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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)
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20 May 1994 (USA)
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There have been many great drivers but only one great passenger.
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Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age...
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2 nominations
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You'll get the blues, all right....
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Uma Thurman | ... | Sissy Hankshaw |
 | Lorraine Bracco | ... | Delores Del Ruby |
 | Pat Morita | ... | The Chink (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita) |
 | Angie Dickinson | ... | Miss Adrian |
 | Keanu Reeves | ... | Julian Gitche |
 | John Hurt | ... | The Countess |
 | Rain Phoenix | ... | Bonanza Jellybean |
 | Ed Begley Jr. | ... | Rupert |
 | Carol Kane | ... | Carla |
 | Sean Young | ... | Marie Barth |
 | Crispin Glover | ... | Howard Barth |
 | Roseanne | ... | Madame Zoe (as Roseanne Arnold) |
| Buck Henry | ... | Dr. Dreyfus |
 | Grace Zabriskie | ... | Mrs. Hankshaw |
| Treva Jeffryes | ... | Young Sissy |
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Rated R for sexuality and some language.
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USA:95 min (DVD)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Playfulness ceases to have a serious purpose when it takes itself too seriously.
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Myth
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Uma Thurman plays Sissy, a young woman with a gypsy spirit (and freakishly large thumbs) who hitchhikes cross-country, eventually finding her true place amongst a group of peyote-enlightened cowgirls on a ranch devoted to preserving the Whooping Crane; Rain(bow) Phoenix is their lesbian leader, Bonanza Jellybean, who falls in love with Sissy, thumbs or not. Gus Van Sant directed and adapted Tom Robbins' book, but his satire has no primary target and just skitters all over the map, like Sissy (maybe that was his goal, but it's not involving for an audience). Notorious box-office flop wasn't so much panned as it was ignored, and one can see why: it's a series of sketches in search of a plot, and the performances, directorial touches and cinematography are all variable. Thurman is a stitch posing alongside the highway trying to get a ride, but this pretty much put the kibosh on Phoenix's career. Writer Buck Henry (who didn't write this, but perhaps should have) gives the most assured performance as the doctor who works on one of those thumbs.
Two thumbs down.