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THE LAST RIDE OF JIMMY CLYDE
By Zak Knutson

GENRE: Drama, Comedy
LOGLINE: In 1980s Oklahoma, a battered rodeo clown and former local legend, Jimmy Clyde, faces the wreckage of his marriage, fading fame, and a body that’s breaking down faster than his pickup. With nothing left but a loyal dog and a head full of bad decisions, Jimmy stumbles through dive bars, rodeo arenas, and the backroads of the southwest in search of dignity, redemption, and one last chance to matter in a world that’s already moved on without him.

SYNOPSIS:

Jimmy Clyde was once a name on the rodeo circuit — a cowboy with a champion’s swagger and a crowd’s roar at his back. Now, in 1980s Oklahoma, he’s just another bruised-up rodeo clown, living out of a camper with a loyal dog and a bloodstream full of whiskey and regret. Divorce papers sit crumpled on his bed, his body aches from years of punishment, and the world around him seems ready to move on without him. Drifting between dusty arenas, small-town bars, and the fading glow of old friendships, Jimmy tries to keep his head above water while everyone else urges him to let go. His estranged wife wants closure, his friends want him sober, and a new woman tempts him with the possibility of a future. But Jimmy only knows how to fight the bull in front of him — whether that’s in the arena or in his own heart. Part elegy, part redemption tale, The Last Ride of Jimmy Clyde is a portrait of a man out of time — a broken hero wrestling with the myth of who he was and the truth of who he’s become. With grit, humor, and a soundtrack of classic country, the film captures the beauty and brutality of a vanishing America, asking whether a man who’s lost everything can still find one last ride worth taking.

Marcos Fizzotti

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