A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.
- Awards
- 12 wins & 11 nominations
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaMatt Dillon cited this film as his personal favorite, of all the films he has done.
- GoofsThe cut on Bob's head goes from bandaged to gone and then reappears bandaged when he is talking with the defrocked priest.
- Quotes
Bob: Well, to begin with, nobody, and I mean nobody, can talk a junkie out of using. You can talk to 'em for years but sooner or later they're gonna get ahold of something. Maybe it's not dope. Maybe it's booze, maybe it's glue, maybe it's gasoline. Maybe it's a gunshot to the head. But something. Something to relieve the pressures of their everyday life, like having to tie their shoes.
- Crazy creditsHome-video-style footage of the characters plays during almost the entire end credits.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Precious Images (1986)
- SoundtracksFor All We Know
Written by J. Fred Coots & Sam Lewis
Vocal Performance by Abbey Lincoln
Piano Accompaniment by Geri Allen
Used by permission of SBK Feist Catalong, Inc. and Cromwell Music, Inc.
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This movie has much personal meaning to me. In 1990, I had the unfortunate pleasure to be incarcerated at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Stewart(Carson City, NV.) Yea, we had cable TV, and first run movies. This was one of them. After viewing the movie, I laughed w/ my co-horts about suing for copy right infringement. (joking, of coarse). My prison stint was drug related. but the interesting thing is: I and my girlfriend at the time made these sames moves:(Seizures and all)at a southwestern state small town where the Dilaudids were actually kept on the shelf.(1981-83)We hit this one pharmacy -3- times(largest haul:470 Dilaudids-1,2,3,and 4mg--Smallest: one bottle of 100 # 4's).I lived in Nevada all my life. I did several small stints in several prisons. In closing. I wanted to write this and note, it was a looong time ago. I have lived in Portland ,OR. now for 19 yrs. And I celebrated my -11- year clean anniversary date last Thurs. (8/28/09). After a medical detox, I hooked up w/ a local methadone prgm. and never looked back. It saved MY and my WIFE's life. Take from this what you will. But it's true and I still get a kick out of this movie and "my story" as it relates w/ it. I rarely tell it often. But I did want to post this message. Thank you for allowing me to express myself...Sincerely, doctom1973......
- Doctom1973
- Sep 4, 2009
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,729,352
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $25,805
- Oct 9, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $4,729,626
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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