Search - Rustlers' Rhapsody on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Humor, Profanity Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 05/11/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 28 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy, Western, Parody/Spoof, Satire, Comedy Western, Musical Western See Also: Rustler's Rhapsody [I Love the 80's Edition], Rustlers' Rhapsody

An amusing spoof of the good 'ole westerns back in the halcyon days when all the cliches were held up as icons, this parody by Hugh Wilson works best for savvy audiences. Rex O'Herlihan (Tom Berenger) is a singing cowboy with a wardrobe straight out of the Hollywood westerns of the '40s -- he worships his horse, and has a trusty sidekick too. Every town he wanders into has a sheriff on the dole, a shady cattle rancher, a prostitute with a heart of gold, an innocent young damsel, a town drunk, and the standard bad guys in black hats and long coats (Spaghetti-western style) who brutalize the poor sheep ranchers. After setting things straight in each identical town as he goes, Rex is beginning to feel like a re-run junky when he saunters into a town that is slightly different -- and the parodies continue. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide

Tom Berenger - Rex O'Herlihan
G.W. Bailey - Peter
Marilu Henner - Tracey
Andy Griffith - Col. Ticonderoga
Fernando Rey - Railroad colonel

The wild, wild West was never quite as wild as in this roaring send-up of Western clichés, arriving on DVD courtesy of Paramount Home Video. With an image presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen, this disc also offers audio rendered in closed-captioned English Dolby Digital 5.1 and Surround, as well as French Dolby Digital Stereo with optional English subtitles. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide