]

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Plot summary

Two friends get fired from their roofer jobs and head to the Soap Creek Saloon together to drown their sorrows in beer. They carouse into the night, culminating in a tragedy. [2]

Cast

Release

It was released on January 26, 1977, in the same city where it shot on location—Austin, Texas.[ citation needed ]

Reception

William Michael Boyle, writing for Southwest Review , praised the short for doing "a great job of deconstructing a certain breed of American masculinity". [3]

References

  1. ↑ "A Hell of a Note (1977)". MUBI . Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  2. ↑ "A Hell of a Note". VidiVerse. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
  3. ↑ Boyle, William Michael (2021-03-08). "I Wake Up Streaming: March 2021". Southwest Review . Southern Methodist University. ISSN   0038-4712 . Retrieved 2025-09-25.
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