City Slickers movie storyline. Mitch is a middle aged big-city radio ads salesman. He and his friends Ed and Phil are having mid-life crisis. They decide the best birthday gift is to go on a two week holiday in the wild west driving cattle from New Mexico to Colorado. There they meet cowboy Curly who not only teaches them how to become real cowboys, but also one or two other things about life in the open air of the west.
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, Tracey Walter, Josh Mostel and David Paymer.
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. A sequel City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold was released in 1994, with the exception of Kirby, who was replaced by Jon Lovitz.
City Slickers (1991)
Directed by: Ron Underwood
Starring: Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Noble Willingham, Tracey Walter, Josh Mostel, David Paymer
Screenplay by: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Production Design by: Lawrence G. Paull
Cinematography by: Dean Semler
Film Editing by: O. Nicholas Brown
Costume Design by: Judy L. Ruskin
Set Decoration by: Rick Simpson
Art Direction by: Mark W. Mansbridge
Music by: Marc Shaiman, Thomas Richard Sharp
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: June 7, 1991
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