The Smell of Success is a Initiate Productions film directed by Larry Smith, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Téa Leoni, Kyle MacLachlan and Ed Helms.
It all begins when a tragic fan accident ends the life of Mr. Roses, the scientific genius behind Roses Manure Company, forcing his cosmetics salesgirl daughter Rosemary (Tea Leoni) to take control of the company. Rosemary isn’t sure if she has a nose for the family business, but when she discovers the company is about to go under, she is determined to find a way to keep the company successful. She’s going to need the help of her father’s best salesmen led by Patrick Fitzpatrick (Billy Bob Thorton).
The Smell of Success was filmed on location in Santa Clarita,California.
August 19th, 2011
Singing the Blues - Guy Mitchell
Dig a Little Deeper - JD Sumner and the Stamps
Backporch Bluegrass Rag - Tommy Hannum and Crew 22
Bongo Rock - Preston Epps
There Ain't Enough Love - Little Jerry
Hoe Down/Down the Road/Hounddog Blues/Mudcat Rag - written by Rick Kritzman, (performer unrecorded) (5 Alarm Music)
Riverboat Blues - Apple Trax
Take Me Away Baby (5 Alarm Music)
The Abduction From the Seraglio (composer and performers not recorded)
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"When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of salesmen threatens to go, as they say, into the toilet. Enter estranged daughter Rosemary (Téa Leoni), a high-class- cosmetics salesgirl, who steps in to take control. She is not sure she has a nose for the family business, but she is determined to make foul into profit. Little does she know that a ruthless, slick-talking fertilizer rep (Kyle MacLachlan) is plotting a takeover. Whether she likes it or not, she must trust her top salesman, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Billy Bob Thornton), to devise a plan to regain Rose's rightful position on top of the heap.The Polish brothers have created a wholly original, decidedly irreverent, yet enchantingly classic comic adventure from the 1960s. Sassy dialogue gives Manure flair, but it is the period design with its sepia palate of painted backdrops that conjures up scaffolds and wind machines just off camera. The Polish brothers are complete originals, and their all-star cast stylishly matches their campy hybrid hijinks. Thornton masters just the right tone, while Leoni’s nostalgic throwback performance showcases her unique brand of physical comedy. In the Polish brothers' capable hands, Manure fills the screen with scene after scene of wonderfully rendered, pure cinematic imagination."
Quoting the description from the 2009 Sundance Film Festival site.