Clean Rite Cowboy

2000 Canadian short film
  • September 13, 2000 (2000-09-13) (TIFF)
Running time
21 minutesCountryCanadaLanguageEnglish

Clean Rite Cowboy is a 2000 Canadian short drama film, directed by Michael Downing. The film stars John Robinson as Henry, an unhappily married man with a dead-end job as a carpet cleaner, who knocks on a client's door one day only to have his high school girlfriend Diane (Christie MacFadyen) open the door.[1]

The film's cast also includes Gloria Slade as his wife Mona, Luca Perlman as their son Paul, and Tracy Wright and Judy Marshak in supporting roles.

The film premiered on September 9, 2000, at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 21st Genie Awards in 2001.[3]

References

  1. ^ Peter Howell, "This year's films haunted by a feeling of dread ; Fear of the unknown joins the usual monsters, vampires and gangsters". Toronto Star, September 1, 2000.
  2. ^ "Post picks". National Post, September 13, 2000.
  3. ^ "Maelstrom leads Genie nominations with 10 including best picture". Moose Jaw Times-Herald, December 13, 2000.

External links

  • Clean Rite Cowboy at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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