Amarillo By Morning

Jan 16, 1998

0h 29m

★ 6.0

Overview

While filming professional bullriders for a commercial at the national rodeo in Houston, Texas, Spike Jonze befriended two suburban teenagers who aspired to be cowboys. The documentary chronicles an afternoon in their lives.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Palm Pictures

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Cast

Himself

Clint Barr

Himself

Spike Jonze

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