Reclusive Rubin Farr teams up with vocal but unsuccessful multi-level salesman Ed Tuttle on a quest to bury Rubin's dead cat in the "perfect spot." Their trip takes them across Utah's desert where they have run-ins with Ed's ex-wife Rula and an elusive Andy Warhol critic.
Acting
Glover's Rubin—part man, part alien, all wrong.
Direction
Harris turns Utah into surreal purgatory.
Writing
Dialogue so awkward it circles back to genius.
Director
Trent Harris
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Glover reportedly stayed in character between takes, making the crew deeply uncomfortable.
Harris based the film on real Utah eccentrics he documented; Rubin's arias come from actual recordings.
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