2003

Film Score and Songs

Music by Anthony Marinelli

songs written & performed by Rhino Bucket

songs produced by Anthony Marinelli

DIRECTOR  Thomas Hayden Church

PRODUCERS Paul Brooks, Larry Katz, Jeff Levine, and Kerry Li

Gold Circle FILMS  Gold Circle Films

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS  Will Smith / James

Lassiter / David Koplan / David Grasso /

David Dinenberg

MUSIC SUPERVISOR  Randy Gerston

ACTORS  Charlie Finn, Sam Huntington, Ryan McDow, Jay Paulson, James Roday, Rip Torn, Thomas Hayden Church

About the Score

Instrumentation  Rock Band

Soloists  Clarinet, Piccolo, Marching Snare, Banjo, Electric Guitar, Trumpet

Style  Rock/Irish/American

Songs  Music/Lyrics by Rhino Bucket, Produced by Anthony Marinelli

“Ride With Yourself”

“Beat to Death Like A Dog”

“I Was Told”

“No Friend of Mine”

“One Night Stand”

“She Rides”

“Train Ride”

Film Synopsis

The stoner road movie Rolling Kansas is the writing and directing debut of actor Thomas Haden Church (Lowell from NBC's Wings). The story concerns the Murphy brothers: Gas station attendant and local pot dealer Dave (Jay Paulson), paraplegic student Dink (Sam Huntington), and recently divorced Dick (James Roday).

Just when Dick is about to lose his T-shirt-selling business in Texas, the brothers find a treasure map leading to special forest of marijuana in Kansas. Left to them by their late hippie parents, a plentiful supply to sell could answer their various financial problems. This sends the three brothers on a road trip in a junky car, accompanied by Dave's upbeat co-worker, Kevin (Charlie Finn), and Dink's useful roommate, Hunter (Ryan McDow). Rip Torn makes a cameo as a horticulturist while Church appears as a cop and a DEA agent (along with comedian Kevin Pollak). Rolling Kansas premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

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