First cow / A24 and IAC Films presents ; a Filmscience production ; a film by Kelly Reichardt ; produced by Neil Kopp, Vinent Savino, Anish Savjani ; screenplay by Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt ; directed by Kelly Reichardt.

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The quiet, skilled cook Otis "Cookie" Figowitz has traveled west into Oregon with a group of aggressive fur trappers. While living in the territory, Cookie finds develops a frienship with the Chinese immigrant King-Lu, who's also come to Oregon to seek his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a succ...

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Corporate Authors: A24 (Firm) (Presenter)
IAC Films (Presenter)
filmscience (Firm) (Production company)
Lions Gate Home Entertainment (Publisher)
Other Authors: Reichardt, Kelly (Film director, Screenwriter, Editor of moving image work)
Raymond, Jon, 1952- (Screenwriter)
Kopp, Neil, 1979- (Film producer)
Savino, Vincent (Film producer)
Savjani, Anish (Film producer)
Tyler, William (Musician) (composer (expression))
Napier, April (Costume designer)
Gasparro, Anthony (Production designer)
Blauvelt, Christopher, 1970- (director of photography.)
Magaro, John, 1983- (Actor)
Lee, Orion (Actor)
Auberjonois, René, 1940-2019 (Actor)
Jones, Toby, 1966- (Actor)
Bremner, Ewen (Actor)
Shepherd, Scott, 1969 or 1970- (Actor)
Farmer, Gary, 1953- (Actor)
Gladstone, Lily (Actor)
Raymond, Jonathan
Language:English
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published: Santa Monica, California : Lionsgate, [2020]
Subjects:
Male friendship > Drama.
Cooks > Drama.
Cows > Drama.
Milk > Drama.
Frontier and pioneer life > Drama.
Oregon Territory > Drama.
Cooks.
Cows.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Male friendship.
Milk.
United States > Oregon Territory.
Feature films.
Western films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Western films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
The quiet, skilled cook Otis "Cookie" Figowitz has traveled west into Oregon with a group of aggressive fur trappers. While living in the territory, Cookie finds develops a frienship with the Chinese immigrant King-Lu, who's also come to Oregon to seek his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business of selling baked goods in their frontier outpost--but Cookie and Lu's business plan is dependent on stealing milk from the first cow imported into the territories, a nerve-wracking venture that eventually puts them at deadly odds with the cow's wealthy and politically connected owner.
Note:Based upon the novel "The half-life" by Jon Raymond.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Full screen (16:9).
Special feature: A place in this world featurette.
Call Number:PN1995.9.W4 F568 2020 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief strong language.
Credits:Music by William Tyler ; costume designer, April Napier ; editor, Kelly Reichardt ; production designer, Anthony Gasparro ; director of photography, Christopher Blauvelt.
System Details:DVD, region 1; Dolby digital 5.1.
Cast:
John Magaro, Orion Lee, Rene Auberjonois, Toby Jones, Ewen Bremner, Scott Shepherd, Gary Farmer, Lily Gladstone.