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Drugstore Cowboy
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
1989 · Directed by Gus Van Sant · 102 min · Drama · Crime · 21 frames
Tagline
Sooner or later, someone will pay the price.
Crew
- Screenplay: Gus Van Sant, Daniel Yost
- Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman
- Edited by: Mary Bauer, Curtiss Clayton
- Music: Elliot Goldenthal
- Production design: David Brisbin
- Produced by: Nick Wechsler, Karen Murphy
Cast
- Matt Dillon as Bob
- Kelly Lynch as Dianne
- James Remar as Gentry
- James Le Gros as Rick
- Heather Graham as Nadine
- Beah Richards as Drug Counselor
- Grace Zabriskie as Bob's Mother
- Max Perlich as David
- William S. Burroughs as Tom the Priest
- Eric Hull as Druggist
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Avenue Pictures
- Budget: $2,500,000
- Box office: $4,700,000
- Themes: drug abuse, support group, 1970s, drug addiction, junkie, portland, oregon, drugstore, group therapy, melancholy, addiction
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