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First Cow

"A simple western about the origin of the American Dream."

70
Audience
PG-13 2020 · 2h 2m
Drama, Western
Starring John Magaro · Orion Lee · Toby Jones
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About

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.

Theatrical
Mar 6, 2020
Digital
Jul 10, 2020
Box Office
$101K
Budget
$2.0M
Return
0.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 8, 2020
Director
Kelly Reichardt
Writers
Kelly Reichardt, Jonathan Raymond
Producers
Scott Rudin, Louise Lovegrove, Neil Kopp
Music
William Tyler
Studio
filmscience
Keywords
based on novel or book oregon, usa immigrant fur trapping 19th century biscuits buddy film cow western cook
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Cast

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J
John Magaro
Cookie
O
Orion Lee
King-Lu
T
Toby Jones
Chief Factor
E
Ewen Bremner
Lloyd
S
Scott Shepherd
Captain
G
Gary Farmer
Totillicum
L
Lily Gladstone
Chief Factor’s Wife
A
Alia Shawkat
Woman with Dog
D
Dylan Smith
Trapper Jack
R
Ryan Findley
Trapper Dame
P
Patrick D. Green
Russian Trapper
R
René Auberjonois
Man with Raven
J
Jean-Luc Boucherot
Sailor in Saloon
J
Jeb Berrier
Cribbage Player
J
John Keating
Heckler in Saloon
T
Todd A. Robinson
Fort Trapper
K
Kevin-Michael Moore
Fort Trapper
E
Eric Martin Reid
Fort Trapper
T
Ted Rooney
Fort Trapper
P
Phelan Davis
Fort Trapper
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