Drugstore cowboy

Blu-ray - 2025

Gus Van Sant's dreamy, drifty, deadpan second feature an addiction drama based on James Fogle's autobiographical novel captures the zonked-out textures and almost surreal absurdity of a life lived fix to fix. Swinging between dope-fueled disconnection and edgy paranoia, Matt Dillon plays the leader of a ragtag crew that robs pharmacies for pills, coasting across the 1970s Pacific Northwest while trying to outrun sobriety and fate. With a brilliant supporting turn from counterculture high priest William S. Burroughs and a lyrical feeling for the streetscapes of Van Sant's hometown of Portland, Oregon, Drugstore Cowboy cemented the director's status as a preeminent poet of outsider hood.

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Subjects
Genres
Crime films
Film adaptations
Feature films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection [2025]
Language
English
Other Authors
Gus Van Sant (screenwriter), Daniel Yost (film producer), Nick Wechsler (-), Karen (Producer) Murphy (actor), Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, 1959-, James Remar, James Le Gros, Heather Graham, 1970-, William S. Burroughs, 1914-1997, Robert Yeoman ; music director of photography, James Fogle
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition
Item Description
Based on the novel by James Fogle.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.
Wide screen.
Special features: Audio commentary by Van Sant, Dillon; making-of documentary; deleated scenes; theatrical trailer; essay.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Format
Blu-ray, wide screen; uncompressed PCM stereo; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
MPAA Rating: R.
Production Credits
Director of photography, Robert Yeoman ; music, Elliot Goldenthal ; editor, Curtiss Clayton.
ISBN
9798886072440
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