Slide

(THIS FILM WAS PART OF OUR 2024 FESTIVAL LINEUP AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE ON THE SLAMDANCE CHANNEL) What if Clint Eastwood and Mel Brooks became cartoonists and united to create the wackiest, most surreal musical western ever? That’s "Slide." It's the story of a corrupt logging village, Sourdough Creek, ruled by two evil twin brothers, Zeke and Jeb, who enjoy nothing more than killing and greed. One day a mysterious cowboy arrives in town, carrying nothing but his slide guitar. With his music, Slide battles the forces of the deadly twins. He befriends Delilah, who works as a hooker at the Lucky Buck Bar, which is owned and run by the corrupt, plump twins. Delilah falls in love with Slide and reveals how she wants to be a singer in the Lucky Buck Band, but is too shy. Then, Slide is joined in his battle with the twin forces of evil by a local Bigfoot-like character called "Hellbug." This whole menagerie is then complicated by the arrival of a Hollywood studio coming to shoot their new feature film there.The final Armageddon battle is interrupted by the failure of the Sourdough Creek Dam, which results in a happy ending... or does it? Although it is not a political film, Slide does address some important issues: environmentalism and gun control. This film should easily qualify for the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most evil killers of any major motion picture.