Paradise, Texas (film)

Paradise, Texas is a 2006 family drama film directed by Lorraine Senna and starring Timothy Bottoms, Ben Estus, and Meredith Baxter. Premiering at the 2006 WorldFest Film Festival, Paradise, Texas received a Gold Remi Award. After a limited theatrical release, the film was made available on DVD in October 2006.

Developed under the working title On the Rocks, the film was directed by Lorraine Senna and written by Joe Conway, Tom Asina and Stephen Brian Dowdall. Most shooting was done on location in a small town outside of Houston for added realism. The William Morris Agency attempted distribution of the film, with limited success. The film premiered at the Angelika Film Center at the opening night of Houstons WorldFest Film Festival on April 21, 2006, and followed with a oneweek run there. It continued with a brief run at Angelikas Dallas theater. The film was released to DVD on October 27, 2006.Paradise, Texas won a Gold Remi Award at the 2006 WorldFest Film Festival. It received mixed reviews from film critics, who praised the films cast, but dismissed the script as clicheridden and contrived. Sennas direction was offered praise, some of it backhanded. More broadly, the films warmth led it to be seen as a success, measured against the standards of the familyoriented audience for which it was presumably intended. Three out of four Rotten Tomatoes ratings for the film were positive. ........

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