Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Movie
German title	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Original title	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1993
length	92 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Gus Van Sant
script	Gus Van Sant
production	Laurie Parker , Gus Van Sant
music	KD Lang , Ben Mink
camera	John J. Campbell , Eric Alan Edwards
cut	Curtiss Clayton , Gus Van Sant
occupation
Uma Thurman : Sissy Hankshaw Lorraine Bracco : Delores Del Ruby Pat Morita : Chink Angie Dickinson : Miss Adrian Keanu Reeves : Julian Gitche John Hurt : Countess Rain Phoenix : Bonanza Jellybean Ed Begley Jr .: Rupert Carol Kane : Carla Sean Young : Marie Barth Crispin Glover : Howard Barth Roseanne Barr : Madame Zoe Udo Kier : Manager Buck Henry : Dr. Dreyfus Grace Zabriskie : Mrs. Hankshaw Ken Kesey : Sissie's father Heather Graham : Cowgirl Heather Lin Shaye : Rubber Rose Maid William S. Burroughs : Himself Edward James Olmos : musician at the barbecue party

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is an American comedy film of Gus Van Sant from the year 1993 . It is based on the novel of the same name by Tom Robbins from 1976 (title of the German translation: Sissy, fateful years of a hitchhiker ). The film is starring, among others, Uma Thurman and Keanu Reeves with.

action

Sissy Hankshaw has had big thumbs since she was born. She hitchhikes a lot as an adult. Sissy becomes a photo model and works for Countess, who markets hygiene products. Her agent sends her to the Rubber Rose Ranch beauty center, where she meets quirky characters like Chink and Bonanza Jellybean.

Sissy and Bonanza start a relationship. Bonanza leads a women's group that is taking control of the center.

background

The film was shot in Oregon . It premiered in September 1993 at the Toronto Film Festival . The production cost about 8 million US dollars ; the film grossed $ 1.71 million in US cinemas.

Reviews

For the lexicon of international film , Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was "an atmospheric film adaptation of a cult novel of the 70s that cleverly mixes grotesque, melancholy and uninhibitedly silly elements into a modern fairy tale". It is a "fascinating film with an unusual cosmos of images".

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times that comedy was one of the emptiest, most punchless and incomprehensible films he could remember.

Joe Brown criticized the script in the Washington Post . The talents of Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson and Sean Young are wasted.

Awards

Uma Thurman and Sean Young were nominated for the Golden Raspberry in 1995 .

Web links

• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ cf. rogerebert.suntimes.com
3. ↑ cf. washingtonpost.com