City Slickers (1991) on Netflix
Mitch Robbins, a radio advertising salesman in New York, is nearing 40 and unhappy. For his birthday, his friends Ed and Phil give the three of them a two-week cattle drive.
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Plot summary
Mitch Robbins sells radio advertising in New York and is disillusioned with the job. For his 39th birthday, his friends Ed Furillo, a sporting goods salesman, and Phil Berquist, a supermarket manager, give the three of them a trip: two weeks of driving cattle, beginning in New Mexico and ending in Colorado. Mitch's wife Barbara insists he go. At the ranch they meet owner Clay Stone, trail boss Curly, cook Cookie, and fellow drivers Bonnie Rayburn, the brothers Barry and Ira Shalowitz, and the dentists Ben and Steve Jessup. When the ranch hands Jeff and T.R. harass Bonnie, Mitch confronts them and Curly steps in.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about City Slickers (1991)
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- Jack Palance won the 1992 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Curly, the film's only Oscar nomination, and his acceptance speech is best remembered for a demonstration of one-armed push-ups, which he claimed convinced studio insurance agents that he was healthy enough to work on the film.
- Later on Oscar night, Palance placed his statuette on host Billy Crystal's shoulder and joked about who would have predicted the pairing, and Crystal later wrote that he shared a glass of champagne with Palance and wondered what Charles Bronson made of it all.
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Billy Crystal wrote that he contacted Charles Bronson about the part, only to be rudely rebuffed because the character dies.- Rick Moranis was originally cast as Phil Berquist but dropped out of the production because of his wife's illness, and Daniel Stern joined the cast as a late replacement.
- City Slickers grossed $179 million against a $26 million budget, returning nearly seven times what the film cost to make.
