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Release Date: 1994 Cast: Tom Robbins, Ed Begley, Jr., Keanu Reeves, Rain Phoenix, Angie Dickinson, Crispin Glover, Buck Henry, Pat Morita, Heather Graham, Lorraine Bracco, Uma Thurman, Sean Young ...MORE
Cast: Tom Robbins, Ed Begley, Jr., Keanu Reeves, Rain Phoenix, Angie Dickinson, Crispin Glover, Buck Henry, Pat Morita, Heather Graham, Lorraine Bracco, Uma Thurman, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, River Phoenix, Roseanne Barr, John Hurt, Udo Kier, Carol Kane ...LESS
Categories: Movies, LGBT, Western, Absurdism, Road movie, Comedy, Fantasy, Film adaptation, Romance Film, Feminist Film, Romantic comedy Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1994 American comedy-drama-romance film based on the 1976 Tom Robbins novel of the same name. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant, Jr. and starred Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Angie Dickinson, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, and Grace Zabriskie. Tom Robbins himself was the narrator. The soundtrack was sung entirely by k.d. lang. The film was dedicated to the late River Phoenix.
The film was a critical and commercial failure. After its world premiere in September 1993 at the Toronto Film Festival, the film was set to open, but due to... MORE
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1994 American comedy-drama-romance film based on the 1976 Tom Robbins novel of the same name. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant, Jr. and starred Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Angie Dickinson, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, and Grace Zabriskie. Tom Robbins himself was the narrator. The soundtrack was sung entirely by k.d. lang. The film was dedicated to the late River Phoenix.
The film was a critical and commercial failure. After its world premiere in September 1993 at the Toronto Film Festival, the film was set to open, but due to the incredibly negative response, the film was delayed for more editing. The United States wide release was May 20, 1994. It was given two Razzie Award nominations: Worst Actress (Uma Thurman) and Worst Supporting Actress (Sean Young). This movie holds a 24% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The film's credits refer to Gus Van Sant as Gus Van Sant, Jr.
The film tells the story of Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman), a woman born with a mutation (she would not call it a defect) giving her enormously large thumbs. The film is a transgressive romp, covering topics from homosexuality and free love to drug use and LESS
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