The Making of Drugstore Cowboy

Synopsis

Portland, 1988. Filmmaker Gus Van Sant shoots Drugstore Cowboy, the project that will bring he and his collaborators a formidable burst of mainstream attention. Starring Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, and Heather Graham, the film follows a roving quartet of drug addicts — and, consequently, drug thieves, especially from the businesses of the title — who wash up in Portland's then-gritty Pearl District. A death among their own spooks the leader of the pack into trying to clean up, and an encounter with a sepulchral junkie priest does its part to convince him further. Or maybe we should call him a Junkie priest, portrayed as he is by a controversial cameo from writer William S. Burroughs. "I'm going back to the old days," Burroughs says of his role early in the above documentary on the making of Drugstore Cowboy. "The old days when they used to give people morphine in jail. The old days before the methadone programs."

Main Cast

William S. Burroughs

Age : 83 | Popularity : 12%

Gus Van Sant

Age : N/A | Popularity : 33%

Matt Dillon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 84%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	John Campbell
Production	Producer	Laurie Parker
	Executive Producer	Cary Brokaw
Camera	Camera Operator	John Campbell Christopher Ley Bruce McKay Matt Dillon
Editing	Editor	Carl Vandervoort
Sound	Sound Recordist	Bruce McKay Pat Baum
Crew	Post Production Supervisor	Michael Gillis
Department	Role	Name

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