Drugstore Cowboy (1989), directed by Gus Van Sant, is based on autobiographical material by James Fogle. The film follows a group of drug addicts in the Pacific Northwest who finance their addiction by robbing pharmacies. It explores addiction, dependency, and attempts to break away from a self-destructive lifestyle.

Criterion Collection

Gus Van Sants dreamy, drifty, deadpan second feature an addiction drama based on James Fogles 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 (also featuring Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham, and James Le Gros) 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 Sants hometown of Portland, Oregon, Drugstore Cowboy cemented the directors status as a preeminent poet of outsiderhood.

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

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Version: : Blu-Ray (import)

Språk : English

EAN : 5060952898488

Label : Criterion Collection

Distributor : Criterion Collection

Inspelningsår : 1989

Regissör : Gus Van Sant

imdb-rating : 7.2

Längd : 1h 41m

Cast : Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros