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“Total Badass is both a portrait of life on the artistic and social fringe and a thriller...
a working-poor man’s cross of Frederick Wiseman and Hunter S. Thompson.“
  -The New York TImes

“the title couldn't be more apt.”
  -Time Out New York

“Total Badass is a wild, unique ride, deep into the Austin counterculture...  
it's entertaining and shockingly funny, and undeniably touching...  a thunderbolt of a documentary.”
  -Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

“[Total Badass director] Bob Ray is Austin’s newish lowbrow Maysles brother...   
Chad Holt comes off charmingly as equal parts Texan Keith Moon and crispy Richard Benjamin,
talking blue streaks and rolling joints in his probation officer’s parking lot.”
 
 -Village Voice

a new documentary from Bob Ray

“a ballsy feature-length documentary...
a totally unapologetic profile of the ubiquitous [Austin] hero.”
-Vice Magazine

"a psychological treat"
-Phoenix New Times

“an outrageous and hilariously seedy journey into the Austin underground...
[Total Badass] bravely goes where no documentary film has gone before.”
-Flavorpill

“genuinely funny and touching”
-Monday Magazine

“[Total Badass] is a rough film, and that's a good thing: Holt comes across like a lost John Waters'
collaborator, or like a real-life version of Nicolas Cage in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.”
-Austin Chronicle

“Holt is a modern day Texas punk rock version of a Kerouac character; speeding through life on whatever
fuels him in a non-stop flurry of writing, drug dealing, singing, stage diving, love making, and guinea pig raising.”
-Austin Daze

The Total Badass press kit is here: http://www.crashcamfilms.com/totalbadass/TotalBadass-PressKit.pdf

PRESS INFO:

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hi-res pics can be found on the pics page

to view the Total Badass info sheet (pdf), click here

a full res version of the Total Badass trailer can be downloaded as a zip here

click here for an index of the tour journals

 

Features & News Items (updates in progress)

MovieMaker Magazine interviews Bob Ray: 
         https://www.moviemaker.com/distribution/article/bob_ray
_total_badass_down_dirty_austin_film_tour_20100802
Vice Magazine interviews Bob Ray:
         http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2010/07/17/weekend-watchin-bob-ray/              
Austin Chronicle
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A1068462              
indieWIRE
         http://www.indiewire.com/article/in_the_works_housing_horror_
wandering_skater_bad_ass_texan_adult_artists_so/pem
Houston Press
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2010/05/be_a_total_badass_and_win_neil.php 
Slackerwood
http://www.slackerwood.com/node/1644 
 
Press from the Total Badass / Hell on Wheels film tour
of the South & East Coast (Nov. 13 - Dec. 19, 2010) New York Times
http://movies.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/movies/19haleroundup.html
Vice Magazine 
http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2010/11/19/total-badass-in-the-new-york-times/
                  The Village Voice                
http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-11-17/film/total-badass
-hell-on-wheels-in-the-gutter-and-on-the-roller-rink/
Philadelphia Weekly
http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/Calendar-Dec-1-7-111056789.html
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 
http://sync.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/dec/14/weirder-you/
The Austin Chronicle 
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Blogs/index.html/objID1128038/blogID/
FilmDrunk
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/12/i-took-a-year-off-to-raise-guinea-pigs-and-do-cocaine
The Baltimore Chop 
http://thebaltimorechop.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/bob-rays-
down-and-dirty-austin-film-tour-crative-alliance-tonight/
Covering Media 
http://www.coveringmedia.com/movie/2010/11/total-badass.html
Commercial Appeal 
http://www.gomemphis.com/news/2010/dec/10/double-bill-of-austin-weirdness/
The Bloodshot Eye 
http://blogs.commercialappeal.com/the_bloodshot_eye/2010/12/total-
badass-and-hell-on-wheels-austin-city-no-limits.html
Street Boners and TV Carnage
http://streetbonersandtvcarnage.com/blog/total-badass-on-tour/
Gothamist 
http://gothamist.com/2010/11/19/weekend_movie_forecast_58.php?gallery0Pic=10
BlackBook 
http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/total-badass-trailer-looks-totally-badass2/24200
CELEBSTONER 
http://www.celebstoner.com/201011175238/reviews/concerts-events/the-down-a-dirty-austin-film-tour.html
rumur
http://www.rumur.com/news/totall-badass/
Time Out New York
http://newyork.timeout.com/arts-culture/film/579695/total-badass
NY Daily News 
http://events.nydailynews.com/new-york-ny/events/show/150588225-austin-film-tour-presents-total-badass
Go Triad
http://gotriad.news-record.com/content/2010/12/01/article/from_guinea_pigs_to_film
Champ Superstar
http://www.champsuperstar.com/chad-holt-is-not-a-hero
The TANK 
http://thetanknyc.wordpress.com/2010/11/16/
Current
http://upcoming.current.com/items/1969022_crashcam-films-the-summer-tour.htm#disqus_thread
Zombie Cat Productions 
http://www.zombiecatproductions.com.php5-15.dfw1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=2169
fee’s LIST
http://feeslist.blogspot.com/2010/11/fees-list-through-1123.html
ReFashionista 
http://refashionista.net/2010/12/09/hell-on-wheels/
Sniper's Love Nest 
http://sniperslovenest.blogspot.com/2010/12/total-badass-heads-to-texas-theater-on.html
Nashville City Press 
http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2010/12/13/run-
total-badass-screens-in-45-minutes-at-the-belcourt
Alamo Drafthouse 
http://blog.originalalamo.com/2010/12/15/encore-of-total-badass-at-the-
village-this-sunday/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_
campaign=Feed%3A+originalalamo+%28Alamo+Drafthouse+Cinema+Austin%29
 
Press from the Total Badass / Hell on Wheels film tour of the
West Coast (July 15 - Aug. 20, 2010)
IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/news/ni3211219/
MovieMaker Magazine
http://www.moviemaker.com/distribution/article/bob_ray_total_badass_
down_dirty_austin_film_tour_20100802
SXSW 
http://sxsw.com/node/5304
Hollywood Shorts
http://blog.hollywoodshorts.com/archives/500
Sacramento 365 
http://sacramento365.com/event/detail/440835999/Roller_Derby_Documentary_Hell_on_Wheels
Vice Magazine
http://www.viceland.com/blogs/en/2010/07/17/weekend-watchin-bob-ray/
indieWIRE
http://www.indiewire.com/article/in_the_works_housing_horror_wandering_
skater_bad_ass_texan_adult_artists_so/pem
CELEBSTONER 
http://www.celebstoner.com/201007154522/reviews/tv-movies/austin-filmmaker-hits-the-road.html
IFP Phoenix
http://www.ifpphx.org/events/bob-rays-down-dirty-austin
Flavorpill Los Angeles 
http://asset1.flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2010/8/13/bob-ray-and-chad-holt-in-person-total-badass
Bookmans 
http://www.bookmans.com/content/q-hell-wheels-and-total-badass-filmmaker-bob-ray
Austin Chronicle 
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Sports/Blogs/index.html/objID1066549/blogID/
 Austin Chronicle (08/13/2010) 
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A1068462
&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Phoenix Metromix
http://phoenix.metromix.com/leisure/community_event/bob-rays-down-and/2068083/content
Milk of Minutia (Radio Interview! Bob starts at 23:47. Chad at 44:47.)
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/minutia/2010/08/06/episode-23--documentary-filmmaker-bob-ray
Blog Talk Radio 
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/minutia/2010/08/06/episode-23--documentary-filmmaker-bob-ray
Denver Film Society 
http://www.denverfilm.org/filmcenter/detail.aspx?id=23351
Comics Waiting Room Newswire 
http://comicswait.blogspot.com/2010/07/sxsw-film-festival-alamo-drafthouse-and.html
Boise Weekly
http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/bob-rays-hell-on-wheels/Content?oid=1694161
Weekly Alibi
http://alibi.com/index.php?scn=filmtimes&film_id=f4946&fsubmit=y
Austin Daze
http://www.austindaze.com/2010/07/23/total-badass/
Austin Chronicle 
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Blogs/index.html/objID1032964/blogID/
Monday Magazine
http://mondaymag.com/articles/entry/confessions-of-an-austin-weirdo/
Houston Press 
http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2010/05/be_a_total_badass_and_win_neil.php
LAist 
http://laist.com/2010/08/11/laist_film_calendar_feel_good_goodf.php
Fandango 
http://www.fandango.com/total%20badass_131909/movieoverview?
location=78704&wssac=123&wssaffid=11836
Slackerwood 
http://www.slackerwood.com/node/1644
Tacoma Weekly 
http://www.tacomaweekly.com/article/4589
Phoenix New Times
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/events/bob-rays-down-and-dirty-austin-film-tour-1789350
Mile High Gay Guy 
http://www.milehighgayguy.com/2010/07/things-to-do-in-denver-when-youre-gay_14.html
Desert Knight News 
http://www.desertknightnews.com/august-movies/
Dada Robotnick
http://dadarobotnik.blogspot.com/2010/07/indy-and-altertainment-coming-up.html
Sniper's Love Nest
http://sniperslovenest.blogspot.com/2010/02/austins-amazing-bad-ass-chad-holt.html
New Music Talk 
http://www.newmusictalk.com/blog/2010/07/17/weekend-watchin%E2%80%99-bob-ray/
do512 
http://do512.com/event/weekly/wed/total-badass-premiere-screening-w-director-live
Oregon Statesman Journal
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20100729/ENT/7290301/1001/news/
Film-festival-focuses-on-roller-derby-Saturday
Vancouver Sun
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Movie+listings/3308077/story.html
Weekly Volcano
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/events/werecommend/2010/07/film-hell-on-wheels-tacoma/
Sun Valley Online
http://www.sunvalleyonline.com/links/2010/07/21/bob-rays-hell-on-wheels
SF 360 
http://www.sf360.org/Newsletters/Weekly/07-29-2010/?pageid=12938
American Towns 
http://www.americantowns.com/co/denver/news/bob-ray-s-down
-and-dirty-austin-film-tour-comes-to-denver-343098
Bad Lit 
http://www.badlit.com/?p=4927
Seattle Weekly 
http://www.seattleweekly.com/events/bob-rays-down-and-dirty-austin-film-tour-1038597/
Vancouver Movies 
http://www.vancouvermovies.ca/movie/British+Columbia/Vancouver/Vancouver+
Theatres/Bob+Ray%27s+Down+and+Dirty+Austin+Film+Tour/23712
The Sunbreak 
http://thesunbreak.com/2010/07/27/on-the-list-july-28-august-3
Capitol Hill Seattle 
http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2010/07/28/the-sunbreak-on-the-list-july-29-august-3
Beyond Robson
http://www.beyondrobson.com/events/2402
Zvents Vancouver
http://www.zvents.com/vancouver-bc/events/show/130670205-bob-rays-down-and-dirty-austin-film-tour
FrontRowCentre
http://www.frontrowcentre.com/movies/British+Columbia/vancouver/Bob+Ray
%27s+Down+and+Dirty+Austin+Film+Tour/23712
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SXSW
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