Even Cowgirls Get The Blues

– Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs that help her hitchhiking through the US from a young ag..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
4.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 35 Minutes
Release Year:
1993
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993)

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.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) - Trailer

Release Date:

20 May 1994

Language:

English, German

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Gus Van Sant

Writer:

Tom Robbins (novel), Gus Van Sant (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Pat Morita, Angie Dickinson

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.

Awards:

4 nominations.

Production:

Fine Line Features

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
4.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
19%
Metacritic:
28%