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UNITED STATES · 1989
Drugstore Cowboy
Synopsis
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
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drug addiction · crime and theft · countercultural lifestyle · consequences of choices · relationships under pressure
