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Director:
Ron Underwood
Writers (WGA):
Lowell Ganz (written by) &
Babaloo Mandel (written by)
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Release Date:
7 June 1991 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Western more
Tagline:
Yesterday They Were Businessmen. Today They're Cowboys. Tomorrow They'll Be Walking Funny.
Plot:
A mid-life crisis plagued man and his friends find renewal and purpose on a cattle driving vacation. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 7 wins & 3 nominations more
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First-rate comedy with some serious themes running just beneath the surface. more (61 total)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
112 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA more

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Trivia:
The cow-giving-birth used a puppet calf, as several takes were wanted. The shot of Norman getting to his feet was real footage taken just after birth. Billy Crystal actually assisted in the delivery. Six calves were used in all, and Crystal arranged for them all to live full lives on a farm. The shots featuring Crystal were filmed in Colorado, but the shots from the same scene featuring Jack Palance were filmed in New York. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The cow that gives birth is a steer - a castrated male. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[running through the streets in front of angry bulls, deliberately]
Mitch Robbins: Whose idea was this anyway?
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Soundtrack:
WHERE DID MY HEART GO? more

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23 out of 25 people found the following comment useful.
First-rate comedy with some serious themes running just beneath the surface., 19 May 2004
8/10
Author: Jonathon Dabell (barnaby.rudge@hotmail.co.uk) from Wakefield, England

City Slickers entertained me enormously when I was a teenager because it has some good, solid laughs. Nowadays, as I approach my thirtieth birthday with frightening momentum, it still entertains me but it touches me too. That's probably what makes it such a great film: the skillful intertwining of humour, emotion and action.

New Yorker Mitch (Billy Crystal) has reached crisis point in his mundane life. Bored by his job in the lower reaches of radio broadcasting and frustrated by the alarming rate at which years seem to be passing him by, he senses that his life has been a failure. His two friends, Phil (Daniel Stern) and Ed (Bruno Kirby) buy him a two week vacation for his birthday. No ordinary vacation, mind... a fortnight driving cattle across the Wild West, just like in the good old days. And it is while on this extraordinary vacation that the three buddies learn how to make the most of their mixed-up lives.

The performances are uniformly excellent, especially Crystal who is in sharper form than ever before (or since, come to think of it) and Jack Palance as the leathery trail boss whose simple philosophies are surprisingly insightful. The scripting is outstanding, giving all the stars a chance to do some good character development, while providing terrific laugh-out-loud moments too. The film works on other levels too: the music is stirring, the photography spectacular and the editting very sharp (especially in a superb scene in which Crystal tries on an assortment of ill-fitting cowboy hats, only to opt in the end for his trusty old baseball cap). City Slickers is great entertainment, and one of the truly timeless comedy masterpieces from its decade.

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