Search - City Slickers on DVD


City Slickers

City Slickers

Actor(s): Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater
Director(s): Ron Underwood
86






Movie Details

MPAA Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Questionable for Children, Profanity, Western Violence
Movie Release: 1991
DVD Release: 05/08/2001
Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Edition: Special Collection
Audio Tracks: English, French
Subtitles: French, Spanish
SwapaDVD Credits: 1
Number of Discs: 1
Run Time: 1 hrs 54 mins
Studio: MGM
Total Copies: 4
Genres: Comedy Drama, Adventure Comedy, Comedy Western, Buddy Film
See Also: City Slickers [Collector's Edition]

DVD Synopsis

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

Actors

Billy Crystal - Mitch Robbins
Daniel Stern - Phil Berquist
Bruno Kirby - Ed Furillo
Patricia Wettig - Barbara Robbins
Helen Slater - Bonnie Rayburn


Editorial Review of DVD

Billy Crystal enjoyed one of his biggest hits with this East-meets-West comedy, which has been issued on DVD in a solid if unremarkable package. City Slickers has been given a letterboxed transfer, with the image formatted at a 1.85:1 aspect ratio; the transfer as also been enhanced for playback on widescreen televisions. The audio is presented in a Dolby Digital Surround mix, with an alternate French language track in Dolby Digital Mono. The feature is closed-captioned in English, and has been encoded with optional subtitles in Spanish and French. The only bonus feature is the film's original theatrical trailer, but the improved quality of this DVD will make it a worthwhile purchase for Crystal's many fans. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Member Movie Reviews

Peter Q. (Petequig) wrote on 11/18/2009...

The funniest revisionist Western and a triumph for Jack Palance !


Movies Similar to "City Slickers"

(Green links represent titles currently available on SwapaDVD.)
These movies have the touch and feel of City Slickers...
2
5
51
56
Mermaids (PG-13)
6
2
2
4
44
98
157
13
49
These movies have the subject or theme of City Slickers...
3
S
S
These movies followed City Slickers...
20
These movies share cast/crew with City Slickers...
20
14
192
77
281
2
43
Forget Paris (PG-13)
63
14
17
8
13
10
35
Diner (R)
31
These movies are similar to City Slickers...
15
58
53
6
8
37
Wagons East! (PG-13)
9
14
170
These movies are commonly requested by members who requested City Slickers...
310
100
173
218
108
The Saint (PG-13)
193
207
107
190
Serendipity (PG-13)
300