City Slickers Movie Review 1991

Three men with mid-life crises leave New York City for a cattle-ranch vacation that turns into an arduous, character-building stint. Many funny moments supplied by leads Crystal, Stern, and Kirby, but Palance steals the film as a salty, wise cowpoke. Slater is fetching as the lone gal vacationer on the cattle drive. Boxoffice winner notable for a realistic calf birthing scene, one of few in cinema history. From an idea by Crystal, who also produced. Palance stole the show from Oscar ceremonies host Crystal a second time when he accepted his award and suddenly started doing one-arm pushups, startling the audience into laughter.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 114 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Western Comedy, Growing Older, Men, Buddies, New York, New York, Modern Cowboys, Vacations, Top Grossing Films of 1991, Birthdays, Midlife Crisis

Screenplay

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Cast

Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Jack Palance, Noble Willingham, Tracey Walter, Josh Mostel, David Paymer, Bill Henderson, Jeffrey Tambor, Phill Lewis, Kyle Secor, Yeardley Smith, Jayne Meadows

Cinematography

Dean Semler

Director

Ron Underwood

Music

Marc Shaiman

Producer

Billy Crystal

Awards

Oscars 1991: Support. Actor (Palance); Golden Globes 1992: Support. Actor (Palance); MTV Movie Awards 1992: Comedic Perf. (Crystal).