The Whole Shootin' Match [SEP] director
The Whole Shootin' Match
The Whole Shootin' Match is a 1978 American independent film directed and co-written by Eagle Pennell and starring Sonny Carl Davis, Lou Perryman and Doris Hargrave. The Black-and-white film was originally shot in 16 mm. The film was restored and distributed on DVD by Watchmaker Films in 2006
Plot.
Frank (Davis) and Loyd (Perryman) spend most of their time drinking, flirting with women (even though Frank is married to Paulette (Hargrave)) and
narrative short, "A Hell of a Note", in 1977. The short inspired his most notable film, "The Whole Shootin' Match". He enlisted the help of Austin writer Lin Sutherland to get it written and produced. It is a tale of two lifelong friends, and would-be entrepreneurs, chasing one get-rich-quick scheme after another. The Whole Shootin' won seven Awards and inspired Robert Redford to start Sundance.
In the early 1980s, Pennell moved to Houston, where he