EPISODE · Mar 12, 2026 · 1H 5M
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1993)
from Ruined Childhoods · host Dan Wiener and Jon Richardson
Gus Van Sant may be better known from films like Good Will Hunting, Milk, My Own Private Idaho, or Drugstore Cowboy. But nesteled in his early career, Gus made a strange movie about a woman with such long thumbs, she knew it was her destiny to hitchhike adapted from a Tom Robbins novel. Dan and Jon celebrate the weirdness of Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, which stars Uma Thurman, Rain Phoenix, Pat Morita, Keanu Reeves, and even more of your favorite actors.Watch on Spotify or YouTubeNext episode: Stand By Me (1986)• The 4th season of Ruined Childhoods features movies with complete sentence titles!Contact us, follow us on social media, or buy some merch at https://linktr.ee/RuinedChildhoods & RuinedChildhoodspod.comRuined Childhoods is produced & edited by Jon Richardson
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Gus Van Sant may be better known from films like Good Will Hunting, Milk, My Own Private Idaho, or Drugstore Cowboy. But nesteled in his early career, Gus made a strange movie about a woman with such long thumbs, she knew it was her destiny to hitchhike adapted from a Tom Robbins novel. Dan and Jon celebrate the weirdness of Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, which stars Uma Thurman, Rain Phoenix, Pat Morita, Keanu Reeves, and even more of your favorite actors.Watch on Spotify or YouTubeNext episode: Stand By Me (1986)• The 4th season of Ruined Childhoods features movies with complete sentence titles!Contact us, follow us on social media, or buy some merch at https://linktr.ee/RuinedChildhoods & RuinedChildhoodspod.comRuined Childhoods is produced & edited by Jon Richardson
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