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Drugstore Cowboy

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 41m
  • 82

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Gus Van Sant

Producer:

Karen Murphy, Nick Wechsler

Writer:

James Fogle, Daniel Yost, William S. Burroughs

Release Date:

Oct 6, 1989

Runtime:

1hr 41m

Synopsis

A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.

Cast

  • Matt Dillon
  • Kelly Lynch
  • James Le Gros
  • Heather Graham
  • Eric Hull
  • Max Perlich
  • James Remar
  • John Kelly
  • Grace Zabriskie
  • George Catalano

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Metacritic

82
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Based on 15 Critics
8.5

USER SCORE (209)

Universal acclaim based on 209 Reviews
100

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.

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Metacritic review by Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
63

Drugstore Cowboy improves. Not much, but in provocative ways.

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Metacritic review by Peter Travers
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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