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True West

8.219841h 50mMovieComedyDramaTV Movie

A screenwriter gets conned out of selling a script to a Hollywood producer by his brother, who pitches his own idea for a movie. This video recording of the 1982 Steppenwolf Theatre Company production was later broadcast by PBS.

DirectorAllan A. Goldstein
WriterSam Shepard
ProducersHoward K. Grossman·John H. Williams

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Cast · Directed by Allan A. Goldstein

JMJohn Malkovich
John Malkovich
Lee
GSGary Sinise
Gary Sinise
Austin
SS
Sam Schacht
Saul
MT
Margaret Thomson
Mom

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