Rolling Kansas is a 2003 independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 directed and co-written by Oscar

Academy Awards

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-nominated actor Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church is an American actor. After co-starring in the 1990s sitcom Wings, Church became well known for his film roles, including his Academy Award-nominated performance in Sideways and his role as the Sandman in Spider-Man 3.-Early life:Church, the fourth of six children, was born...

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Rolling Kansas is about five men (a t-shirt salesman, his two brothers, a large narcoleptic

Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder, or dyssomnia, characterized by excessive sleepiness and sleep attacks at inappropriate times, such as while at work. People with narcolepsy often experience disturbed nocturnal sleep and an abnormal daytime sleep pattern, which often is confused with insomnia...

 nursing student, and a dim-witted gas station attendant) who embark on a journey to find a secret government

Government

Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...

 marijuana field in Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

 that was discovered on a map that three of the young men's parents left for them (known as the Hippies Murphy). On the way, they encounter cops, crazy geese, strippers, and a crazy old man played by Rip Torn

Rip Torn

Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn, Jr. , is an American actor of stage, screen and television.Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated...

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It was filmed in Lockhart, Texas

Lockhart, Texas

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Cast

• James Roday
  James Roday
  James Roday is an American actor and screenwriter. He currently stars on the USA Network series Psych as hyper-observant consultant detective and fake psychic Shawn Spencer.-Personal life:...
  
   ...Dick Murphy
• Sam Huntington
  Sam Huntington
  Sam Huntington is an American actor, best known for his role as Mimi-Siku in the 1990s film "Jungle 2 Jungle" and as Jimmy Olsen in "Superman Returns". He now stars in the TV series Being Human.- Personal life :...
  
   ...Dinkadoo Murphy
• Jay Paulson
  Jay Paulson
  Joseph Andrew "Jay" Hughes Paulson is an American actor. Jay graduated UCLA in 2001 with B.A. in History and is a lifetime member of The Actors Studio. He also ran the 22nd Annual Los Angeles Marathon in 4:50:13, March 4, 2007.He is a practicing Theravadin Buddhist...
  
   ...Dave Murphy
• Charlie Finn
  Charlie Finn
  Charlie Finn is an American film and television actor.-Life and career:Finn was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin but raised in Lake Bluff, Illinois where he attended Lake Forest High School....
  
   ...Kevin Haub
• Ryan McDow ...Hunter Bullette
• Rip Torn
  Rip Torn
  Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn, Jr. , is an American actor of stage, screen and television.Torn received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in the 1983 film Cross Creek. His work includes the role of Artie, the producer, on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was nominated...
  
   ...Oldman
• Thomas Haden Church
  Thomas Haden Church
  Thomas Haden Church is an American actor. After co-starring in the 1990s sitcom Wings, Church became well known for his film roles, including his Academy Award-nominated performance in Sideways and his role as the Sandman in Spider-Man 3.-Early life:Church, the fourth of six children, was born...
  
   ...Agent Madsen/Trooper (uncredited)
• Kevin Pollak
  Kevin Pollak
  Kevin Elliot Pollak is an American actor, impressionist, game show host, and comedian. He started performing stand-up comedy at the age of 10 and touring professionally at the age of 20...
  
   ...Agent Brinkley (uncredited)

Soundtrack album details

1. "Ride With Yourself" - Rhino Bucket
   Rhino Bucket
   Rhino Bucket is a hard rock band from Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California.The band was formed in 1988 by Georg Dolivo , Greg Fields , Reeve Downes , and Rick Kubach . This lineup played the Los Angeles rock scene for a year with contemporaries such as Junkyard, The Four Horsemen, Rage Against the...
   
   
2. "Mindrocker" - Fenwyck
3. "Marseilles" - Angel City
4. "Beat to Death Like a Dog" - Rhino Bucket
5. "I Was Told" - Rhino Bucket
6. "Alabama Sky" - The Dusky Picks
7. "No Friend of Mine" - Rhino Bucket
8. "One Night Stand" - Rhino Bucket
9. "Ebony Eyes" - Bob Welch
   Bob Welch (musician)
   Robert Lawrence "Bob" Welch, Jr. is a former member of Fleetwood Mac, who had a briefly successful solo career in the late 1970s. His singles included "Hot Love, Cold World", "Ebony Eyes", "Precious Love", and "Sentimental Lady"....
   
   
10. "She Rides" - Rhino Bucket
11. "Train Ride" - Rhino Bucket
12. "Golden Ball and Chain" - Jason & the Scorchers
    Jason & the Scorchers
    Jason & the Scorchers, originally Jason & the Nashville Scorchers, are a Cowpunk / Country rock band formed in 1981 and led by singer/songwriter Jason Ringenberg....
    
    

Trivia

• The map route suggests that the characters' hometown "somewhere in Texas
  Texas
  Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
  
  " is Denton
  Denton, Texas
  The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
  
   (though that city was not used as a shooting location). Director/co-writer Church attended college there, at University of North Texas
  University of North Texas
  The University of North Texas is a public institution of higher education and research in Denton. Founded in 1890, UNT is part of the University of North Texas System. As of the fall of 2010, the University of North Texas, Denton campus, had a certified enrollment of 36,067...
  
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