Tracing Cowboys

Tracing Cowboys is a 2008 American romantic drama film directed by Jason Wolfsohn, starring Sacha Grunpeter and Megan Edwards. Grunpeter died on the film's last scheduled day of shooting.

Tracing Cowboys
Directed by	Jason Wulfsohn
Written by	Jason Wulfsohn Sacha Grunpeter
Produced by	Sacha Grunpeter LazRael Lison Jason Wulfsohn Joe Gruberman
Starring	Sacha Grunpeter Megan Edwards
Cinematography	David Rush Morrison
Edited by	Matt Konicek
Music by	Richard Dowlearn
Production company	Vigilante Films
Distributed by	Vanguard Cinema IF Télévision
Release date	29 March 2008 (2008-03-29) (AFI Dallas Film Festival)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Sacha Grunpeter as Ethan
• Megan Edwards as Debbie
• Eileen Dietz as Marilyn
• Alvaro Alvarez as Fernando
• Ana Alvarez as Alba
• Veronica Fernandez as Estrella

Release

The film premiered at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival on 29 March 2008.^[1]

Reception

Joe Leydon of Variety wrote that the film's issues include Wolfsohn's "inability to follow his initial gameplan" and Grunpeter's voiceover narration. He also wrote that due to Grunpeter's death, his performance "comes off as compelling but, alas, incomplete." Despite the film's issues, Leydon wrote that it "has a curiosity value that cannot be measured or denied", and "may prove most instructive for anyone — academics, film buffs, would-be feature helmers — who’s curious to see how a filmmaker copes with a worst-case scenario."^[2]

Mark Olsen of the Los Angeles Times wrote that while the film "does have a certain impressionist grace", its "romantic ideal of the road -- lonely diners, vintage cars and seaside shanties -- seems misplaced, oversimplified and overused."^[3]

Ernest Hady of LA Weekly wrote that while Morrison's cinematography gives the film a "meditative beauty", Edwards' voice-over is "filled with clichéd philosophizing" and "drags the film down".^[4]