The Sadness of Johnson Joe Jangles is a Canadian experimental short drama film, directed by Jeffrey St. Jules and released in 2004.
[1] The film stars Zachary Bennett as the titular Johnson Joe Jangles, a gay cowboy who aspires to start a family with his husband Pete (Gregory White), only for their dreams to be tested when Clay Fantasia (Soo Garay) offers them jobs in a lawless frontier town where even the basic laws of nature don't apply.
[2] The cast also includes Keir Gilchrist, Shayne Taylor and Cherisse Woonsam.
Made as St. Jules' student project for the Canadian Film Centre,[2] the film incorporates both surreal fantasy and musical elements, with its visual style influenced by both Caravaggio and David LaChapelle.
[4] At the 2005 CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, St. Jules won the Jackson-Triggs Award for Best Emerging Canadian Filmmaker.