The read
A Balasaur Score of 73 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 81%. Scores higher than 83% of the 3,246 2000s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, "the dancing outlaw". As a boy Jesco was in and out of reform school and the insane asylum. To keep him out of trouble, his daddy D-Ray taught him the art of mountain dancing, a frenzied version of tap dancing to wild country banjo music. After his father's death, crazy Jesco dons his father's tap shoes and takes his show on the road.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Dominic MurphyDirector
- Eddy MorettiWriter
- Shane SmithWriter
- Nick ZinnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Edward HoggJesco White
- Carrie FisherCilla
- Muse WatsonD. Ray White
- Owen CampbellYoung Cesco
- Stephanie Astalos-JonesBirty Mae
- Kirk BovillLong
- Stephen LesterDoctor
- Wallace MerckEdgar
- Steve NicolsonVernon
- Clay SteakleyReilly
- Allison VarnesTeenage Clerk
- Raymond WaringDavey
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Themes
tap dancingalcoholismcopappalachiapsychiatric hospitalvigilanteracismdrugsalcoholicbible quote