Tex: Wisdom of the Old West
Quentin has a problem: one of his neighbors is gradually taking over the community garden, pushing everyone else out and consolidating her claim. His friend Brent is pushing him to confront the offender, but Quentin seeks the wisdom of Tex — a genuine Old West gunslinger who just happens to find himself in the modern era.
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William R. CoughlanDirector
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Anna CoughlanWriter
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William R. CoughlanWriter
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Anna CoughlanProducer
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Lee PernaProducer
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Nick DePintoKey Cast
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Brooks TeglerKey Cast
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Keith WatersKey Cast
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Carol McCaffreyKey Cast
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Colin CechKey Cast
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Erin Rose CoughlanKey Cast
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William R. CoughlanKey Cast
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Dan FosterCrew
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:6 minutes 51 seconds
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Completion Date:June 14, 2015
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Production Budget:600 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:H.264
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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48 Hour Film ProjectBaltimore, Maryland
United States
June 23, 2015
World Premiere
Audience Choice Award | Best Musical Score -
TIVA Peer Awards 2015Washington, DC
United States
November 14, 2015
Bronze Award: Independent Short | Bronze Award: Directing - Fiction | Bronze Award: Scriptwriting - Fiction | Bronze Award: Director of Photography -
Rosebud Film FestivalArlington, Virginia
United States
January 30, 2016
Virginia Premiere
Rosebud Award -
UPIKE Film & Media Arts FestivalPikeville, Kentucky
United States
April 9, 2016
Kentucky Premiere -
Clifton Film FestLorton, Virginia
United States
July 23, 2016
Best Editing -
Skyline indie Film FestWinchester, Virginia
United States
September 8, 2016 -
Best Shorts Film CompetitionLa Jolla, California
United States
September 21, 2016
Award of Recognition -
The Wild Bunch Film FestivalTishomingo, Oklahoma
United States
September 24, 2016
Oklahoma Premiere -
Miami Independent Film FestivalMiami, Florida
United States
September 24, 2016
Florida Premiere -
Reel Independent Film ExtravaganzaWashington, DC
United States
October 8, 2016 -
First Rule of Film Club Indie ShowcaseWidnes
United Kingdom
November 11, 2016
European Premiere -
Queen City ShortsRegina, Saskatchewan
Canada
January 25, 2017
Canadian Premiere -
Iconaclash Cinema ReviewAnnapolis, Maryland
United States
March 11, 2017 -
Indiana Comic Con Film FestivalIndianapolis, Indiana
United States
April 16, 2017
Indiana Premiere
Nominee: Best Performance -
Ocean City Film FestivalOcean City, Maryland
United States
June 9, 2017 -
North Beach American Film FestivalNorth Beach, Maryland
United States
June 24, 2017 -
Silver Screen Film FestivalTampa, Florida
United States
July 15, 2017
Florida Premiere -
Tampa Bay Comic Con Film FestivalTampa, Florida
United States
July 29, 2017 -
San Francisco Comic Con Film FestivalSan Francisco, California
United States
September 1, 2017
California Premiere -
Movie Night at the Evening Star CafeAlexandria, Virginia
United States
February 25, 2018 -
Comedy World Network Film FestivalLas Vegas, Nevada
United States
December 1, 2018
Nevada Premiere
Semi-Finalist
William R. Coughlan is an award-winning screenwriter and director, and founder and CEO of independent video production company Tohubohu Productions, LLC. He worked for several years with The Advisory Board Company (and its offshoot companies, CEB and EAB) in Washington, D.C., where he began as a graphic designer before creating a full-service in-house video and multimedia department, and then eventually moving into the ranks of creative department management. In addition, he provides creative oversight for the global public affairs firm EGA, is the Creative Director of Jabberwocky Audio Theater, and served for several years on the Board of Directors for TIVA, the Television, Internet, and Video Association of DC, Inc., filling the roles of Treasurer and Vice President before finishing his tenure as President. He also enjoys acting, voiceover performance, design and illustration, editing, animation, and writing autobiographical comments in the third person. He is the illustrator of the therapeutic workbook Stories for Children with Problems & Wishes, has provided schematic graphics for several HBS case studies, designed the acclaimed Protégé clay poker chip line, served as the Critic at Large for the online literary magazine Inkblots, has been a judge for both the TIVA Peer Awards and the Emmy Awards, founded and co-hosted the long-running Tohubohu Producer Podcast, and is an accomplished animator and ambigram artist. He currently resides at a secret compound in Northern Virginia.
“Tex: Wisdom of the Old West” grew out of the notion of juxtaposing the familiar tropes of the western genre against the often-trivial conflicts of the modern day (not to mention an excuse to cast actor Brooks Tegler as a gunslinger). Screenwriter Anna Coughlan put forth the idea of taking the traditional “lone gunman” character, plopping him down in suburbia with a couple of decidedly non-western buddies, and seeing how well we could take a western storyline and fit it into a contemporary setting. From a typically western plot — a reluctant hero heeding the call to confront a land-grabbing villain — to multiple genre homages (particularly to Sergio Leone’s classic “Man with No Name” trilogy), “Tex” was our chance to revisit childhood fantasies of playing cowboy.