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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
(1993)
| Director: | | Gus Van Sant | (as Gus Van Sant Jr.) |
| | Plot: | Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young age. She becomes a model in advertising and her NY agent 'the Countess' sends her to his ranch in CA to shoot a commercial, set against the background of mating whooping cranes. There, she befriends Bonanza Jellybean, one of the cowgirls at the beauty- ranch. The cowgirls take command of the ranch from the Countess and 'drug' the cranes with 'peyote'. The police besiege the ranch.
| | Cast: | | Uma Thurman | Sissy Hankshaw |
| Lorraine Bracco | Delores Del Ruby |
| Pat Morita | The Chink (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita) |
| Angie Dickinson | Miss Adrian |
| Keanu Reeves | Julian Gitche |
| John Hurt | The Countess |
| Rain Phoenix | Bonanza Jellybean |
| Ed Begley Jr. | Rupert |
| Carol Kane | Carla |
| Sean Young | Marie Barth |
| Crispin Glover | Howard Barth |
| Roseanne | Madame Zoe (as Roseanne Arnold) |
| Buck Henry | Dr. Dreyfus |
| Grace Zabriskie | Mrs. Hankshaw |
| Treva Jeffryes | Young Sissy |
| Ken Kesey | Sissy's Daddy |
| Ken Babbs | Sissy's Uncle |
| Allen Arnold | Lionel |
| Victoria Williams | Cowgirl Debbie |
| Heather Graham | Cowgirl Heather |
| Judy Robinson | Cowgirl Gloria |
| Betsy Roth | Cowgirl Mary |
| Arlene Wewa | Big Red |
| Heather Hershey | Cowgirl Donna |
| Dee Fowler | Cowgirl Kym |
| Udo Kier | Commercial Director |
| Wade Evans | Cameraman |
| Tom Peterson | Crewman |
| Alexa D'Avalon | Rubber Rose Bird Expert |
| Eric Hull | White House Undersecretary |
| Oliver Kirk | Sheriff |
| Joe Ivy | FBI Director |
| Greg McMickle | FBI Agent |
| Lin Shaye | Rubber Rose Maid |
| Chel White | Brain Surgeon |
| Molly Little | Salsa Singer |
| Scott Patrick Green | Pilgrim Man |
| Suzanne Solgot | Pilgrim Woman |
| Michael Parker | Pilgrim Driver |
| William S. Burroughs | Himself (as William Burroughs) |
| Sherry Alps | Cowgirl |
| Eliza Butterfly | Cowgirl |
| Boo Connolly | Cowgirl |
| Christie Flenniken | Cowgirl |
| Stacey Hyder | Cowgirl |
| Tina Knaggs | Cowgirl |
| Tom Robbins | Narrator (voice) |
| Roger Bowen | Naturalist filming whooping cranes from aircraft (uncredited) |
| Doug Cooeyate | Native American extra (uncredited) |
| Edward James Olmos | Musician at Barbecue (uncredited) |
| River Phoenix | Pilgrim (uncredited) |
| Writing By:
| | Tom Robbins | (novel) |
| Gus Van Sant | (screenplay) |
| Produced By:
| | Mary Ann Marino | associate producer |
| Eric McLeod | line producer |
| Laurie Parker | producer |
| Lucy Phillips | producer (segment "Cupid and Psyche") |
| Gus Van Sant | executive producer (as Gus Van Sant Jr.) |
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