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Even Cowgirls Get the Blues is a 1993 American romantic comedy-drama film based on Tom Robbins' 1976 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant (credited as Gus Van Sant Jr.) and starred an ensemble cast led by Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, and Rain Phoenix. Robbins himself was the narrator. The soundtrack was sung entirely by k.d. lang. The film was dedicated to the late River Phoenix.

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gus Van Sant
Screenplay by	Gus Van Sant
Based on	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins
Produced by	Eric McLeod Laurie Parker Gus Van Sant
Starring	Uma Thurman Lorraine Bracco Angie Dickinson Noriyuki "Pat" Morita Keanu Reeves John Hurt Rain Phoenix
Cinematography	John J. Campbell Eric Alan Edwards
Edited by	Curtiss Clayton Gus Van Sant
Music by	k.d. lang Ben Mink
Production company	Fourth Vision
Distributed by	Fine Line Features
Release dates	September 13, 1993 (1993-09-13) (TIFF) May 20, 1994 (1994-05-20)
Running time	96 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$8 million[citation needed]
Box office	$1.7 million[2]

Plot

Sissy Hankshaw is a woman born with a mutation (she would not call it a defect) giving her enormously large thumbs. Sissy makes the most of her thumbs by becoming a hitchhiker. Her travels eventually take her to New York City, where she becomes a model for a homosexual feminine hygiene products mogul, known as "The Countess". A few years later, he introduces her to his "beauty ranch", the Rubber Rose Ranch. The main plot revolves around the cowgirls who work at the ranch after they violently take over and drug the endangered whooping cranes that nest along the lake on their land, making the once migratory birds stay. The cowgirls end up in a showdown with government agencies because the cranes will not leave the ranch and the cowgirls refuse to allow the men on the ranch to take the cranes. Sissy and the ranch leader, Bonanza Jellybean, have a brief love affair. After a fatal shootout between the cowgirls and the various agencies, the cranes leave, and Sissy takes over running the ranch.[3][4]

Cast

Production

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was shot throughout Oregon: Portland, Terrebonne, Sisters, and Bend.

Though some viewers claim that River Phoenix is visible in a brief cameo near the end of the film, director Gus Van Sant, costar Udo Kier, and Phoenix's own assistant at the time, Sue Solgot, have all asserted that Phoenix was not in the film. Van Sant further states, "River wasn't even in the desert when we shot. That is Jim Baldwin in the beekeeper's hat."[5]

Reception

The film was a critical and commercial failure. After its world premiere in September 1993 at the 1993 Toronto International Film Festival, the film was set to open, but due to the negative response, it was delayed for more editing. The picture opened in wide release on May 20, 1994, and grossed a mere $1,708,873[2] against an estimated $8 million budget.^{[citation needed]} On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an 18% approval rating based on 28 reviews, with an average score of 3.5/10. On Metacritic the film has a score of 28% based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[6]

Film historian and critic Leonard Maltin said "The novel was hopelessly dated, and there is not enough peyote in the entire American Southwest to render this movie comprehensible or endurable...K.D. Lang's [sic] score is the picture's sole worthy component."[7] Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club called it "forgettable" and "tedious", and "It was god-awful. Unwatchable, almost."[4]

Year-end lists

• First worst – Robert Denerstein, Rocky Mountain News[8]
• First worst – Janet Maslin, The New York Times[9]
• Second worst – Desson Howe, The Washington Post[10]
• Eighth worst – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone[11]
• Top 10 worst (not ranked) – Dan Webster, The Spokesman-Review[12]
• Top 12 worst (not ranked) – David Elliott, The San Diego Union-Tribune[13]
• Dishonorable mention – William Arnold, Seattle Post-Intelligencer[14]

Accolades

• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress - Uma Thurman (nominated - lost to Sharon Stone for Intersection and The Specialist)
• Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress - Sean Young (nominated - lost to Rosie O'Donnell for Car 54, Where Are You?, Exit to Eden, and The Flintstones)

Home media

The film was released on Region 1 DVD on November 2, 2004, containing its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and on NTSC LaserDisc by Image Entertainment on November 4, 2004, also in its original aspect ratio. It received a second DVD release in the United States from UCA on April 6, 2010, now in a new cropped 1.78:1 widescreen version.

In 2007, the film received its first DVD release in the UK from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment in a 1.33:1 full frame version.

Soundtrack

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Soundtrack album by k.d. lang
Released	November 2, 1993 (1993-11-02)
Genre	Country
Label	Sire
K.d. lang chronology
Ingénue (1992) Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1993) All You Can Eat (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[15]
Entertainment Weekly	B[16]
Los Angeles Times	[17]
NME	(8/10)[18]
Q	[18]
Robert Christgau	[19]
Rolling Stone	[20]

The soundtrack was released on November 2, 1993 by Sire Records. k.d. lang performed the music. The album was composed by lang and Ben Mink.[21] The soundtrack went top 10 in Australia and top five in New Zealand (numbers 10 and four, respectively), and also peaked at number 82 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.[22]

1. "Just Keep Me Moving" (3:56)
2. "Much Finer Place" (0:51)
3. "Or Was I" (3:07)
4. "Hush Sweet Lover" (4:05)
5. "Myth" (4:08)
6. "Apogee" (0:37)
7. "Virtual Vortex" (0:44)
8. "Lifted by Love" (3:02)
9. "Overture" (2:03)
10. "Kundalini Yoga Waltz" (1:07)
11. "In Perfect Dreams" (3:07)
12. "Curious Soul Astray" (3:40)
13. "Ride of Bonanza Jellybean" (1:47)
14. "Don't Be a Lemming Polka" (2:17)
15. "Sweet Little Cherokee" (2:48)
16. "Cowgirl Pride" (1:47)

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Albums	6
Canadian RPM Top Albums	47
U.S. Billboard 200	82

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[23]	Platinum	70,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of American films of 1994
• Cowgirl
• Tom Robbins

References

External links

• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues at IMDb
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues at Box Office Mojo
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues at Rotten Tomatoes
• Even Cowgirls Get the Blues at Metacritic
• "How to Fix a Film at the Very Last Minute (or Even Later)"

На других языках

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[de] Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues ist eine US-amerikanische Filmkomödie von Gus Van Sant aus dem Jahr 1993. Sie basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Tom Robbins aus dem Jahr 1976 (Titel der deutschen Übersetzung: Sissy, Schicksalsjahre einer Tramperin). Im Film spielen unter anderem Uma Thurman und Keanu Reeves mit.

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- [en] Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (film)

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[ru] Даже девушки-ковбои иногда грустят

«Даже девушки-ковбои иногда грустят» (англ. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues) — американская комедийная драма Гаса Ван Сента по мотивам одноимённого романа Тома Роббинса.

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