City Slickers (1991)

Director:

Ron Underwood

Writers (WGA):

Lowell Ganz (written by) &
Babaloo Mandel (written by)

Release Date:

7 June 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Tagline:

Yesterday They Were Businessmen. Today They're Cowboys. Tomorrow They'll Be Walking Funny.

Plot:

A mid-life crisis plagued man and his friends find renewal and purpose on a cattle driving vacation.

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Cowboy | Birthday | Radio | Spain

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 7 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Billy Crystal	...	Mitch Robbins
Daniel Stern	...	Phil Berquist
Bruno Kirby	...	Ed Furillo
Patricia Wettig	...	Barbara Robbins
Helen Slater	...	Bonnie Rayburn
Jack Palance	...	Curly Washburn
Noble Willingham	...	Clay Stone
Tracey Walter	...	Cookie
Josh Mostel	...	Barry Shalowitz
David Paymer	...	Ira Shalowitz
Bill Henderson	...	Dr. Ben Jessup
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Lou
Phill Lewis	...	Dr. Steven Jessup
Kyle Secor	...	Jeff
Dean Hallo	...	T.R.
Karla Tamburrelli	...	Arlene Berquist
Yeardley Smith	...	Nancy
Robert Costanzo	...	Sal
Walker Brandt	...	Kim Furillo
Molly McClure	...	Millie Stone
Jane Alden	...	Mrs. Green
Lindsay Crystal	...	Holly Robbins
Jake Gyllenhaal	...	Danny Robbins
Danielle Harris	...	Classroom Student
Eddie Palmer	...	Classroom Student
Howard Honig	...	Skycap
Fred Maio	...	Doctor
Jayne Meadows	...	Mitch's Mother
Alan Charof	...	Mitch's Father
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anne Lockhart	...	Ranch Hand / Passenger (uncredited)
Robert Mickelson	...	Boy (uncredited)
Lana Underwood	...	Student in classroom (uncredited)

Directed by
Ron Underwood

Writing credits (WGA)
Lowell Ganz		(written by) &
Babaloo Mandel		(written by)

Produced by
Billy Crystal	....	executive producer
Irby Smith	....	producer

Original Music by
Marc Shaiman
Thomas Richard Sharp

Cinematography by
Dean Semler

Film Editing by
O. Nicholas Brown

Production Design by
Lawrence G. Paull

Art Direction by
Mark W. Mansbridge

Set Decoration by
Rick Simpson

Costume Design by
Judy L. Ruskin		(as Judy Ruskin)

