Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1993 film based on the 1976 Tom Robbins novel of the same name. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant and starred Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Angie Dickinson, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, Ed Begley Jr., Carol Kane, Sean Young, Crispin Glover, Roseanne Arnold, Buck Henry, Grace Zabriskie, and Treva Jeffryes. Tom Robbins himself was the narrator. It was a critical and commercial failure. The soundtrack was sung entirely by k.d. lang. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tom Robbins at a reading of Wild Ducks Flying Backward in San Francisco on September 24, 2005 Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American author. ... Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954[1]) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominated and Screen Actors Guild winning American actress best known for her roles as Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the hit HBO TV series, The Sopranos. ... Noriyuki Pat Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was an American actor who is probably best known for playing the roles of Arnold on the TV show Happy Days and Mr. ... Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC (born November 2, 1961), best known by the stage name k. ... Ben Mink (born 1951) is a Canadian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and long-time collaborator with k. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Fine Line Features was the speciality films division of New Line Cinema. ... is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... is the 140th day of the year (141st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tom Robbins at a reading of Wild Ducks Flying Backward in San Francisco on September 24, 2005 Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American author. ... Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1976 novel by Tom Robbins. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... Lorraine Bracco (born October 2, 1954[1]) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominated and Screen Actors Guild winning American actress best known for her roles as Karen Hill in Goodfellas and Dr. Jennifer Melfi on the hit HBO TV series, The Sopranos. ... Noriyuki Pat Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was an American actor who is probably best known for playing the roles of Arnold on the TV show Happy Days and Mr. ... Angie Dickinson (born September 30, 1931) is a Golden Globe-winning American television and film actress, perhaps best known for her role as the sultry Sergeant Leann (not Suzanne) Pepper Anderson in the 1970s crime drama Police Woman. ... Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced in IPA: ) is an actor, born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... For the singer, see Mississippi John Hurt. ... Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix, a. ... Edward James Begley, Jr. ... Carolyn Laurie Kane (born June 18, 1952, Cleveland, Ohio, USA) is an American actress. ... Mary Sean Young (born in Louisville, Kentucky on November 20, 1959) is an American actress. ... For the Scarling. ... This article is about the actress. ... Buck Henry Zuckerman (born December 9, 1930 in New York, New York) is an American actor, writer and director, best known for his work in television, film, comedy, and satire. ... Born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1941, Grace Zabriskie is a character actress who has played small roles in many popular American films and television series. ... Kathryn Dawn Lang, OC (born November 2, 1961), best known by the stage name k. ...

Plot

"Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" tells the story of Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman), a woman born with a mutation (she would not call it a defect) giving her enormously large thumbs. The novel is a transgressive romp, covering topics from homosexuality and free love to drug use and political rebellion to animal rights and body odor and religions. Sissy makes the most of her thumbs by becoming a hitchhiker. Her travels take her to New York, where she becomes a model for a transvestite feminine hygiene products mogul who introduces her to the man whom she will marry, a staid Mohawk named Julian Gitche (Keanu Reeves). In her later travels she encounters, among many others, a sexually open cowgirl named Bonanza Jellybean (Rain Phoenix) and an itinerant escapee from the Japanese internment camps happily mislabeled "the Chink" (Pat Morita). Robbins finally inserts himself into the novel as a character as well. Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress. ... For linguistic mutation, see Apophony. ... A congenital disorder is any medical condition that is present at birth. ... For other uses, see Thumb (disambiguation). ... Homosexuality refers to sexual interaction and / or romantic attraction between individuals of the same sex. ... The term free love has been used since at least the nineteenth century to describe a social movement that rejects marriage, which is seen as a form of social bondage, especially for women. ... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ... Look up rebellion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Animal liberation redirects here. ... Bromhidrosis or body odor (also called bromidrosis, osmidrosis and ozochrotia) is the smell of bacteria growing on the body. ... Hitchhiking (also called lifting or thumbing) is a form of transport, in which the traveller tries to get a lift (ride) from another traveller, usually a car or truck driver. ... For a discussion of the history and current usage of the term transvestite, see transvestism. ... This article is about the people known as Mohawk. For other uses, see Mohawk. ... Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced in IPA: ) is an actor, born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Cowgirl refers to a female cowhand. ... The Bonanza logo was superimposed upon a map of a wild west frontier area. ... Jelly beans or jelly eggs are a type of confectionery that comes in many different (primarily fruit) flavors. ... Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix, a. ... Jerome Relocation Camp The Japanese American internment refers to the exclusion and subsequent removal of approximately 112,000 to 120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans, officially described as persons of Japanese ancestry, 62% of whom were United States citizens, from the west coast of the United States during World War... Look up chink in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Noriyuki Pat Morita (June 28, 1932 – November 24, 2005) was an American actor who is probably best known for playing the roles of Arnold on the TV show Happy Days and Mr. ...

Cast

• Uma Thurman as Sissy Hankshaw
• Lorraine Bracco as Delores Del Ruby
• Pat Morita as The Chink
• Angie Dickinson as Miss Adrian
• Keanu Reeves as Julian Glitche
• John Hurt as The Countess
• Rain Phoenix as Bonanza Jellybean
• Ed Begley Jr. as Rupert
• Carol Kane as Carla
• Sean Young as Marie Barth
• Crispin Glover as Howard Barth
• Roseanne as Madame Zoe
• Buck Henry as Dr. Dreyfus
• Grace Zabriskie as Mrs. Hankshaw
• Treva Jeffyres as Young Sissy Hankshaw

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Trivia

• After this film has its world premiere in September 1993 at the Toronto Film Festival, the movie was set to open, but due to the incredibly negative response, the film was delayed for more editing. The wide US release date was May 20th 1994.
• This film is dedicated to the late River Phoenix, as the last credit in the film specifies. He appears in it unbilled, incredibly briefly, as a "Pilgrim" bird-watcher wearing some kind of bee-keeper's mask and glasses. His (and his sister, Rain) mother appears with him, as the other pilgrim.
• Anthony Perkins was originally cast as the Countess, but left the project due to illness.

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See also

• Book: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
• Cowgirl

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External link

• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues at the Internet Movie Database
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues at Rotten Tomatoes