First Cow(2020)

PG-13
2h 2m
- Drama
- Western

Release Date: Mar 6, 2020 | Limited

A skilled cook has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon, though he only finds true connection with a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two collaborate on a successful business.

Releases

Original Release | Mar 6, 2020

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Box Office

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$81,323
Total US & Canada:
$101,068
Total International
$1,285,541
Total Worldwide:
$1,386,609

Director & Top Cast

Kelly Reichardt
Director

John Magaro
Cookie

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Summaries

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A loner and cook (John Magaro) has traveled west and joined a group of fur trappers in Oregon Territory, though he only finds connection with a Chinese immigrant (Orion Lee). The men collaborate on a business, although its longevity is reliant upon the participation of a wealthy landowner's prized milking cow. — A24 Out foraging dinner for a rowdy band of fur trappers, a shy cook encounters Chinese immigrant King-Lu, a kindred spirit with an enigmatic past and entrepreneurial spirit. Eager to manifest success, the two cook up plans to secure their fortunes in a territory without definitive boundaries and rules. — Mae Moreno A chance encounter in the cold, damp forests of 1820 Oregon will pave the way for an unexpected friendship and an equally remarkable alliance, as reserved, almost taciturn Cookie, a lonesome adventurer and talented cook, joins forces with the pursued Chinese immigrant, King-Lu. Intent on striking it rich, the entrepreneurial duo concocts an audacious plan to take the rugged Northwest by storm; however, the road to success is fraught with failure. Can a humble but hard-to-find ingredient help one make his fortune? — Nick Riganas It's the early nineteenth century in the wilds of the Oregon Territory. Otis Figowitz works for a trapping company, he hired as the cook - hence his nickname "Cookie" - for a group of trappers, who continually threaten violence against him if he doesn't provide them with food, it his job to trap, kill or forage for much of that food. King-Lu is a Chinese immigrant who has traveled the world and is thinking about staying in the area in he seeing it as one of the last untouched parts of the world he has seen. In trying to evade Russians who are after him for accidentally killing one of their compatriots, Lu meets Cookie one evening in stumbling onto the trappers' camp as a place to hide. After Lu believes the Russians are no longer after him in having left the country, the two men meet again by chance at the regional trading post and strike a friendship in discussing their dreams for the future. They believe they may be able to make a small fortune in the short term by going into business together to provide a highly demanded product with virtually zero supply otherwise, that product, however, contingent upon the secret use of the sole dairy cow in the area, it just recently brought in and housed/owned by the Chief Factor. With Lu the tactician and Cookie the technician, Lu specifically realizes that they are entering into a potentially dangerous game, and one that has a short window of opportunity before others may be able to cash in on such business. Thus they have to figure out how long they can keep the business going either before the market is flooded or that they are caught in the illegal aspect of what they are doing. — Huggo

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First Cow(2020)

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Director & Top Cast

Kelly Reichardt

John Magaro

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