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List Price: $14.98 Our Price: $10.99 You Save: $3.99 Features • Anamorphic • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • Widescreen • Subtitled • NTSC In Theaters : October, 1989 DVD Release : 26 October, 1999 |
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Drugstore Cowboy description Gus Van Sant made his name with this offbeat story of a small group of drug addicts who heist pharmacies to feed their habit. Matt Dillon completely broke with his juvenile persona as Bob, the grungy ringleader and jittery mastermind of a junkie crew. With his frustrated wife Dianne (Kelly Lynch), his loyal partner, the easygoing Rick (James Le Gros), ... review details |
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| "I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend. Yeah me! - Bob! The sweet mother's son." And so it begins where it ends and ends where it begins. Directed by Gus Van Sant, _Drugstore Cowboy_ is a totally unique film with a totally unique cast:
Bob .... Matt Dillon Dianne .... Kelly Lynch Rick .... James Le Gros Nadine .... Heather Graham David .... Max Perlich Bob and his crew all have full-time jobs - robbing drugstores. There are valuable lessons to be learned here. For example, don't trade no uptown crank for no downtown trash. This story takes place in the Pacific Northwest during the early 1970s and it has a great soundtrack. Bob and Dianne in a tender bedroom scene: "Dianne, what've you gone crazy or somethin'? Dianne, what the f_ck are you doin'? What are you on glue or somethin'?" Another touching scene comes when Bob's mom finds him and Dianne at her door: "Oh Lord, it's my dope fiend thief of a son and his crazy little nymphomaniac wife. Please tell me what I did to deserve this. Never knowing when there's going to be a knock on my door telling me my baby's dead, green with an overdose. Shot by a mad pharmacist or run over by a car while fleeing from police pursuit. Why me?" A series of misadventures (some of them very funny) lead Bob to the conclusion that there must be more to life than just staying high. One day, Bob decides to go straight, but his wife can't even imagine a life without drugs. Bob speaking to the Methadone lady: "I'm a junkie. I like drugs. I like the whole lifestyle. But it just didn't pay off." Officer Gentry, who has busted Bob on several occasions and harassed him up until now, has his doubts when Bob enters rehab. But, Gentry, expertly played by James Remar, finally becomes a believer and a bond develops between him an Bob as the weeks pass. Ghosts from Bob's past creep back into his life, yet he is able to resist all temptations. One night, a visit from David changes everything. And here we are, back at the beginning. "I was once a shameless, full-time dope fiend. Yeah me! - Bob! The sweet mother's son." It's not what you might think. Bob is not back on drugs. There is another development which is far more pressing. This is a well done movie with a great script. The 1.85:1 anamorphic video is crisp and clean. The disk has a 28 minute making-of documentary and a fascinating running commentary with director Gus Van Sant and Matt Dillon. Be careful, "The Israelites" as performed by Desmond Dekker & The Aces is habit forming. This is the background music for the closing credits and I have found myself playing it over and over again. |
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