Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | 
| Director: Gus Van Sant
Actors: Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Angie Dickinson, Keanu Reeves
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 34595
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: TRNDN7490D
ISBN: 0780648811
UPC: 794043749025
EAN: 9780780648814
ASIN: B0002XNT0S
Theatrical Release Date: May 20, 1994
Release Date: November 2, 2004
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Product Description
This eccentric western is a story about sissy hankshaw a mystical hitchhiker and her encounter with the cowgirls on the rubber rose ranch. Sissy provides spiritual leadership as they stage a rebellion to take over the ranch. Studio: New Line Home Video Release Date: 11/02/2004 Starring: Uma Thurman Keanu Reeves Run time: 96 minutes Rating: R
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If someone ever put together a what-were-they-thinking top 10, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues would surely make the list. Based on Tom Robbins's '70s ode to freedom, whooping cranes, and ambisexuality, this Gus Van Sant film sat on the shelf for almost a year before its brief release. More of a curiosity than anything else, it tells the convoluted story of Sissy Hankshaw (Uma Thurman), the world's greatest hitchhiker by virtue of her mammoth, um, thumbs. She falls in with a lesbian collective at a dude ranch and, well, the rest is kind of a mess. Kind of? Let's say it's a monumental mess, one of those films that's like a 25-car pileup on the interstate that you have to stop and look at, just to figure out what people like Keanu Reeves, Roseanne, John Hurt, and Angie Dickinson are doing there. A great score by k.d. lang, by the way. --Marshall Fine
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 A Mind-boggling Train Wreck March 6, 2009
The JuRK (Our Vast, Cultural Desert)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Uma Thurman has been in some hideously bad movies. The confusing mess that was THE AVENGERS comes to mind (despite being a studio film with Ralph Fiennes and Sean Connery!). There was that horrific Batman movie that killed the franchise until Christopher Nolan resurrected it for Warner Brothers. I haven't even bothered more recent bombs like MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND (which I thought had a decent premise).
But it doesn't really matter what grotesque misstep Uma makes next because nothing can be as head-scratchingly terrible, as mind-numblingly stupid, as frighteningly vapid as EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES.
If you're seeing something else, you're just looking way too hard.
The acting is bad, the writing is nonsensical, the production is cheap (despite some excellent nature shots), scene after scene of Uma Thurman wearing ridiculous giant rubber thumbs makes you wonder just what kind of story could make this work. And that this ain't it.
 I wish I could live in this movie... December 10, 2008
Goddess Bohemia (California)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
An empowered, and curious young Sissy (Uma Thurman) has been blessed with enormous thumbs which she uses to hitchhike all across the world meeting a strange and even surreal array of thought provoking and humorous characters....until she finds her true home - amongst the cowgirls! Philisophical, daring, sexy, funny and fun are the first thoughts that come to mind when cosidering one of my personally favorite movies of all time. The meaning of life is challenged as well as the meaning of being Women....with a question of sexuality and society on the side. I love this movie, even though Uma's accent isn't thee greatest I've ever heard - after the rhythmn and the adventure of the movie grab you, it's no longer an oddity but a missed voice when the movie's over. Oh, and did I mention the movie's heady even surreally beautiful soundtrack was done by none other than K.D. Lang? Lovely and dreamy.
You're missing out if you miss this cult classic flick!
One of the worst movies ever July 5, 2008
M. Corey (Skagit Valley, Wa USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Uma Thurman is not a very good actress. She's tall, & reasonably attractive, & sometimes blonde, but she was the poster-girl for the Uber-hip set in the late 80's/early 90's so for that set, she was a perfect choice as Sissy Hankshaw. Having read & loved this book, I knew she was not a good choice, and she was subsequently was named Worst Actress of 1993 for her terrible attempt to portray Cissy. Likewise, Rain aka Rain- bow aka Rain Phoenix was also miscast, as well as not being talented enough to pull off the role of Boss Cowgirl Bonanza Jellybean. She seemed to be attempting to read off a Teleprompter, or maybe she should have been. Did I detect her lips moving before she attempted to deliver her lines? The reason she was not named Worst Actress of 1993 was that to win that award, she had to be an actress, which she clearly is not. I've seen better acting on an X-rated channel. Angie Dickinson, that 60's-70's retread hearthrob of teenage males was nearly as bad as Phoenix & Thurman, but she had an excuse, she hadn't worked for many years, & was critically hungover. At least she seemed that way. That's the bad news. The good news is, the rest of the cast was a hoot! Batting leadoff, the always weird & wonderful Carol Kane & Buck Henry(why don't those two have children?? What a great idea), John Hurt in drag, Crispin Glover, Pat Morita(as Noryuki)as The Chink("Ha Ha Ho Ho and Hee Hee!!"), Sean Young looking so sexy I almost forgot about her psychotic meltdown over James Woods, Keanu Reeves was entirely adequate as Julian Gitchee, but any one of a number of Native American, Canadian, or Ecuadoran actors would have been a better choice, such as the lovely & talented Gary Farmer. Two other bones to pick: 1) Tom Robbins' favorite Native American tribe, is not pronounced See-Wash, but Sigh-wash and B) Why was the locale moved from the Dakotas to Deschutes County, Oregon? Stupid idea. I really loved Pat Morita & John Hurt, but their performances are not enough to tempt me to watch this terrible movie again. Like an earlier reviewer, anger is my strongest emotion at this attempt to adapt a really good book.
Perhaps the greatest cowgirl movie of all time! June 20, 2008
Katherine Latimer (Santa Fe, NM)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Gus Van Sant's rendering of Tom Robbins' masterpiece is superb and sureal. Uma Thurman couldn't be more perfect in the role of Yoni Yum model turned hitchiking goddess, Sissy Hankshaw. It's a must have for any fan of cowgirls!
A Wreck of a Movie February 22, 2007
Victor Illonardo (New York, NY United States)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
The book is one of my favorites. The movie one of the worst I have ever seen (running close behind Hook and Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me). Back in 1993, I eagerly awaited the movie when it first came out, I had loved the book so much. But there were apparently significant production problems which constantly delayed production. When it came out, the reviews were terrible. I am not sure if it was ever released widely. In NY it was only showing at the Angelika which shows mostly independent films. Fortunately a few drinks before hand at Soho Kitchen and Bar eased the pain. Long story short - the movie was awful.
Flash forward 14 years later - I figure, what the hell. I recently re-read the book (which holds up surprisingly well despite its hippie undercurrents). So when I saw the movie on cable, I figured I would give it a second chance. Sometimes you just don't get smarter with age and are doomed to repeat your mistakes.
Skip the flick, get the book. Better yet, don't leave the bar.
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