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Bill shares his poetry with Agnes in The Happy Poet

REVIEWS!



"My favorite movie so far of this year's SXSW is a little comedy, at once wistful and wonderfully dry-witted, called THE HAPPY POET."
Entertainment Weekly

"I really, truly dug it."
Film Threat

"The film's dry sense of humor belies sincerity, rather than the
kind of ironic detachment that seems to pop up frequently in independent films."
Cinematical

"If SLACKER defined the shaggy eccentricities of Austin life circa
the early '90s, then Gordon's similarly low-key comedy is a delightful,
deadpan reappraisal of the town's prototypical charm some two decades later."
Greencine Daily

"The HAPPY POET is a great example of the power and value of 'small' films worthy of greater attention."
Slackerwood

"However relevant to real world situations, THE HAPPY POET is, at its core, a great comedy--
a very natural and realistic one at that."
Smells Like Screen Spirit

"...Austinite Paul Gordon has served up my favorite of SXSW in this comedy about an organic food stand that feels, well, organic."
Flicksided.com


INTERVIEW


Read the Cinematical interview with director Paul Gordon here.

PRESS NOTES


Please download our English Press Notes as a PDF.
Also available in Italian.

MOVIE STILLS


A selection of stills from The Happy Poet can be downloaded here.