Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

Release date: 1989-10-20
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Gus Van Sant (as Gus Van Sant Jr.)
Production Co: Avenue Pictures
Genre: Crime, Drama
Rating: 7.3/10
Length: 1h 41min

Storyline

A group of drug users in the 1970's help finance their habit by robbing drug stores. Matt Dillon's character is very superstitious and eventually his luck runs out.

Plot Keywords

drugs, couple, car, car driving, brunette, blonde, black humor, black dress, bitterness, affection, drug addiction, dead girl, delinquent, hypodermic needle, hallucinogenic drug, hallucination, gun, group of friends, friend, flashback

Short Review

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.