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Writer/director Gus Van Sant's early bid for big-time commercial success -- a success he didn't manage to achieve until Good Will Hunting -- is based on Tom Robbins' 1976 feminist bestseller. Uma Thurman plays Sissy Hankshaw, a woman born with very large thumbs. After her parents (Grace Zabriskie and Ken Kesey) take her to a doctor (Buck Henry), who offers her parents no remedy for their daughter's condition, the film races ahead to the 1970s. Sissy is now a popular feminine hygiene spray model for a product called Yoni Yum, the product of a company owned by The Countess (John Hurt in drag). Sissy travels to the Rubber Rose beauty ranch, also owned by The Countess, to shoot a Yoni Yum commercial. At the ranch, she makes the acquaintance of the inscrutable Chink (Pat Morita) and Bonanza Jellybean (Rain Phoenix). But under the nose of The Countess, the cowgirls on the ranch are talking mutiny, with the women trying to liberate the Rubber Rose Ranch from the chains of patriarchal oppression. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide

Uma Thurman - Sissy Hankshaw
John Hurt - The Countess
Rain Phoenix - Bonanza Jellybean
Noriyuki "Pat" Morita - The Chink
Lorraine Bracco - Delores Del Ruby

Gus Van Sant directed this screen adaptation of Tom Robbins' celebrated novel, which comes to DVD in a straightforward presentation. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1, which has also been enhanced for anamorphic play on 16 x 9 monitors. The English-language audio has been mastered in three formats, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, and DTS Surround. Optional English and Spanish subtitles are also included. The only bonus material is a DVD-ROM link to the film's website. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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