Round Rock (TX) - Michael Dell has recently begun a new career, in acting. Dell and his wife, Susan, make a rather brief appearance in a film titled “The Sno Cone Stand,Inc.” In the film, they play themselves – in a role of big investors who have decided to place their funds in the hands of Miller Stinch Financial. Neither of the Dell’s have a speaking role in the film.

The film is a comedy about a few young stockbroker trainees on a quest to “climb their way down the corporate ladder” by testing the waters on different ventures - one of which is opening a “sno cone” stand. “It’s like ‘Office Space’ meets ‘Wedding Crashers,’ ” said director Travis Knapp in a conversatiuon with the New York Times. “For 85 minutes, it will entertain you and make you laugh, but you won’t wet your pants.”

Knapp hopes that the lesson of the stock brokers searching for more in life will resonate with the Wall Street community as we are falling on tougher financial times. “It’s very timely for what’s going on in the market,” Mr. Knapp said. “All of the main guys find out what they really need to be doing.”

The film is set in Austin, Texas, and currently the movie has experienced a limited release having only minimal showings in both Austin and New York. In both locations the film sold out, leaving Knapp and producers hopeful that the film could receive a wider showing, or a DVD release.
 
The film has cost close to $2 million to produce and distribute.