True West Gary Sinise/John Malkovich - Part 1/10

The epic and unrivaled production of True West by Sam Shepard with Gary Sinise as Austin and John Malkovich as his older brother Lee.

Part 1 - Lee shows up completely unexpected and intrudes on his younger brother, Austin, who is trying to put the finishing touches on a screenplay, and who hasn't seen his vagrant older brother in 5 years

Apologies for the quality, but it's from an old, ex-video store VHS. It's a positive crime it hasn't been re-mastered and re-released!

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Entertainment

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• True West
• Gary Sinise
• John Malkovich
• theatre
• Sam Shepard
• Steppenwolf Theatre
• stage

[ciaranroberts100]

Thank you so much amazing play and playwright. Do you have any more or know where I can see more stage productions online? I really want Tooth of the crime. Thanks again

[IrishJade84]

@ciaranroberts100 Stage productions are really difficult to get, principally because they typically aren't filmed. Even 'Grapes of Wrath' with Gary Sinise which *was* filmed by PBS for television, was never produced or released on video.

As for 'The Tooth of Crime' specifically by Shepard, I only know of the soundtrack that you can get. The one of his I sooooo want is 'Buried Child' done by Steppenwolf, but of course, *that* is an impossibility.... :(

[pallid56]

I wonder if this is the version as it actually was broadcast by PBS because there was a VHS version sold as a "movie" (which it wasn't) and they mangled the editing in that version, which made it awful. Wonder where they found this ? Taped it off one of the broadcasts, no doubt. Must be a way to get one of them fanboys to part with a clearer copy for an a little while...anybody ? This is a great piece. Made John's career.

[luvensound]

this is a rare gem, thank you for uploading^_^

[DVincentW]

I am elated you uploaded this... making me smile BIG time, not seen this since 1987 on Bravo ...showing this to my girlfriend, whose never seen it...YAY!

[3244gorilla]

jkdealio: Later on in play, one of my fave scenes. They argue about the 2 cowboys chasing each other thru the panhandle. "Hey, there are no fuckin' mountains in the panhandle" and Malk's rant starting w/ the crrickets driving him nuts...

[3244gorilla]

jkdealio: Yes, we are in lofty class. Sam Shepard brilliant playwright & Malkovich/Sinese outrageous chemistry.

"You got coffee"?

"Yeah",

"Real coffee - from the bean"?

[randir14]

I saw this on TV years ago but I didn't know what it was. For some reason I remembered it today, all I could think to search on Google was "play where a guy gets strangled with a phone cord". Lol...

[xlizzyx237]

Gary Sinise And John Malkovich make the perfect team!

[3244gorilla]

Brilliant play and brilliant acting. Read this in college & happened to see on PBS @ a month later. Malkovich is stunningly realistic and Senise compliments him beautifully. Hank Williams', "Ramblin' Man" perfect song for this production. My brother & I quote lines from this a lot, especially when we're high, druk, etc!!! "Those are the most monotonous fuckin' crickets I've ever heard"!

[setpunk12]

great stuff!

thanks for posting

[McLamesburg]

Thank you for posting this. I saw it when it originally aired, and have been looking for it ever since.