8 Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
Directed by Gus Van Sant
Writing credits: Tom Robbins
Genre: Drama | Comedy | Romance
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Released: September 13, 1993 (Toronto Film Festival)
Plot Outline: 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.

8Uma Thurman .... Sissy Hankshaw
8Lorraine Bracco .... Delores Del Ruby
8Pat Morita .... The Chink (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita)
8Angie Dickinson .... Miss Adrian
8Keanu Reeves .... Julian Gitche
8John Hurt .... The Countess
8Rain Phoenix .... Bonanza Jellybean
8Ed Begley Jr. .... Rupert
8Carol Kane .... Carla
8Sean Young .... Marie Barth
8Crispin Glover .... Howard Barth
8Roseanne .... Madame Zoe (as Roseanne Arnold)
8Buck Henry .... Dr. Dreyfus
8Grace Zabriskie .... Mrs. Hankshaw
8Treva Jeffryes .... Young Sissy

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