HUMBLE PIE World Cinema: American Showcase

In this charmingly deadpan comedy, director Chris Bowman and screenwriter/star Hubbel Palmer make a stylistic show of their skills and decidedly quirky tone with an infectious film about a guy with a dream of a driver ‘s license.

At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy (Hubbel Palmer) is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting , the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people to dash his dreams : his acting coach (William Baldwin), who has designs on his sister Peggy (24 ‘s Mary Lynn Rajskub); his juvenile-delinquent friends who suck him into their petty crimes; and his God-fearing, self-loathing mother (Academy Award nominee Kathleen Quinlan). Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he’s destined for something big.

Charming and full of humanity, AMERICAN FORK is full of delightfully colorful characters. Fueled by the performances of the whole quirky cast and especially newcomer and writer Palmer, AMERICAN FORK moves beyond the familiar, into the memorable.