American Pie - 6, Episode Six

The final episode of director Geoff Steven's USA road trip provides a number of different takes on the American experience. A mother working as croupier in Reno, Nevada, puts a more modern and respectable face on the state’s previously disreputable gambling industry. An 82 year old professional banjo player in Virginia City recalls his days as a cowboy, while a TV reporter still rides the range on his days off. An upmarket health spa is flourishing in Tucson, Arizona; and, in Florida, Miami has been reshaped by a massive influx of refugees from Cuba.

I can remember seeing Roy Rogers and Gene Autry riding across the silver screen and saving those young ladies from distress and I said, “Brother, that’s the life for me.”

– Cowboy John Tyson’s childhood ambition

Key Cast & Crew

Geoff Steven

Director, Producer, Research

Allan Goldin

Associate Producer

David Coulson

Editor

Craig Perry

Sound Mix

Tony Johnson

Sound

Bayly Watson

Camera