Interview:
Sonny Carl Davis,
"First to be Eaten:
Ramblings of a Bit Player"
Sonny Carl Davis looks back at his 40-plus years as an actor with his stage monologue First to be Eaten: Ramblings of a Bit Player, which will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the AFS Cinema. The Austin-based actor made an impressive film debut in writer/director Eagle Pennell’s 1978 locally shot comedy The Whole Shootin' Match. Davis would later reteam with Pennell for 1983’s Last Night at the Alamo. Davis left Austin for Hollywood to appear in such films as Where the Buffalo Roam, Melvin and Howard, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Thelma & Louise, and Unlawful Entry. He worked with Willie Nelson on Red Head Stranger, Pair of Aces, and Waiting for the Miracle to Come. His collaborations with low-budget genre producer Charles Band date back to 1986’s TerrorVision and include Trancers II and the Evil Bongfranchise. Since moving back to Austin in 2008, Davies has kept busy with roles in Slacker 2011, Saturday Morning Mystery, Butcher Boys, Pictures of Superheroes, Good Night, A Night in Old Mexico, Thank You a Lot, and Kill or Be Killed. Davis also received statewide attention when he reprised his role as an opinionated Texas townsperson from Richard Linklater’s Bernie for last year’s Linklater-directed pro-Beto O’Rourke “Fire Ted Cruz” Senate election campaign ad. Aired: Aug. 8, 2019 Web site: https://www.austinfilm.org/screening/sonny-carl-davis-live-first-to-be-eaten-ramblings-of-a-bit-player/ |
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