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True West

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True West
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1hr 50min
Genre:
Comedy
Released:
January 1, 1984
Directors:
Allan A. Goldstein, Gary Sinise
Starring:
John Malkovich, Sam Schacht, Gary Sinise  ...more
Synopsis: Originally aired on American public television, True West is a filmed performance of the Steppenwolf Theater Company's production of Sam Shepard's sibling rivalry play. John Malkovich plays a drifter who comes back home to patch up differences--as well instigate new ones--with his brother, a Hollywood screenwriter played by Gary Sinise. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
The film is a record of the legendary Steppenwolf Theater production with which the celebrated troupe first broke through on the New York stage in 1982. A far more successful version of the Sam Shepard play than the earlier Peter Boyle/Tommy Lee Jones production at the Public Theater which had sparked a highly publicized battle between Shepard and impresario Joseph Papp, it remains fascinating despite ... Full Review
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