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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.
A Nightmare on Drug Street (1989) – cocaine, unidentified pills; A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) – heroin; Nil by Mouth (1997) – heroin; The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat (1974) – cannabis, hallucinogenic drugs; Nine to Five (1980) – cannabis; Nixon (1995) – prescription drugs; Nobody (2021) - cocaine
James Fogle (September 29, 1936 – August 23, 2012) was the American author of the autobiographical novel Drugstore Cowboy, which became the basis for the film of the same name. [1] He was born in Elcho, Wisconsin. Fogle was in prison at the time of the film's release in 1989. [2]
Drugstore Cowboy was one of several independent features that made waves in 1989 — a class that included Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies and Videotape and Jonathan Wacks's Powwow Highway ...
Van Sant was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of Betty (née Seay) and Gus Green Van Sant Sr.The younger Gus' father was a clothing manufacturer and traveling salesman, [2] who rapidly worked his way into middle class prosperity, holding executive marketing positions that included being president of the White Stag Manufacturing Company's apparel operation. [8]
After Drugstore Cowboy received favorable critical raves and awards, studios started to show some interest, [12] but they all wanted revisions. Frustrated, Van Sant attempted to make the film on a shoestring budget with a cast of actual street kids, including Michael Parker and actor Rodney Harvey , who was going to play Scott.
Max Perlich (born March 26, 1968) is an American film and television actor. In 1990, Perlich won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the hit indie film Drugstore Cowboy and was nominated for the same award in 1996 for his performance in Georgia.
In 1989, Lynch starred opposite Patrick Swayze in the action film Road House, and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in the crime drama Drugstore Cowboy, directed by Gus Van Sant. [4] [5] She was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1994).