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Actors: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Jack Palance
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about City Slickers |
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Three New Yorkers travel to the Old West to become ranchers there. While there, they spook the cattle with a coffee grinder and other contemporary appliances, shoot guns at the OK Corral and even help a cow give birth to a new calf. Jack Palance stars as the resident rancher.
--Teddy, Resident Scholar
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As his 39th birthday hits, radio ad salesman Mitch Robbins (Crystal) is on the edge of a mid-life crisis. His best buds Phil and Ed (especially Phil, whose wife discovers he's been having an office affair) are not doing so well, either, so they decide to gift him with a two-week vacation/adventure on a cattle drive from New Mexico to Colorado on which they can accompany Mitch. These New Yorkers know nothing about horses, roping, or roughing it, of course, and they get taken into the firm hand of Curly (Palance), an aging but still very hardened trail hand. This hilarious and appealing 1991 comedy isn't too deep, but offers a great way to pass two hours; Palance won a Supporting Actor Oscar, apparently for his ability to exude waves of machismo and menace at the ripe age of 73.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of City Slickers |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
If a parody... of
- westerns
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- cowboy
Training/apprentice story
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
- business executive
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
- Jewish
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
- (man) short/standard wavey
How much in movie?
- 80%
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Hair color
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Prairie?
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
- lot of descript of animal care
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
- full of laughter
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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