City Slickers

Theatrical Release Date: 1991 06 07 (USA)

UPC: 883904107828

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Questionable for Children, Profanity, Western Violence]

Summary: 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, Rovi

Category: Comedy Drama

Awards: Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Musical or Comedy – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Comedy or Musical – People's Choice Awards Best Comedic Performance – MTV Movie Awards

Features: cc
Audio commentary from director Ron Underwood and stars Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern
Featurettes: Back in the Saddle: City Slickers revisited, Bringing in the script writing City Slickers, A Star is Born: an Ode to Norman and the Real City Slickers
Deleted scenes

City Slickers

Format: DVD

Release Date: 06/03/2008

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround, DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 114 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- City Slickers
1. Running the Bulls [3:00]
2. Main Titles/Kodak Moment [5:29]
3. Mr. Death [5:43]
4. Career Day [5:22]
5. Mitch's Birthday Party [3:46]
6. "I'm Late" [1:55]
7. Find Your Smile [2:21]
8. Getting Acquainted [4:01]
9. City Slickers [1:17]
10. Intervention [4:10]
11. Trail Boss [2:11]
12. Move 'Em Out! [5:00]
13. Ed's Dilemma [4:01]
14. Stampede [4:47]
15. Tumbling Tumbleweeds [4:35]
16. The Street of Life [3:14]
17. Mitch the Midwife [3:16]
18. Dying Breed [6:40]
19. Best Day/Worst Day [4:40]
20. Phil's Breaking Out [2:26]
21. Bringing in the Herd [7:43]
22. High-Tech Lesson [3:48]
23. River Crossing [1:12]
24. Swept Away [4:10]
25. Real Cowboys [4:04]
26. Norman [3:23]
27. What Really Matters [2:49]
28. End Titles [4:09]

Matthew Doberman

A rollicking comedy-adventure for the middle-aged man, City Slickers boasts a cactus-sharp script by the writing team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (Splash, Parenthood). The dialogue is quick and funny, but the movie also achieves some surprisingly affecting moments among its rag-tag group of men on a journey of self-discovery. Director Ron Underwood does an excellent job of contrasting the urban and desert settings, and keeps the pace at a steady clip. Western veteran Jack Palance is particularly memorable as the leathery, misanthropic Curly; the role garnered him an Academy Award. Though many films in the late 1980s/early 1990s tried to capitalize on this kind of lucrative mix of comedy, drama and action, City Slickers was one of the more successful, both critically and commercially. ~ Matthew Doberman, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Jake Gyllenhaal  Actor 
Molly McClure  Actor 
Pam Dixon  Actor 
Danielle Harris  Actor 
Robert Costanzo  Actor 
Walker Brandt  Actor 
Howard Honig  Actor 
Lindsay Crystal  Actor 
Fred Maio  Actor 
Jane Alden  Actor 
Eddie Palmer  Actor 
Billy Crystal  Executive Producer 
Lowell Ganz  Screenwriter 
Babaloo Mandel  Screenwriter 
Marc Shaiman  Composer (Music Score) 
Irby Smith  Producer 
Ron Underwood  Director 
Billy Crystal  Actor 
Daniel Stern  Actor 
Bruno Kirby  Actor 
Patricia Wettig  Actor 
Helen Slater  Actor 
Jack Palance  Actor 
Noble Willingham  Actor 
Tracey Walter  Actor 
Josh Mostel  Actor 
David Paymer  Actor 
Bill Henderson  Actor 
Jeffrey Tambor  Actor 
Phill Lewis  Actor 
Kyle Secor  Actor 
Dean Hallo  Actor 
Carla Tamburrelli  Actor 
Yeardley Smith  Actor 
Jayne Meadows  Actor 
Alan Charof  Actor 

Country: USA