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Drugstore Cowboy

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Drugstore Cowboy
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R,1hr 40min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1989
Director:
Gus Van Sant
Distributor:
Live/Artisan
Starring:
Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James LeGros  ...more
Synopsis: The operative word in Drugstore Cowboy is "drug". Matt Dillon plays the leader of a group of dopeheads who wander around the country robbing pharmacies to feed their habits. Dillon's chums include doltish James Le Gros and teen-age junkie Heather Graham; also along for the ride is Dillon's wife Kelly Lynch. Their nemesis is cop James Remar, whom Dillon takes perverse delight in humiliating. When one of the young addicts dies of an overdose, it promps Dillon to try to go straight, a task complicated ... Full Synopsis
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Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
Drugstore Cowboy is one of the best films in the long tradition of American outlaw road movies - a tradition that includes "Bonnie and Clyde," "Easy Rider," "Midnight Cowboy" and "Badlands." Full Review
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82
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
Based on 15 critic reviews
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