Drugstore cowboy / Avenue Pictures ; producers, Nick Wechsler and Karen Murphy ; director, Gus Van Sant ; writers, Gus Van Sant and Dan Yost.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher number: CC3647BD | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: English Original language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 1251.Publisher: [New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2025]Edition: Blu-ray special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9798886072440
Uniform titles:
  • Drugstore cowboy (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Fogle, James. Drugstore cowboy
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 23/eng/20250102
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .D78 2025
Cast: Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham, William S. Burroughs.Summary: Gus Van Sant's dreamy, drifty, deadpan second feature an addiction drama based on James Fogle's 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 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 Sant's hometown of Portland, Oregon, Drugstore Cowboy cemented the director's status as a preeminent poet of outsider hood.
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Based on the novel by James Fogle.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1989.

Wide screen.

Special features: Audio commentary by Van Sant, Dillon; making-of documentary; deleated scenes; theatrical trailer; essay.

Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham, William S. Burroughs.

Gus Van Sant's dreamy, drifty, deadpan second feature an addiction drama based on James Fogle's 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 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 Sant's hometown of Portland, Oregon, Drugstore Cowboy cemented the director's status as a preeminent poet of outsider hood.

MPAA Rating: R.

Blu-ray, wide screen; uncompressed PCM stereo; requires Blu-ray player.

English dialogue; English SDH subtitles.