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Drugstore Cowboy
UNITED STATES · 1989

Drugstore Cowboy

Gus Van Sant
drug addiction crime and theft countercultural lifestyle consequences of choices relationships under pressure
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Synopsis

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.

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