First Cow(2020)

Name: First Cow
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Genre: Drama, Western
Released: Mar 6, 2020
Cast: Alia Shawkat, John Magaro, Dylan Smith

A24

PG-13
Rated PG-13 for brief strong language.
2h 2m
- Drama
- Western

Release Date: Mar 6, 2020

In 1820, a cook travels to Oregon, where he meets a Chinese immigrant who is also looking to make his fortune. Soon, they team up in a dangerous scheme to steal milk from a prized local cow, the first and only in the territory.

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Release Details

Original Release | Mar 6, 2020 | Limited

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$81,323
Total US & Canada:
$101,068
Total International
$1,279,820
Total Worldwide:
$1,380,888

Current Showtimes

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Director & Top Cast

Kelly Reichardt
Director

Alia Shawkat
Woman with Dog

John Magaro
Cookie

Dylan Smith
Trapper Jack

Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English,North American Indian,Russian,French,Hawaiian

Summaries

Storyline

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