The big shame was the Alamo Drafthouse South was half empty for the U.S. premiere of Trailer Park Boys. After all it’s had the top grossing opening weekend of any Canadian film. (About $150, a producer on hand joked). It’s also potentially the funniest film you’ll see at SXSW this year.
I have to admit I was totally unaware of the TV show on which the film is based. Now I’m ready to track down a bootleg DVD or–as a backup–watch it all on Youtube.
The story follows three guys: cat-lover Bubbles, weed-lover Ricky and rum and Coke-loving Julian as they live, love, do jail time, steal and generally screw things up in Sunnyvalle Trailer Park.
Run, don’t walk to the 11:59 p.m. screening Monday because the boys plan to rock the you know what out of Austin. Did I mention the lead singer of Rush plays a cop in the film?
This article appears in March 9 • 2007.