Drugstore cowboy [videorecording] / Avenue Pictures ; screenplay by Gus Van Sant & Daniel Yost ; produced by Nick Wechsler and Karen Murphy ; directed by Gus Van Sant, Jr.
Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Remar, James Le Gros, Heather Graham, William Burroughs, Max Perlich, Grace Zabriskie, Beah Richards. Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.85:1). Based on the novel by James Fogle. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1989. Special features include: Commentary with director Gus Van Sant and Matt Dillon ; "making of" Drugtore cowboy ; interactive menus ; scene access ; production notes ; cast & crew information ; trailer.
Summary:
A band of drug addicts, led by a husband and wife team, resort to robbing drugstores to stay high. They are successful in avoiding capture until their luck begins to run out, and the husband has to accept the fact that he must give up drugs to survive.
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