After a few unfinished versions hit the net, the officially official first official trailer to the Arkansas-filmed Hank biopic has been released. Gotta love the fact that the writers avoid saying “Hank Williams” the way you don’t hear “zombie” in zombie movies.

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Also, the filmmakers just announced that “The Last Ride” will screen at the Nashville Film Festival, April 15, 7:45 p.m. And, of course, the movie will open this year’s Little Rock Film Festival.

A couple notes on the trailer: Ray McKinnon’s awesomely awkward smile at 0:09 is great. Iffy: The shot of Hank shooting a gun 1:10. Looks a little “The Room” green-screeny. (Not that I could do that shot a lick better or do it at all, period.)

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But like all Hank-fans, I’m really looking forward to checking this one out, Arkansas-made or not.

Again, we’ll have a shot to check it out at the LRFF on June 1. See y’all there.

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