American Playhouse : True West (1984)
Directed by Allan A. Goldstein / Gary Sinise
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Synopsis by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Originally aired on American public television, True West is a filmed performance of the Steppenwolf Theater Company's production of Sam Shepard's sibling rivalry play. John Malkovich plays a drifter who comes back home to patch up differences--as well instigate new ones--with his brother, a Hollywood screenwriter played by Gary Sinise.
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brother, drifter, estrangement, screenwriter, desert
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High Artistic Quality
