City Slickers

"Yesterday they were businessmen. Today they're cowboys. Tomorrow they'll be walking funny."

Jun 7 1991 PG-13 1h 53m
Comedy, Western

Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

Plot

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.

Written by

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel

Directed by

Ron Underwood

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, New Line Cinema

Languages

English

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 8 wins & 7 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
65,346
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
70
Popularity
NA