Greater Tuna
by Ed Howard, Jim Borden
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Actor: Jaston Williams, Joe SearsDirector: Ed Howard, Jim Borden
Brand: Wolfe
Writer: Joe Sears
Writer: Jaston Williams
Writer: Ed Howard
Producer: Jim Borden
Editor: Chuck Johnson
Editor: Dwight Vasel
Editor: Keith O'Neal
Producer: Charles H. Duggan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-31
Audience Rating: Unrated
Model: WOL9016D
Studio: Wolfe Video
Movie Reviews of Greater Tuna
Movie Review: A Much Loved Treasure- finally available
Summary: 5 Stars
Sometime during the 80's, I stumbled into a theatre in Los Angeles where this show was playing and was completely won over by the citizens of Tuna, Texas. Later there was an hour long version on HBO that I was lucky enough to tape and currently still resides in my dwindling VHS library.
This version goes back to the much loved and still touring stage play "Greater Tuna" This is a filmed version of the classic stage play. 20 years later, it has lost none of it's hilarity.
The entire population of Tuna Texas are portrayed by American Treasures Joe Sears and Jaston Williams. The Tuna trilogy- Greater Tuna, A Tuna Christmas and Red White and Tuna have a fierce and almost cultish following throughout the country.
This is an excellent character study of the citizens of a small town in Texas, even though there is a murder mystery- the characters who reside in Tuna grab the spotlight and the performances by Mr Sears and Mr Williams are unforgettable, they deserve the long list of awards they have received for these plays.
Even though the show pokes fun at small town life and Texans in particular, the shows are extremely popular in Texas, anyone who knows anyone from a small town will find something to identify with.
I cannot recommend this highly enough. I love these shows so much that I would let the cast stay at my house when they are in town and I make my parents get a hotel room.
Get that tour back to Seattle boys! But I'll be happy with the DVDs until I can see it live onstage yet again.
Summary of Greater Tuna
The all Texas tale of hilarious day in Tuna the third smallest town in the Lone Star State where the Lion s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. A boisterous edy starring master edians Joe Sears and Jaston Williams (helped by more than 40 lightning quick costume changes) who portray all 20 Characters: men women children and animals. The show ushers us through a day in Tuna starting with the morning broadcast from radio station OKKK and wandering in and out of the homes and businesses of the denizens of this colorful munity. Ever vigilant Vera Carp leads The Smut Snatchers of the new order in their campaign to clear the library shelves of dirty books like Huckleberry Finn and Romeo and Juliet while the annual high school essay contest produces entries entitle Human Rights Why Bother? and Living with Radiation. Elmer Watkins speaks up for the KKK and Petey Fisk argues for anima rights. UFO sightings a celebrity murder and Didi s used weapons sale all contribute to the hilarity. Greater Tuna is a funny loving portrait of rural America big hearts small minds and all.Format: DVD MOVIESimilar DVD Movies
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