City Slickers

City Slickers - The city of heroes ( Original title: City Slickers ) is an American comedy film from the year 1991 was directed by Ron Underwood, the screenplay by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel.. The main role was played by Billy Crystal.

Action

Mitch Robbins is a frustrated employee of a radio station, he sold the transmission time for advertising. When he shall tell in his son's school from his work, calls his son ashamed that his father was the captain of a submarine. Later Robbins shares the amazed children with his pessimistic views on life.

During his birthday celebration Mitch hears from his friends, to whom in a supermarket employed Phil Berquist heard that they want to spend their holiday so a few days to play cowboys and drive a herd of cows. Actually Robbins to visit his in-laws in Florida at this time, but his wife Barbara agrees. She wants, she says that Mitch finds his smile. It comes to a head when the young mistress of Berquist found and he fights in front of the guests at the party with his wife.

The group of leisure Cowboys include some other big cities, including two brothers who produce ice cream, as well as a dentist with his son. The group is led by an experienced cowboy Curly Washburn. In his first appearance Washburn overwhelmed a couple of young cowboys who annoy a participant in the event. Robbins mocks his jokes offend Washburn, who appears unexpectedly behind the back of Robbins.

A short time later, Mitch caused with his battery-powered, noisy coffee grinder panic among the cows. Thus some cows to separate from the herd. Washburn commands Robbins to join him in the search for the cows. Robbins was the first fear of Washburn, but at night around the campfire, they speak their differences and become friends. Washburn says that a woman who he saw only once, has become his great love. He never tried to get to know them closer.

Mitch helps the next day at the birth of a calf, the suffering mother cow is shot by Washburn out of pity. A little later dies Washburn, first unnoticed by the others, most members of the group give up. Robbins, Berquist and Furillo drive the herd to the home ranch, where they are received by the owner of the herd and all other of the trek thrilled. Mitch takes the calf home, much to the surprise of his family. He shows his smile and promises his wife, from now on to make everything better.

Reviews

The critic Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun- Times newspaper on 7 June 1991 that the film surprised him because he was more demanding than he had expected. He described the film as an ironic version of Red River with John Wayne.

The lexicon of international film wrote that the film is " too verbose " and maneuvers and " the absurd situation comedy less than expected, but the more intrusive " life coaching " ". He offers " a moderate total pleasure ."

Awards

Academy Award

  • Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jack Palance

Golden Globe Award

  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jack Palance
  • Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy
  • Nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for Billy Crystal.

In addition, Billy Crystal won won the MTV Movie Award and an American Comedy Award. Marc Shaiman won the ASCAP Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Background

  • The film played in theaters in the USA about a 124 million U.S. dollars. He was continued in 1994 with the golden boys.
  • With the DVD release of the film in the German language were added to four minutes that were missing in the theatrical version. This passage - a conversation between the three main actors - had to be dubbed, for which, however, none of the three original voice actor was used.

Trivia

Billy Crystal 14 - year-old daughter Lindsay, now a film producer and director -, playing a small supporting role as his movie daughter and 11 -year-old Jake Gyllenhaal as his son. It was Gyllenhaal's first film role.

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