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6 June 1980 (USA)
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Hard Hat Days And Honky-Tonk Nights.
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John Travolta stars as a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Another 2 nominations
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(9 articles)
DGA Board Member Kim Kurumada Dies
(From The Wrap. 22 November 2009, 1:49 PM, PST)
Travolta jurors 'to begin deliberations'
(From digitalspy. 21 October 2009, 1:03 PM, PDT)
(From The Wrap. 22 November 2009, 1:49 PM, PST)
Travolta jurors 'to begin deliberations'
(From digitalspy. 21 October 2009, 1:03 PM, PDT)
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Glory Days of The Energy City.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Travolta | ... | Bud |
 | Debra Winger | ... | Sissy |
 | Scott Glenn | ... | Wes |
 | Madolyn Smith Osborne | ... | Pam (as Madolyn Smith) |
 | Barry Corbin | ... | Uncle Bob |
| Brooke Alderson | ... | Aunt Corene |
 | Cooper Huckabee | ... | Marshall |
 | James Gammon | ... | Steve Strange |
| Mickey Gilley | ... | Himself |
| Johnny Lee | ... | Himself |
 | Bonnie Raitt | ... | Herself |
| Charlie Daniels | ... | Himself (as Charlie Daniels Band) |
| Taz Di Gregorio | ... | Himself (as Charlie Daniels Band) |
| Charlie Hayward | ... | Himself (as Charlie Daniels Band) |
 | Betty Murphy | ... | Bud's Mom |
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132 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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UK:12 (DVD rating) |
UK:15 (re-rating) (1987) |
UK:AA (original rating) |
South Korea:15 |
Australia:M |
Canada:14A |
Finland:K-16 |
Norway:16 (1980) |
Sweden:15 |
USA:PG |
Argentina:13
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Studio executives were against casting Debra Winger in the lead role at first. Director James Bridges threatened to quit the film unless she was cast. They eventually approved the casting.
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Continuity: In the scene where Bud and Uncle Bob are working the graveyard shift, right before Uncle Bob dies, Bob puts some chewing tobacco in his mouth, folds up the pouch the chew was in and puts it back in his shirt pocket. Seconds later he walks away with the pouch of chew still in his hand.
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Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Dear Emily and Richard (#3.13)" (2003)
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Orange Blossom Special/Hoedown
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PERSONAL NOTE: I saw this movie in the Palms Theater, in Sugar Land Texas, in August 1980, with my high school girlfriend. The theater, and the girl, are both long gone.
Back to the review....
For those of you who grew up, or lived in and around Houston during the 70's, this is a delight to watch. I tend to endure Travolta, and that horrid "twang" he tries to do, but it's okay, the rest of the flick makes up for that!
-Minor Spoilers-
We start the movie w/Bud coming to town. Just watching him drive thru Houston, thru the 610 loop, and on to his Uncle's place is a treat. There is the Houston of "Big Oil and Big Space". When I was little, and went on vacations, if some one asked me where I was from, their next question was "Do you have a ranch, own an oil well, or know astronauts?" That was part of the joy of being from Houston, back in the old days.
But I'm rambling. The casting on URBAN COWBOY is great, not a dud in the bunch, even counting the Travolta factor. Only he could have pulled this movie off, at the time it was made. On a side note, it was common practice during the filming of "UC", for the local media to have a "Travolta Sighting" comment on the news, or in the newspapers. The biggest spotting occurred in mid 1979 at the sports arena, known at the time as "The Summit". Travolta appeared, in "the white suit" from Saturday Night Fever at a Bee Gee's concert, and hopped up on stage. No one recognized him at first, as he had grown a beard for the opening parts of the movie.
If you grew up around Houston during this long-past era, this is a "MUST OWN". My daughters always ask if I ever rode a mechanical bull when we watch it.
But I have always wondered about one small thing in this picture. And this is simply 'cause I am a car geek. Why, at the end of the movie when Bud and Sissy drive away from Gilley's, is there, parked amongst the F-150's, GMC's, Chevy Big 10's, and other pick-up trucks, a Volvo P1800 wagon? You can't miss it.