Makeup Department
Ken Chase	....	key makeup artist (as Kenneth Chase)
Candida Conery	....	key hair stylist
William A. Farley	....	key hair stylist
Todd McIntosh	....	makeup artist
Peter Montagna	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Mairin Blake	....	unit manager: Pamplona
Barbara A. Hall	....	production supervisor
Edward D. Markley	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jerry Ballew	....	first assistant director
Anthony Brand	....	first assistant director: Pamplona
James Chory	....	first assistant director
Mickey Gilbert	....	second unit director
Fraser Clarke Heston	....	second unit director: Pamplona
Nina Kostroff-Noble	....	second assistant director
Doug Metzger	....	first assistant director
Irby Jay Smith Jr.	....	second second assistant director
Jeffrey Wetzel	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Donald R. Abblett	....	production painter
Robert J. Carlyle	....	construction foreman (as Robert Carlyle)
Clete Cetrone	....	construction foreman
Steven DeSantis	....	propmaker
Renee Faia	....	art department coordinator
Michael R. Gannon	....	assistant property master
Mike Higelmire	....	lead man
Geoff Hubbard	....	set designer
Mark Konkel	....	paint foreman
Gary Kudroff	....	set designer
Dick Lasley	....	storyboard artist
Louis Marquis	....	plaster foreman
W. Scott Mason	....	construction foreman (as Scott Mason)
Sean McCall	....	labor foreman
Luigi Mugavero	....	set dresser
William A. Petrotta	....	property master
Clarence Lynn Price	....	construction coordinator
Ray Rarick	....	construction foreman
John A. Scott III	....	set designer
Wayne Smith	....	paint foreman
Tom Southwell	....	production illustrator
Alan Swain	....	carpenter
Stan Tropp	....	set designer
William Kemper Wright	....	set designer (as William Wright)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
George Baetz	....	boom operator
Bob Beemer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charles L. Campbell	....	supervising sound editor
Patty Dobie	....	assistant sound editor
Robert Eber	....	sound mixer
Louis L. Edemann	....	supervising sound editor
Ellen Decker Franklin	....	assistant sound editor
Leonard T. Geschke	....	sound editor
Mark Harris	....	machine operator
Hilda Hodges	....	foley artist
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound editor
Tim Song Jones	....	sound transferer
Suhail Kafity	....	sound editor
Rick Kline	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stephanie D. Krivacek	....	adr assistant
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley recordist
Colin C. Mouat	....	sound editor
Chuck Neely	....	sound editor
Mel Neiman	....	processed sound effects
Alan L. Nineberg	....	adr coordinator
Bob O'Brien	....	sound editor
Kevin O'Connell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matt Patterson	....	sound recordist
Jim Quinn	....	machine operator (as James Quinn)
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Larry Singer	....	adr supervisor
Roger V. Stevenson	....	cable person
Thomas Whiting	....	adr editor
John Roesch	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Larz Anderson	....	special effects
Albert Delgado	....	special effects
Ken Pepiot	....	special effects coordinator
Wayne Rose	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Paul Curley	....	matte cameraman
Rocco Gioffre	....	matte artist

Stunts
Bobby Aldridge	....	stunts
Tony Lee Boggs	....	utility stunts
Brian Burrows	....	stunts
R.J. Chambers	....	stunts
Chema	....	stunt double: Pamplona
Jerry Gatlin	....	co-stunt coordinator
Lance Gilbert	....	stunts
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunt coordinator
Tim Gilbert	....	stunts
Troy Gilbert	....	stunts
Michael Adams	....	stunt player (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dave Anderberg	....	grip
Steve Banister	....	second assistant camera
Rick A. Benedetto	....	electrician
Lee Blasingame	....	first assistant camera
Charles A. Carlsen	....	grip
Jim Carne	....	electrician
Alfonso Casado	....	camera loader: Pamplona
Doug Cowden	....	grip
Mark Davison	....	first assistant camera
Robert Eber	....	additional director of photography
Chris Espeset	....	dolly grip
Fernando Espiga	....	additional director of photography
Leigh Feitelberg	....	second assistant camera
Martin Fuhrer	....	director of photography: Pamplona
Eric Gigandet	....	key grip: Pamplona
Nathaniel Goodman	....	assistant camera: Pamplona
Ron Goodman	....	aerial camera operator
Don Hayashi	....	additional first assistant camera
Kim Heath	....	grip
Paul Iski	....	grip
Gary B. Kibbe	....	camera operator: second unit
Scott Kidner	....	lighting technician
Bill Knapp	....	assistant to still photographer
George Loomis	....	camera operator
Kyle T. MacDowell	....	grip
Melton Maxwell	....	gaffer
Bruce McBroom	....	still photographer
Tom Meyer	....	grip: Pamplona
Stephen Mullen	....	electrician
John Murphy	....	grip
Antonio Navarro	....	camera loader: Pamplona
Mark O'Kane	....	panaglide operator
Ray Ortega	....	electrician
William 'Bear' Paul	....	key grip
William Eddie Paul	....	grip
Ángel Rodríguez	....	grip: Pamplona
Andreas Schneuwly	....	assistant camera: Pamplona
Chuck Sharp	....	best boy electric (as Charles W. Sharp)
Gil Valle	....	second company grip
Dudley J. Voll	....	second assistant camera
Randy Woods	....	electrician
Jonathan Woolf	....	dolly grip
Ángel Yebra	....	assistant camera: Pamplona
Edward A. Gutentag	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Richard Kelley	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Animation Department
Bob Kurtz	....	animation director: title sequence
Gary Mooney	....	animator: title sequence

