Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (film)

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
The poster features Uma Thurman squatting along a highway with her thumb out hitch-hiking
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGus Van Sant
Screenplay byGus Van Sant
Based onEven Cowgirls Get the Blues
by Tom Robbins
Produced by
  • Eric McLeod
  • Laurie Parker
  • Gus Van Sant
Starring
Cinematography
  • John J. Campbell
  • Eric Alan Edwards
Edited by
  • Curtiss Clayton
  • Gus Van Sant
Music by
Production
company
Fourth Vision
Distributed byFine Line Features
Release dates
  • September 13, 1993 (1993-09-13) (TIFF)
  • May 20, 1994 (1994-05-20)
Running time
96 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$8.5 million[2]
Box office$1.7 million[3]

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1993 American romantic comedy-drama western film based on Tom Robbins' 1976 novel of the same title. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant (credited as Gus Van Sant Jr.) and starred an ensemble cast led by Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, and Rain Phoenix. Robbins himself was the narrator. The soundtrack was sung entirely by k.d. lang. The film was dedicated to the late River Phoenix.

  1. ^ "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 1, 1994. Retrieved February 18, 2014.
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