True West

Year: 1984

Runtime: 110 mins

Language: English

Director: Allan A. Goldstein

DramaComedy

A screenwriter is duped by his own brother, who steals the opportunity to sell a script to a Hollywood producer and instead pushes his own movie idea. The piece captures the 1982 Steppenwolf Theatre Company stage production, which was later aired on PBS, preserving the original performance.

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