Casting Department
Pam Dixon	....	casting
Sylvia Fay	....	extras casting
Sally Jackson	....	casting: New Mexico
Kenneth Post	....	extras casting
Marla Shertz Wilson	....	casting assistant
Paul Garnica	....	background casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Timothy Alberts	....	wardrobe supervisor: New York
Barbara Ayers	....	costume supervisor
Deborah Lancaster	....	costume supervisor
Christopher Lawrence	....	costume supervisor
Mary Zophres	....	assistant costume designer (as Areti Mary Zophres)

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Bryan H. Carroll	....	assistant editor
Andrew Cerino	....	editing intern
Edward Malone	....	assistant editor
Insky Pearce	....	post-production assistant
Mark Perzely	....	assistant editor
Arthur Tostado	....	color timer

Music Department
Frank Bennett	....	additional orchestrator
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
James Ingram	....	music producer: "Where Did My Heart Go?"
Hummie Mann	....	composer: additional music
Hummie Mann	....	conductor
Mark McKenzie	....	conductor
Mark McKenzie	....	orchestrator
Lisa Morlas	....	assistant music editor
Joel Moss	....	music mixer
Joel Moss	....	music recordist
Thomas Richard Sharp	....	additional orchestrator (as Thom Sharp)
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Scott Stambler	....	music editor
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer
Frank Welker	....	special vocal effects
Sherry Whitfield	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Bo Falck	....	transportation coordinator
Troy Flynn	....	driver
Robert Gaskill	....	driver
Rick Mercier	....	transportation captain (as Richard Mercier)
Tony Mercier	....	transportation co-captain
Robert Bruce Robertson	....	driver
Russ Tolliver	....	production driver

Other crew
Howard Berger	....	mechanical animal effects
Michael Boyle	....	wrangler
Alison Cannon	....	accounting clerk (as Alison Belanger)
Geoffrey Casquias	....	security officer
Mitzie Corbin	....	production assistant
Leslie Cornyn	....	post-production accountant
Christy Dimmig	....	production coordinator: Pamplona
Dick Elder	....	representative: American Humane Association
Antonia Ellis	....	assistant to producers (as Toni Ellis)
Iddo Lampton Enochs Jr.	....	location manager
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Cliff Fleming	....	helicopter pilot
Barbara A. Hall	....	production associate
Steve Hanna	....	wrangler
Alison Harstedt	....	assistant production accountant
George Harvell	....	caterer
Barbara Heller	....	location manager
Bill Hill	....	location projectionist
Craig Hosking	....	helicopter pilot
K. Lenna Katich	....	production accountant (as K. Lenna Kunkel)
David Keane	....	production assistant
Jamie Kehoe	....	craft service
Joanna Kennedy	....	script supervisor: second unit, USA
Hector H. Kron	....	production assistant
Kent Kubena	....	production assistant
Robert Kurtzman	....	mechanical animal effects
Clay M. Lilley	....	wrangler
Jack Lilley	....	livestock coordinator
Richard Lilley	....	wrangler
David Linck	....	unit publicist
Ed Lish	....	representative: American Humane Association
Ross Loney	....	wrangler
James A. Maguire	....	location manager: Pamplona
Marc Makey	....	production assistant
Mickie McGowan	....	adr voice
Larry McKinney	....	wrangler
Kerry Lyn McKissick	....	script supervisor
Hwei-Chu Meng	....	production coordinator
Leigh A. Miller	....	assistant production coordinator
Darwin Mitchell	....	wrangler
Tom Morales	....	caterer
Leslie A. Morrow	....	production assistant
Gregory Nicotero	....	mechanical animal effects
Charlie O'Dowd	....	assistant production coordinator
Bettina Tendler O'Mara	....	product promotions
Sonya Ooten	....	production assistant
Reid Overstreet	....	wrangler
Ken Palmer	....	production assistant
Ernie Paul	....	production assistant
Carlos Pérez	....	translator: Pamplona
Stanley Pierce	....	wrangler
Lara Porzak	....	production assistant
Sol Rivera	....	production assistant
Darin Rivetti	....	production assistant
Richard Robbins	....	wrangler
Bob Roddy	....	set medic
David Rodgers	....	wrangler
Eduardo Gamez Rogers	....	translator: Pamplona
David Rudder	....	production assistant
Charlie Russell	....	wrangler
Frank Russell	....	wrangler
Teofilo Sanchez	....	medic
Steve Sass	....	aerial assistant
L. David Silva	....	production assistant (as David Silva)
Ginger Sledge	....	location scout
Carol Sonheim	....	animal trainer
Dan Spaethe	....	wrangler
Jilann Spitzmiller	....	production assistant
Katherine Stuart	....	assistant: Mr. Underwood
Chris Summerell	....	shotmaker operator
Charles Taylor	....	wrangler
Rose Topping	....	assistant to writers
Jose Luis Trivino	....	assistant location manager: Pamplona
Barbara W. Turman	....	accounting clerk
Susan Vanderbeek	....	production associate
Beverly Winston	....	script supervisor: second unit
Phillips Wylly Jr.	....	location manager
Jerry Young	....	wrangler gang boss
Laurie Arnow-Epstein	....	construction accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Castle Rock Entertainment
• Face Productions
• Nelson Entertainment (in association with) (presents)
• Sultan Entertainment

