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Overview

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Director:
Gus Van Sant
Writers:
James Fogle (novel)
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Release Date:
October 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama more
Plot:
A realistic road movie about a drug addict, his 'family', and their inevitable decline into crime. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
10 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
A great road movie. A great drug movie. A great black comedy. One of the best movies of the 1980s. more (70 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Matt Dillon ... Bob

Kelly Lynch ... Dianne

James LeGros ... Rick (as James Le Gros)

Heather Graham ... Nadine
Eric Hull ... Druggist

Max Perlich ... David

James Remar ... Gentry
John Kelly ... Cop

Grace Zabriskie ... Bob's Mother
George Catalano ... Trousinski
Janet Baumhover ... Neighbor Lady
Ted D'Arms ... Neighbor Man
Neal Thomas ... Halamer
Stephen Rutledge ... Motel Manager
Beah Richards ... Drug Counselor
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Additional Details

Runtime:
102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Filming Locations:
Beacon Rock, Oregon, USA more

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Dianne (Kelly Lynch) can be seen in the first drugstore robbery scene stealing a copy of Erich Segal's "Love Story". Other books in the shelf are "Dialogues with the Devil" and "Great Lion of God" both by Taylor Caldwell, "Goodbye, Columbus" by Philip Roth, "Thirteen Days" by Robert F. Kennedy, "Search" by Diane Kennedy Pike, "The Angel Inside Went Soar", "Heart of the High Country" by Elizabeth Gowans and "The Psychic Reader" by Martin Ebon. more
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Continuity: When Bob returns to his apartment, having given Father Tom the drugs Dianne brought him, it is clear that, as he walks the corridor, his apartment's door is open and light comes from inside. In the next shot, he opens the door to a dark apartment. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Bob: I was once a shameless full-time dope fiend.
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Movie Connections:
References Love Story (1970) more
Soundtrack:
The Israelites more

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A great road movie. A great drug movie. A great black comedy. One of the best movies of the 1980s., 17 March 2003
Author: Infofreak from Perth, Australia

'Drugstore Cowboy' really knocked my socks off when I first watched it about 12-13 years ago, and it still impresses me every time I view it again. An unsentimental drug movie that doesn't resort to knee jerk moralizing, it is one of the very best movies of the 1980s, and still one of the best movies of its kind (Alison Maclean's underrated 'Jesus' Son' is one of the few recent movies to come close to it). Gus Van Sant looked like he was going to be one of the most exciting directors of the 1990s, but after the excellent 'My Own Private Idaho' it quickly proved not to be so, his career ending up with awful saccharine "uplifting" Hollwood dreck and his misguided remake of 'Psycho' that's best if we pretend never happened. Whatever he went on to make there's no denying that this is one brilliant movie. Matt Dillon gives one of his strongest and most complex performances, and he is backed up by an equally impressive supporting cast of Kelly Lynch (easily her best role), the wonderful James LeGros ('Floundering'), future sex symbol Heather Graham ('Boogie Nights'), and quirky character actor fave Max Perlich ('Truth Or Consequences, NM'). Also keep an eye out for the shoulda-been-a-star James Remar ('The Warriors') and a cameo by the legendary William S. Burroughs as "the Priest". 'Drugstore Cowboy' has energy, humour, depth and honesty. I love it. A wonderful movie and highly recommended.

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