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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Home Alone (1990)
Manic (2001)
Drugstore Cowboy (1989)
Easy Rider (1969)
The Pledge (2001)
What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)


Saving Private Ryan (1998) - what a laugh riot! LOL!
Home Alone (1990) - Good movie
Manic (2001) - It was amazing, I especially loved the whole lesbian story arc.
Drugstore Cowboy (1989) - not very convincing; the acting was contrived.

Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

Bob and the crew knock over a drugstore in this classic opening.

DRUGSTORE COWBOY - Trailer ( 1989 )

Trailer for Gus Van Sant's film

Story Notes for Road House

Two years before Road House , Swayze had become a huge star in Dirty Dancing . Road House 's original tagline: "The dancing's over. Now it gets dirty."

Kevin Tighe is a character actor known for his role in NBC's Emergency! in the seventies. More recently, he played John Locke's dad on Lost .

The derelict is played by Chino "Fats" Williams. He was also credited as "Derelict" in Rocky III .

Actress Julie Michaels became a stuntwoman in movies like Batman Forever and Titanic . She also did Pamela Anderson's stunts in Barb Wire .

Wilhoite is known for her television roles on ER and Gilmore Girls .

Blues musician Jeff Healey is in his first and only acting role. Healey was blind since he was 1. He picked up the guitar at 3.

A year after Road House Sunshine Parker played Edgar in Tremors .

Gazzara has had a distinguished career in film and television starting

Drugstore Cowboy 1989 - Bookshelf


Hooked, Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the United States
250 pages
Hooked, Drug War Films in Britain, Canada, and the United States

Bob's mother in Drugstore Cowboy (1989) refuses to let him in the house when he comes to visit. She calls him a “dope fiend” and slams the door. ...

Naked Lens, Beat Cinema
288 pages
Naked Lens, Beat Cinema

His films Mala Noche (1985), Drugstore Cowboy (1989), My Own Private Idaho (1991 ) and Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1993) all reveal an interest in America ...

Drugstore Cowboy 1989 - News


Drugstore Cowboy: A Lot of Dilaudid, Gus Van Sant, and a Dead Heather Graham
In Gus Van Sant's feature-length directorial debut, Drugstore Cowboy (1989), Matt Dillon plays Bob, the natural leader of a group of four drug-addicted felons on the lam in the 1970s. Around and around they go, sticking up hospital and pharmacies

Heather Graham Joins Cast of Indie Film COMPULSION
Graham received critical acclaim for her performance in the 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy and for her role as Rollergirl in 1997's Boogie Nights. She has most recently been seen in 2009's The Hangover and the family comedy Judy Moody and the Not Bummer