City Slickers (1991)
- Starring:
- Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ron Underwood
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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City Slickers blends sight gags, one-liners, and sincerity, with both humor and drama arising from the characters and their situations. Mitch (Billy Crystal) is a radio station sales executive who finds himself in the throes of a mid-life crisis; accompanied by two friends, Phil (Daniel Stern) and Ed (Bruno Kirby) in the grip of similar problems, he heads to New Mexico for his birthday to participate in a two-week "vacation" cattle drive to Colorado. The three friends and the rest of their group, including an attractive, newly single young woman and two African-American dentists, are all urbanites lost when it comes to herding cattle and surviving on the prairie; it's up to authentic, almost mythic cowboy Curly (Jack Palance, who won an Oscar for the role), to whip them into shape. As various adventures occur along the way, including run-ins with outlaw cattlehands, treacherous natural mishaps, and Mitch's delivery of a newborn calf, the three "city slickers" open up to each other, learn to appreciate Curly's Old West values, and begin to resolve their midlife dilemmas. When Curly dies, it's left to Mitch, Phil, and Ed to bring in the herd. ~ Don Kaye, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 114 mins
Complete Cast:
- Billy Crystal - Mitch Robbins
- Bruno Kirby - Ed Furillo
- Helen Slater - Bonnie Rayburn
- Noble Willingham - Clay Stone
- Josh Mostel - Barry Shalowitz
- Bill Henderson - Ben Jessup
- Phill Lewis - Steve Jessup
- Dean Hallo - J. R
- Yeardley Smith - Nancy
- Alan Charof - Mitch's Dada
- Robert Costanzo - Sal
- Lindsay Crystal - Holly Robbins
- Howard Honig - Skycap
- Jane Alden - Mrs. Green
- Walker Brandt - Kim
- Daniel Stern - Phil Berquist
- Patricia Wettig - Barbara Robbins
- Jack Palance - Curly
- Tracey Walter - Cookie
- David Paymer - Ira Shalowitz
- Jeffrey Tambor - Lou
- Kyle Secor - Jeff
- Carla Tamburrelli - Arlene Berquist
- Jayne Meadows - Mitch's Mom
- Molly McClure - Millie Stone
- Danielle Harris - Classroom Student
- Jake Gyllenhaal - Daniel Robbins
- Fred Maio - Doctor
- Eddie Palmer - Classroom Student
- Director(s):
- Ron Underwood
- Writer(s):
- Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
- Producer(s):
- Irby Smith
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Western Violence, Questionable for Children, Profanity)
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- 1991 - City Slickers - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
- 1991 - City Slickers - MTV Movie Awards - Best Comedic Performance
- 1991 - City Slickers - People's Choice Awards - Best Picture - Comedy or Musical
