Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
1993 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty- ranch. The cowgirls take command of the ranch from the Countess and 'drug' the cranes with 'peyote'. The police besiege the ranch.
Direction Gus Van Sant
Cast Uma Thurman · Keanu Reeves · Angie Dickinson · John Hurt · Lorraine Bracco · Rain Phoenix · Pat Morita · Sean Young · Crispin Glover · Ed Begley Jr. · Carol Kane · Roseanne · Buck Henry · Edward James Olmos · Heather Graham
Soundtrack Ben Mink · K.D. Lang
Screenplay Gus Van Sant · Tom Robbins
Cinematography Eric Alan Edwards · John J. Campbell
Original title Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
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774 votes (FilmAffinity)
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