River of Grass
“A girl, a gun, and nowhere to go.”
Cozy, a dissatisfied housewife, meets Lee at a bar. A drink turns into a home break-in, and a gunshot sends them on the run together, thinking they've committed murder.
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Cast
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Lisa Bowman
Cozy
Also in
Dead Above Ground
Murder, She Wrote
Larry Fessenden
Lee Ray Harold
Known for
Southbound
Good Boy
Dick Russell
Jimmy Ryder
Stan Kaplan
J.C.
Also in
Speaking of the Devil
Michael Buscemi
Doug
Known for
The Night Of
BlacKkKlansman
Lisa Robb
Young Cozy
No other roles listed
Tom Laverack
Cozy's Lover in Tub
Bert Yaeger
Dead Husband
No other roles listed
Mary Glenn
Woman with Hatchet
No other roles listed
Carol Flakes
Lee's Grandmother
No other roles listed
Frances Reichardt
Lee's Mom
No other roles listed
George Moore
Detective Kirby
Kelly Reichardt Director · Jesse Hartman Story Jim Denault Cinematographer
United States release August 4, 1995 · Produced in United States · Production Good Machine, Oscilloscope
Production
Plan B Pictures
Production
Good Machine
Production
Oscilloscope
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 20, 1994
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · August 4, 1995
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
October 13, 1995 · Theatrical
March 11, 2016 · Theatrical · Re-release (Restored Version)
March 6, 2020 · Limited theatrical · Harvard Film Archive (Restored Version)
Argentina
March 30, 2009 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
Canada
September 14, 2015 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival (Restored Version)
France
September 4, 2019 · Theatrical
Germany
February 1, 1994 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
South Korea
April 26, 2016 · Theatrical
Sweden
May 2, 2023 · Digital
Taiwan
October 17, 2026 · Premiere · Women Make Waves International Film Festival (2K Restoration)
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