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WATCH: Heard Of The Princess And The Frog? Meet The Farm Boy And The Cow

Not to give the Tony Perkins crowd more reason to argue gay relationships are going to lead to man sleeping with farm animals, but this adorable story about farmer boy Kyle forming a special bond with his cow Willis is worth watching. Broookton Hollow is “a gay faerie tale about a boy and his cow,” its San Francisco-based director Joshua Smith puts plainly. Yeah, it gets a little to Equus by the end, but I’m making the “more cow bell” joke before you do.

[Warning: Video contains brief instances of frontal nudity, NSFW.]

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By: RYAN TEDDER
On: Oct 18, 2010
Tagged: Animals, Brookton Hollow, Joshua Smith, love, Movies

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No. 1 · Michael
I cried when the father drowned his salisbury steak with pan gravy.

Oct 18, 2010 at 3:14 pm · @Reply ·
No. 2 · Eddie
Awe!!! This was so cute. :)

Oct 18, 2010 at 3:24 pm · @Reply ·
No. 3 · Daniel
Adorable – thanks.

Oct 18, 2010 at 5:05 pm · @Reply ·
No. 4 · lizcivious
Lovely. Made me cry.

Oct 18, 2010 at 5:57 pm · @Reply ·
No. 5 · Ian
Cute story! For those that enjoyed it might I suggest the books “Fairy Tales – Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men” & “Gay Fairly & Folk Tales – More Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men” both by Peter Cashorali. You’ll find quite a few gems of stories in similar vein as the short film above.

Oct 18, 2010 at 6:18 pm · @Reply ·
No. 6 · Ian
Cute story! For those that enjoyed it might I suggest the books “Fairy Tales – Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men” & “Gay Fairy & Folk Tales – More Traditional Stories Retold for Gay Men” both by Peter Cashorali. You’ll find quite a few gems of stories in similar vein as the short film above.

Oct 18, 2010 at 6:19 pm · @Reply ·
No. 7 · Scott
Hmmm,

So not only did the cow change from bovine to human but also from female to male?

Oct 18, 2010 at 7:18 pm · @Reply ·
No. 8 · Paul in Canada
Oh dear gawd! FAIL

Oct 18, 2010 at 7:53 pm · @Reply ·
No. 9 · Vman455
@Scott: Yeah, and why was he going to kill a milk cow to begin with?

Oct 18, 2010 at 8:07 pm · @Reply ·
No. 10 · Jason Dancin' to the Beat
What did the udder turn into? ;)

Oct 18, 2010 at 10:11 pm · @Reply ·
No. 11 · Clint
OOOOMFG. Loved this…

Oct 18, 2010 at 10:45 pm · @Reply ·
No. 12 · stephennyc
delightful!

Oct 19, 2010 at 12:56 am · @Reply ·
No. 13 · shae
AWWWWW sooooo cute!!! but where the hell is my fairy tale kiss?!

Oct 19, 2010 at 2:00 am · @Reply ·
No. 14 · joshuasf
i’m flattered to have found my movie on this site. wow :)

Oct 19, 2010 at 2:06 am · @Reply ·
No. 15 · PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
That was very mooooving…….. :p

Oct 19, 2010 at 8:55 am · @Reply ·
No. 16 · hmm
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS:

And where are they running off to at the end? Is the boy now going to mooooove out of his dad’s farm & in with his man?

Oct 19, 2010 at 9:24 am · @Reply ·
No. 17 · Adrian
Making fun of this film is easy… however, I’m curious to hear what the jokesters think is the moral of this film.

Oct 19, 2010 at 9:39 am · @Reply ·
No. 18 · PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
@hmm: I am udderly clueless as to the outcome……… :p

Oct 19, 2010 at 9:45 am · @Reply ·
No. 19 · PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
PS: Willis turned into a pretty cute cowboy! :p
(couldn’t resist that one……..)

Oct 19, 2010 at 10:46 am · @Reply ·
No. 20 · Daniel [Different person #1 using similar name]
@Vman455: Totally agree! Anyone used to working a farm/ knows anything about animal farming would be appalled at the idea of killing a milk cow. Cute idea, the execution leaves some to be desired.

Oct 19, 2010 at 1:45 pm · @Reply ·
No. 21 · tallskin2
Hmmm, very cute

Oct 19, 2010 at 2:10 pm · @Reply ·
No. 22 · joshuasf
i grew up on a farm and was given a jersey cow to milk as a kid. true, most people would never kill their milk cow!
maybe it was a poor decision on my part to use a female cow in this movie, but it was the only cow i had access to for my (very) low budget movie.

Oct 19, 2010 at 2:30 pm · @Reply ·
No. 23 · Benjamin
This was a charming, lovely little film. Obviously a labor of love.

Oct 19, 2010 at 4:32 pm · @Reply ·
No. 24 · Kieran
And they lived happily ever after for the rest of the summer….then winter came, and they were both found dead in the woods of frostbite and malnutrition. The End.

Oct 19, 2010 at 10:16 pm · @Reply ·
No. 25 · FlopsyMopsyCT
OH MY GOD THAT WAS THE CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oct 20, 2010 at 12:40 am · @Reply ·