Drugstore Cowboy
film by Van Sant [1989]
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The film Drugstore Cowboy (1989), directed by Gus Van Sant, stars Matt Dillon as the leader of a group of heroin addicts. To finance their habits, the group resorts to robbing pharmacies. The film was both a commercial and critical success.1
The term "drugstore cowboy" can refer to someone who dresses like a cowboy but has no experience, or to someone who loiters on street corners and in drugstores.2
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