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Director:
Frank Perry
Writer:
Thomas McGuane (writer)
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Release Date:
14 March 1975 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Western more
Tagline:
Oh, give me a home, with a low interest loan. A cowgirl and two pickup trucks. A color TV, all the beer should be free. And that, man, is Rancho Deluxe.
Plot:
Two drifters, of wildly different backgrounds, become cattle rustlers in modern-day Montana. full summary | full synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Makeup Artist Captures Bridges' First Moment With His Wife
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jeff Bridges ... Jack McKee

Sam Waterston ... Cecil Colson
Elizabeth Ashley ... Cora Brown
Clifton James ... John Brown
Slim Pickens ... Henry Beige
Charlene Dallas ... Laura Beige

Harry Dean Stanton ... Curt

Richard Bright ... Burt

Patti D'Arbanville ... Betty Fargo
Maggie Wellman ... Mary Fargo
Joe Spinell ... Mr. Colson (as Joseph Spinell)
Bert Conway ... Wilbur Fargo
Anthony Palmer ... Karl
Richard McMurray ... Mr. McKee
Danna Hansen ... Mrs. McKee
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Livingston, Montana, USA
Company:
Elliott Kastner Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jeff Bridges met his wife, Susan Bridges - aka Susan Geston - during filming. She was working as a maid on a dude ranch. more
Quotes:
Henry Beige: Here's my bill. You can pay it, or use it to wipe the pablum off your chin.
John Brown: I'll pay it.
Henry Beige: Don't make me no never mind; I'm just in this for the sport.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? (2003) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Left Me With a Nail to Drive more

FAQ

Was that Warren Oates playing the mouth organ in Buffett's band at the Wrangler?
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Slim Pickens Finest Hour, 27 April 2006
8/10
Author: tobytylersf from San Francisco, CA, United States

Never mind the movie, Monsieur Pickens' performance in this film is a significant event in the history of cinema. If he'd never done any other films, except perhaps Dr. Strangelove and Blazing Saddles, he'd live forever in my memory simply for the scene in Rancho Deluxe where he describes his dream of being in Egypt in the days of the Pharaoh, and expresses consternation at having that dream disturbed. And the speech he gives at the end was another of those earth-shattering moments that stick with you like flies to mayonnaise. Ah, what an actor. Every time he's IN the movie, he's the one you're watching to see what he does, because you know it'll be something you'll remember.

I've learned over the years that it's the supporting players who make the movie. And in some respects, in many of his other movies, Slim Pickens always seemed a kind of updated Andy Devine, western comic relief but not much else. In this (and in the other two films I mentioned) we get to see another side of M. Pickens. More than a clown, he's a one-man show, as much of a scene stealer as, say, a vaudevillian in a movie full of Shakespearan actors. To tell the truth, the rest of the movie is occasionally disappointing, although Sam Waterston was fascinating to watch, showing a promise which sadly never fulfilled itself. Clifton James and particularly Elizabeth Ashley are great fun. Curt and Burt, played respectively by Harry Dean Stanton and Richard Bright, are more or less adequate. Jeff Bridges acts just like Jeff Bridges.

However, hands down, this is Slim Pickens' movie. The man was brilliant, what can I say.

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