Lonesome Cowboys (1968)

Five lonesome cowboys get all hot & bothered at home en the range after confronting Ramona Alvarez and her nurse.

Director:

Andy Warhol

Writer:

Paul Morrissey

Stars:

Viva, Tom Hompertz, Louis Waldon

Cast

Cast overview:
Viva	...	Ramona D'Alvarez
Tom Hompertz	...	Julian
Louis Waldon	...	Mickey
Eric Emerson	...	Eric
Taylor Mead	...	Nurse
Joe Dallesandro	...	Little Joe
Frankie Francine	...	Sheriff
Julian Burrough	...	Julian - Brother
Allen Midgette	...	Brother

Storyline

In the wild wild west, Ramona Alvarez and her perpetually stoned nurse run into five gay cowboys. The seven members of the party desire a handsome male drifter, except for the transvestite sheriff, who can't be bothered about anything but his outfit. All hot & bothered at this point, the cowboys rape Ramona, who subsequently has sex with the drifter and, in the afterglow of sex, wants to form a suicide pact with him. The drifter rejects her new desire and rides off into the sunset with another man.

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Plot Keywords:

cowboy | sheriff | suicide pact | rape | home on the range | 

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

X

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 1971 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Ramona and Julian

Filming Locations:

Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Andy Warhol Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

109 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was shot at the end of January 1968 in Arizona, on location in Old Tucson and at the Rancho Linda Vista Dude ranch 20 miles outside the city where some John Wayne movies had been filmed. It was edited by Andy Warhol while he was recuperating from wounds suffered when he was shot by Valerie Solanas on June 3, 1968,

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Connections

Featured in Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties (1989)

User Reviews

worst movie ever made

I had heard of this movie and was expecting something artistic and unique. It was absolutely devoid of artistry and the only thing unique about it is that it stands out as probably the worst film I have ever seen.

It was just plain sloppy on every level of film making possible: camera work, editing, sound editing, acting, cinematography...any aspect of movie making found it's low point in this film. The plot is utter crap, with explicit homosexual overtures that are simply lewd. Warhol does not even attempt to portray sexuality (homo or hetero) as anything more than indiscriminate slut-dome. And for that it's not even erotic!

This flick is utterly worthless and there's a reason why no one would distribute it and there are so few copies of it out there.