‘First Cow’: Read The Screenplay For Kelly Reichardt And A24’s Gold Rush-Era Tale
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deadline.comKelly Reichard’s First Cow, based on her frequent collaborator Jonathan Raymond’s 2004 novel The Half Life, brings new life to pre-statehood Oregon and the early Americans seeking to stake their claim in the burgeoning Pacific Northwest.The A24 film, which is up for three Film Independent Spirit Awards including best feature and best director among its string of honors from critics groups this awards season, centers on the friendship between a kind-hearted cook named Cookie (John Magaro) and King-Lu (Orion Lee), an entrepreneurial-minded Chinese salesman.
When the outsiders cook up a plan to sell sweet treats, the first bovine in the area becomes their cash cow – but with a catch.When penning his novel, Raymond said he wanted to write about
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