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City Slickers
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6.5Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
Cast
- Billy Crystal as Mitch Robbins
- Daniel Stern as Phil Berquist
- Bruno Kirby as Ed Furillo
- Patricia Wettig as Barbara Robbins
- Helen Slater as Bonnie Rayburn
- Lindsay Crystal as Holly Robbins
Themes
- stetson
- vacation
- cattle drive
- prairie
- fish out of water
- mid-life crisis
- lighthearted
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Key facts
- Release date
- June 7, 1991 ( 1991-06-07 )
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $26 million
- Box office
- $179 million
- Directed by
- Ron Underwood
- Written by
- Lowell Ganz , Babaloo Mandel
- Produced by
- Irby Smith
- Starring
- Billy Crystal Daniel Stern Bruno Kirby Patricia Wettig Helen Slater Jack Palance
- Cinematography
- Dean Semler
- Edited by
- O. Nicholas Brown
- Music by
- Marc Shaiman
- Production companies
- Castle Rock Entertainment , Face Productions, Nelson Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
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Encyclopedic overview
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, Noble Willingham and Jake Gyllenhaal making his acting debut.
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. City Slickers was released by Columbia Pictures on June 7, 1991. The film received positive reviews from critics and grossed $179 million against a $26 million budget. For his performance, Palance won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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