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Cowboy Boots

2025 · 13 min

A quiet, uncomfortable immersion into a newcomer's longing and dislocation, more about inner ache than plot.

Directed by
Eric K Delehoy
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michael Ridley, Evan Halbert, Scott Alan Ward
Overview
Jack, a gay cowboy from Nebraska, finds anything but the promised land he envisioned when he visits a San Francisco gay club for the first time. Cowboy Boots explores the intersection of accepting one’s sexual identity and trying to find the community in which it can reside. It is at once a dive into the longings and desires of a young, rural gay man and the realities of being a newcomer in a world that he doesn’t know or understand. While the story is queer in nature, the themes of finding one’s place, and the discomfort that comes along with doing so, are universal.

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Directed by
Eric K Delehoy
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michael Ridley, Evan Halbert, Scott Alan Ward
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • loneliness
  • sexuality
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Eric K Delehoy
Written by
Eric K Delehoy
Starring
Michael Ridley, Evan Halbert, Scott Alan Ward, Kevin Cook, Logan Cannon, Liam Gouldsbrough, Jacob May, Michael Baldovino
Runtime
13 min
Languages
English

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