True West

True West(1984)

7.9/10
4 votes
110 minFebruary 1, 1984

Overview

A screenwriter gets conned out of selling a script to a Hollywood producer by his brother, who pitches his own idea for a movie. This video recording of the 1982 Steppenwolf Theatre Company production was later broadcast by PBS.

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