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Summary:
Two travelers, on the run from a band of vengeful hunters in the 1820s Northwest, dream of striking it rich -- but their tenuous plan to make their fortune on the frontier comes to rely on the secret use of a landowner's prized dairy cow.
Director:
Kelly Reichardt
Writers:
screenplay by Jonathan Raymond, Kelly Reichardt
based upon the novel "The Half-Life" by Jonathan Raymond
Cast:
John Magaro as Otis "Cookie" Figowitz
Orion Lee as King-Lu
René Auberjonois as Man with Raven
Toby Jones as Chief Factor
Ewen Bremner as Lloyd
Scott Shepherd as Captain
Gary Farmer as Totillicum
Lily Gladstone as Chief Factor’s Wife
Alia Shawkat as Woman with Dog
Dylan Smith as Jack
Stephen Malkmus as Fiddler
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%
Metacritic: 89/100
After Credits Scene? No
VOD: Amazon, Fandango Now, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube
Synopsis
A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.
Cast
John Magaro as Cookie Figowitz
Orion Lee as King Lu
René Auberjonois as Man with Raven
Toby Jones as Chief Factor
Crew
Kelly Reichardt (director, co-screenwriter, editor)
Jonathan Raymond (co-screenwriter, author of original novel The Half Life)
Christopher Blauvelt (cinematographer)
William Tyler (music)
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