Chowboys: An American Folktale

Chowboys: An American Folktale

Chowboys: An American Folktale

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Chowboys: An American Folktale

"Hopeless men... Against hopeless odds..."

2018

0h 8m

7.0(3 votes)

Western

Horror

Overview

Three stupid cowboys are lost in the woods without any food on the coldest night of the year. Will they succumb to the cold, cannibalism or the Christmas Spirit? Canada's infamous Astron-6 return to short form to challenge the very idea of storytelling. Grotesque. Absurd. Buñuel by way of the Zuckers and Abrahams.

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5 members

Acting

Matthew Kennedy

Unknown Role

Matthew Kennedy

Acting

Adam Brooks

Unknown Role

Adam Brooks

Acting

Conor Sweeney

Unknown Role

Conor Sweeney

Acting

Jeremy Gillespie

Unknown Role

Jeremy Gillespie

Directing

Steven Kostanski

Unknown Role

Steven Kostanski

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