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AUSTIN PREMIER OF BIG OL’ TIRE FIRE’S
FREERANGE ASSHOLE
SPECIAL GUEST: FRANCISCO THE MAN
Big Ol’ Tire Fire’s short film about an idiot who drags his wife along on a mission to prove the existence of a fabled creature.
You can't wait.
Doug is a stay-at-home dork who has just finished another video blog about his obsession, the Longwoods Wereman. His wife Alice is super-duper pissed because he forgot to pick her up from work. Again! Doug proposes a romantic weekend getaway, concealing his true intentions to investigate the elusive creature.
Of course, their hump fest in the forest fizzles when Alice discovers Doug’s lame-ass subterfuge. She loses her shit and splits, and Doug pursues his passion alone.
Later in the movie… Injured and lost, Doug must do the unthinkable to survive. With the aid of a fuzzy forest friend and a magical musical interlude, Doug finally confronts his dream. And his dream is a grade-A, freerange asshole.
Director Statement
Freerange Asshole is an example of what motivated film makers can do with a thousand dollars, seven shooting days and the beauty of the central Texas Hill Country. It is a silly movie with a big heart. The movie was created, performed and photographed by Big Ol’ Tire Fire in the irreverent style that has made us popular in Austin and that we now hope to export to the rest of the world. We hope you enjoy the magic we’ve created. And maybe, just maybe you’ll be inspired to go out on your own and get lost.
Production Notes
“Freerange Film Making”
Production of Freerange Asshole began in semi-earnest on a cold weekend in late October 2009 and lasted through an even colder and wetter early December of the same year. Big Ol’ Tire Fire honed in on a concept that was basic and lighthearted. After a few rehearsals, and some last minute fine tuning, the script was locked, and a crew of steadfast friends was amassed to assist in bringing this vision to life on the tiny $1,000 budget. Now all they needed was a bunny that could act. Check.
Principal photography took place on the rocky shores of Lake Travis in Austin, TX, and in the fairy tale woods surrounding Grandma Johnson’s tucked away abode. We set up camp on a hilltop with such an impressive view of the lake, it seems silly that not a bit of the water made its way into the movie. But we weren’t making that kind of movie, at least not yet. With freshly ground gourmet coffee and the distant promise of cold Lonestar beer at the end of the day’s shooting, we began plodding away in the rain. And I mean, it rained, and rained, and was cold, and gray.
We fought the constant construction noises, strong wind, escape rabbits, equipment failures and our own hangoverness to create a movie that told the story as we envisioned it. The small crew and cast on our own in the woods making our movie in a way that could be described as freerange film making.
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