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Cocaine Cowboys

  • 1979
  • R
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
4.3/10
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Cocaine Cowboys (1979)
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Dustin (Tom Sullivan) is the leader of a rock band on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they have juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians, and their manager Raf ... Read allDustin (Tom Sullivan) is the leader of a rock band on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they have juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians, and their manager Raf (Jack Palance), wish to sever ties with organized-crime, leave the drug world behind and c... Read allDustin (Tom Sullivan) is the leader of a rock band on the brink of super-stardom. Until now they have juggled their music career with cocaine smuggling. The musicians, and their manager Raf (Jack Palance), wish to sever ties with organized-crime, leave the drug world behind and concentrate on music. However they are coerced into doing one last job for the Mob. They lo... Read all

  • Director
    • Ulli Lommel
  • Writers
    • Ulli Lommel
    • Spencer Compton
    • Tom Sullivan
  • Stars
    • Jack Palance
    • Tom Sullivan
    • Andy Warhol
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    • IMDb RATING
    4.3/10
    404
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    • Director
      • Ulli Lommel
    • Writers
      • Ulli Lommel
      • Spencer Compton
      • Tom Sullivan
    • Stars
      • Jack Palance
      • Tom Sullivan
      • Andy Warhol
    • 8User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    Jack Palance, Suzanna Love, and Andy Warhol in Cocaine Cowboys (1979)
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    Jack Palance
    Jack Palance
    • Raphael
    Tom Sullivan
    • Dustin
    Andy Warhol
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    Suzanna Love
    Suzanna Love
    • Lucy
    Pete Huckabee
    • Dean
    Richard Young
    Richard Young
    • Terry
    Tony Munafo
    • Phil
    • (as Tony Manufo)
    Richard Bassett
    • Herman
    • (as Richard Basset)
    Tzi Ma
    Tzi Ma
    • Jimmy Lee
    Chuck Blackwell
    Chuck Blackwell
    Ron Morgan
    Chuck Hasley
    Winnie Hollman
    Esther Oldham-Farfan
      Jan Sullivan
      Michael De Silvio
      Catherine Guinness
      Joyce Anne Finney
        • Director
          • Ulli Lommel
        • Writers
          • Ulli Lommel
          • Spencer Compton
          • Tom Sullivan
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          Although released before Blank Generation (1980), Cocaine Cowboys (1979) was filmed after that film was completed.
        • Connections
          Edited into Ulli Lommel's Zodiac Killer (2005)

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        Rambling plot less mess
        I put off seeing this movie for years, given how Ulli Lommell's more recent movies have been uniformly awful. I finally saw the movie today, and realized I could have waited a lot longer. The screenplay is simply inadequate - after the movie sets things up in the first few minutes, there's hardly any more plot to unfold, and the movie is padded with endless scenes of little to no consequence. Another problem is that there is not one fully fleshed out character - the band members all act alike. The movie has some bizarre casting with Jack Palance as the band manager, and Andy Warhol playing himself, but that only adds a little interest. There are some decent songs on the soundtrack, but that only adds a little more interest. The end results are so misguided that one has to wonder if the filmmakers were on the white stuff themselves.
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        • May 20, 2014

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        • Release date
          • June 11, 1980 (Colombia)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
        • Language
          • English
        • Also known as
          • Cocaína Cowboys
        • Filming locations
          • 16 Cliff Dr, Montauk, New York, USA
        • Production companies
          • Summa CGI
          • CMI (III)
          • Sound One Corporation
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          1 hour 27 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Mono

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