Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon) is the leader of a family of drug addicts consisting of his wife, Dianne, and another couple who feed their habit by robbing drug stores as they travel across the country. After a tragedy befalls a member of his group, Bob decides he must leave his dysfunctional clan and go straight. Parting ways with his junkie past proves more difficult than expected when Bob is stalked by an old acquaintance looking to score drugs at any price. With Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham.

"Gus Van Sant’s 'Drugstore Cowboy' is a road movie on opioids." (Slant Magazine)

"All the actors are used expertly, but it's William Burroughs, cropping up near the end, who articulates the film's sociopolitical moral in a contemporary context." (Chicago Reader)

Monday, July 13
8:45 pm *As this film is screening as part of a double feature, the start time is approximate.

Why not make it a Matt Dillon Double Feature with LITTLE DARLINGS at 6:45 pm?!

DRUGSTORE COWBOY (Gus Van Sant, 1989 / 100 mins / 14A) Based on the then-unpublished novel of the same name by James Fogle, it follows a group of nomadic drug addicts in 1971 Portland, Oregon.