City Slickers
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Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
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| Directed by | Ron Underwood |
| Produced by | Irby Smith |
| Written by |
Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel |
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| Music by | Marc Shaiman |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Edited by | O. Nicholas Brown |
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Castle Rock Entertainment
Nelson Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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Running time
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112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $26 million |
| Box office | $180 million |
City Slickers is a 1991 American western comedy film, directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, and Jack Palance, with supporting roles by Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, and Noble Willingham.
The film's screenplay was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and it was shot in New York City; New Mexico; Durango, Colorado; and Spain. A sequel City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold was released in 1994, with the exception of Kirby, who was replaced by Jon Lovitz.
Mitch has just turned 39 years old. His best friends, Phil is stuck managing his father-in-law's grocery store, while trapped in a sexless marriage with an overbearing wife and Ed is a successful businessman and playboy, struggling with the idea of monogamous marriage and the pressure to have kids.
At Mitch's birthday party, Phil and Ed present a gift of a two-week cattle drive from New Mexico to Colorado. Despite Mitch's plans to go to Florida with his wife Barbara to visit her parents, Barbara persuades him to instead go with his friends and find some purpose before he contemplates adultery or suicide. In New Mexico, Mitch, Phil and Ed meet the ranch owner, Clay Stone, and their fellow drivers. Mitch develops a rivalry with the ranch's professional cowboys, Jeff and T.R., when they drunkenly proposition one of the drivers, Bonnie. The standoff is stopped by the trail boss, Curly, who inadvertently humiliates Mitch in front of his friends.
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