Gentlemen Broncos Trailer

Gentlemen Broncos is writer/director/executive producer Jared Hess‘ latest film about a geeky teen. You may remember Hess as the creator of Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre. Gentlemen Broncos is a similar type of film.

In the comedy, Benjamin (Michael Angarano) is a teen who is home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge). He is a loner who is passionate about writing fantasy/sci-fi stories. After Benjamin submits his work for a writing contest, his story is stolen by legendary fantasy novelist Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement, Flight of the Conchords) who then proceeds to turn it into a disastrous movie.

Hess is making the film along with Fox Searchlight. Jerusha Hess will also be writing and executive producing the film. Ben LeClair will be in on the executive producing as well. Mike White will be producing and acting, and John J. Kelly will be producing. Also part of the cast is Sam Rockwell.

The graphic featured in this article is the movie’s official poster, and the trailer is now available online at www.apple.com and here:

The movie’s official website is www.gentlemenbroncos.com. You may also want to check out Dr. Ronald Chevalier’s own fantastic website ronaldchevalier.com.

Gentlemen Broncos is set to open Fantastic Fest 2009 in Austin, TX.  The film opens to the public on October 30, 2009.

SOURCES: IMDB, FilmSchool Rejects, Fox Searchlight and The Movie Fanatic