A deleted scene featuring an enigmatic conversation with a beer vendor. This scene is hilarious and I love it, but it just slowed down the pace of the the "food" sequence too much. And no, we never found out the answer.

Here's a deleted scene that features a lot of the parade participants. The editing of this scene was based on two things: the funny song our team of composers recorded, which they called MORE MULE PLEASE, and the gesticulations of the parade participants. Everyone was so enthusiastic and funny that we wanted to fit them all in, but the scene just didn't work in the middle of the parade. Musical montages are lovely, but we had too many. My favorite ...

When I watch this deleted scene, I often wonder why it didn't make it into the movie. It has some of my favorite shots of the rodeo arena, including the camera chasing little Jake Toberer after the boot race, into the blue dusk. In many ways, I feel like this scene captures the tone of the entire movie all in one little beautiful montage. We have Tucker battling against the speed of Katy King, who we nicknamed "Speed Racer" during production. We ha...