Mexico Country Code

In this multicultural collection of ten new stories, Robert Franklin Gish ranges through settings as diverse as the contemporary California coast and the ghost-haunted hills of Oklahoma Indian Territory, exploring the complex intersections between myth and personal choice, intentional mischief and fate-driven misadventure. His "bad boys" and "black sheep" are men of all ages and backgrounds - Indian, Hispanic, African-American, Anglo - who come to a crucial moment of existence when they must confront the consequences of their past. In "Namesakes", the impoverished Oklahoma farm family awaits a visit from the notorious James Gang, with whom the dying father once rode and from whom he hopes against all hope for money that will save his desperate family. The black high school teacher in "Nueva Entrada" comes to Albuquerque to escape Midwestern racism and his own cocaine addiction. But - like another black man in New Mexico, the sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Esteban - he discovers that his seemingly simple neighbors are more than they seem and that cunning comes in many guises. In "Truth or Consequences", a professor finds respite from the responsibilities of his career and his wife's chronic illness in a secret hideaway in a small New Mexico town, where he goes fishing and enjoys an illicit affair with a charming Hispanic woman, until fate confronts him with the consequences of his careful, self-centered plan. And in "Code Three" two young men, one a college dropout and the other a famous movie star, race toward their shared destiny in California's ever-shifting Earthquake Country.

Double Feature includes "Iron Cowboy" and "Ramblin Man" "Iron Cowboy" - "Iron Cowboy" is an off beat romantic comedy about opposites who attract while living through the hurly-burly schedule of a film shoot. Arriving in Mexico to work as an editor on a film, a young cosmopolitan city woman (Barbara Loden) surprises herself and everyone else when she finds herself falling for a handsome and charismatic ranch hand (Burt Reynolds) who is working as a driver during the film's location shoot. Initially drawn together due to the "anything goes" sense of location shooting, the pair quickly discover that despite their differences they are forging a serious connection. But are they going to make it past the final reel? Showcasing standout performance from its two talented leads, "Irony Cowboy" is also notable for its star cameos by the likes of Terence Stamp and Sally Kirkland. "Ramblin Man" - Imagine the antics of "Smokey And The Bandit" crossed with the cowboy code of the old Wild West and you have "Ramblin' Man." Jumping a freight train to head for the coast, Midwestern transplants Will (Tom Selleck) and J.D. (Jerry Reed) accidentally end up in Nashville, Tennessee. The accidents continue as the hapless pair is mistaken for private investigators by a young woman (Morgan Fairchild) who is searching for her missing sister. Will and J.D. need the work, so they take her up on it, regardless of the fact that they know next to nothing about hunting down missing, would-be country singers. The case takes Will and J.D. through Nashville's country music scene, brushing shoulders with a great assortment of C&W talent, such as Barbara Mandrell, Roy Acuff, and Ray Stevens. The two men encounter adventures galore and meet a ton of memorable characters in this high-spirited, rip-roaring cowboy romp. Now if they could only solve the case. Packaging Type is Side-by-Side.