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Lonesome Cowboys (1968)

Lonesome Cowboys poster
Directed by
Andy Warhol
Genre
Western film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of cowboys and a woman interact in a desert town. The film pokes fun at classic Western movie conventions through odd behavior and deliberate awkwardness.

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What happens

Lonesome Cowboys is a 1968 American Western drama film directed by Andy Warhol, and written and produced by Paul Morrissey. A satire of Hollywood Westerns, it was initially screened in November 1968 at the San Francisco International Film Festival, where it won the Best Film Award. On May 5, 1969, it was shown for initial viewings at the New Andy Warhol Garrick Theatre in New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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