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• Jugendfilm-Verleih (1991) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Laurenfilm (1992) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Transmundo Films (1991) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (Brazil) (DVD)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1994) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Avsar Film (1991) (Turkey) (all media)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (1992) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (collector's edition)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Mundial Filmes (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• New Line Home Video (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Transmundo Home Video (THV) (1992) (Argentina) (VHS)

Special Effects

• K.N.B. Effects Group (mechanical animal effects)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Cinelease  lighting equipment
• Cinema Research  opticals
• Credit Lyonnais  bank services
• Direct Travel of California  travel services
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation
• Kurtz and Friends  animation
• Movin On Livestock  livestock coordinators
• Skywalker Sound South  re-recording facilities
• Sonoton Recorded Music  music
• Spacecam Systems  aerial camera
• Spilt Reel Recordings  sound transfers
• Sylvia Fay/Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting New York
• TAJ Soundworks  foley
• Tomkats Catering  catering
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• Warner Bros. Studio Facilities  music recorded at
• Wilkinson/Lipman  publicity

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:12 | UK:15 (TV rating) | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:12 | Norway:10 (1991) | Spain:T | Sweden:15 | USA:PG-13 | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Castle Rock Entertainment

Trivia:

The last scene Jack Palance filmed was moment where he and Billy Crystal are sitting at the campfire and singing trail songs.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mitch is talking to his wife on the plane, an extra in the background can be seen performing the same action twice in two different shots. The extra moves from his seat in the right of the screen to the left (implying he is going somewhere), and then it quickly cuts to Mitch, then back to wife and the same extra is getting up from his seat and performing the same action all over again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[running through the streets in front of angry bulls, deliberately]
Mitch Robbins: Whose idea was this anyway?

Movie Connections:

Featured in "SexTV: Legacy of the Cowboy/Blazing Saddles/Pony Play (#7.5)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

YOUNG AT HEART

The Big Little Movie

This is one that I think every guy should see at least once. I could really relate to the character of Mitch's questioning his job, and wondering what he should be doing with his life. I thought the movie frankly starts out with a rather serious mood, relaxed by the characters joking about their situations, but I liked that a lot. It makes you think about how heavy the responsibility of providing for a family really can be. The humor is totally great in this film as well. Crystal especially had me laughing all the time. And as others have said, it kind of surprises you how the story gets pretty emotional down the stretch. Almost cried, but not quite. I just watched it for the first time last weekend, gave it a 10, and look forward to watching it many times in the future.