| Drugstore Cowboy | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Gus Van Sant |
| Screenplay by | Gus Van Sant Daniel Yost |
| Based on | Drugstore Cowboy by James Fogle |
| Produced by | Karen Murphy Cary Brokaw Nick Wechsler |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Robert Yeoman |
| Edited by | Mary Bauer Curtiss Clayton |
| Music by | Elliot Goldenthal |
| Distributed by | International Video Entertainment Avenue Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $4.7 million[1] |
Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 American crime drama film directed by the American filmmaker Gus Van Sant. Written by Van Sant and Daniel Yost and based on an autobiographical novel by James Fogle, the film stars Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham and William S. Burroughs. It was Van Sant's second film as director.
At the time the film was made, the source novel by Fogle was unpublished. It was later published in 1990,[2] by which time Fogle had been released from prison. Fogle, like the characters in his story, was a long-time drug user and dealer.
The film was theatrically released in the United States on October 6, 1989, and received acclaim from critics.
- ^ a b "Drugstore Cowboy". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on December 23, 2011. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
- ^ Drugstore Cowboy. ISBN 0-385-30224-X.