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Drugstore Cowboy (Special Edition)
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DVD Details

  • Rated: R
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 44 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: October 26, 1999
  • Originally Released: 1989
  • Label: Lions Gate

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 22,881
Rating: 4/5 -- The film takes us so deeply into this shabby, transient world that we feel its texture -- both its scary thrills and its bleak, fatalistic uncertainty.
New York Times
May 20, 2003
...An electrifying movie without one misstep or one conventional moment....Van Sant has gotten hauntingly beautiful performances...
Los Angeles Times
Oct 11, 1989
Certainly one of the best drug movies ever made. Full Review
Austin Chronicle
Mar 10, 2003
Rating: 4/5 -- Lyrically shot, this chronicle of a bunch of bumbling petty-criminals who steal pharmaceuticals is a tad too straightforward by Van Sant's standards, but the dialogue is funnt, the mood nonchalant, and Matt Dillon is terrific in the lead. Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Jun 20, 2006
A frazzled, dangerous and dark comedy-drama. Full Review
Film4
Aug 20, 2010
...Provocative...
Rolling Stone
Oct 19, 1989
All the actors are used expertly, but it's Burroughs, cropping up near the end, who articulates the film's sociopolitical moral in a contemporary context. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Aug 20, 2010

Product Description:

DRUGSTORE COWBOY was one of a group of films that led to the explosion of American independent cinema. Director Gus Van Sant generally maintains his highly stylized vision, regardless of a film's budget. His later films continue to illustrate the dreamlike moments contained in highly disturbing situations.

The film captures a slice of Americana through the back door. Bob (Matt Dillon) is an energetic junkie who leads his wife (Kelly Lynch) and another couple on a reckless spree of drugstore robberies, for drugs. When he has a brush with death, Bob realizes he must leave both his addiction and his wife if he wants to survive. Van Sant's lush photography gives us a glimpse into these lives, lending immortality to people on the fringes of society. DRUGSTORE COWBOY is a classic film that launched the career of one of the most important American directors working today.

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