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First Cow (2020)

PG-1303/06/2020Drama, Western2h 2m

A simple western about the origin of the American Dream.

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    John Magaro

    Cookie

  2. Cast 1

    Orion Lee

    King-Lu

  3. Cast 1

    Toby Jones

    Chief Factor

  4. Cast 1

    Ewen Bremner

    Lloyd

  5. Cast 1

    Scott Shepherd

    Captain

  6. Cast 1

    Gary Farmer

    Totillicum

  7. Cast 1

    Lily Gladstone

    Chief Factor’s Wife

  8. Cast 1

    Alia Shawkat

    Woman with Dog

  9. Cast 1

    Dylan Smith

    Trapper Jack

This is a gently comedic story of a couple of pioneering Oregon frontiersmen. Cook-cum-baker John Magaro ("Cookie") who falls in with the entrepreneurial "King-Lu" (Orion Lee). The pair quickly realise that there is a decent amount of money to be made by indulging the sweet teeth of their fellow hardy companions - and when they discover that the local headman has had a cow delivered - the only one for miles - a clandestine business that involves purloining the milk from said cow to enhance their cakes offers riches, but some risk too - the factor (Toby Jones) is unaware that his is, technicall...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$2,000,000.00

Revenue $101,068.00

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