City Slickers: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)
"City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold" (original title)

Shortly after their first western adventure, Mitch Robbins and his friends discover a treasure map that belonged to their late trail guide Curly and set out to discover its secrets.

Director:

Paul Weiland

Writers:

Lowell Ganz (characters), Babaloo Mandel (characters),

Stars:

Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Billy Crystal	...	Mitch Robbins
Daniel Stern	...	Phil Berquist
Jon Lovitz	...	Glen Robbins
Jack Palance	...	Duke Washburn
Patricia Wettig	...	Barbara Robbins
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Bud
Bill McKinney	...	Matt
Lindsay Crystal	...	Holly Robbins
Beth Grant	...	Lois
Noble Willingham	...	Clay Stone
David Paymer	...	Ira Shalowitz
Josh Mostel	...	Barry Shalowitz
Jayne Meadows	...	Mitch's Mother
Alan Charof	...	Mitch's Father
Kenneth S. Allen	...	Annoyed Man in Library

Storyline

The second part of City Slickers begins after the death of Curly. It is the 40th birthday of Mitch Robbins and the day begins quite good until he returns home (after a hard day at the radio station) and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Nevertheless he is about to have a wonderful birthday-night with his wife when he discovers a treasure map of Curly by chance. Together with Phil (from the first part) and unfortunately with Glen he tries to find the hidden gold of Curly's father in the desert of Arizona instead of attending a meeting in Las Vegas. The adventurous journey reveals many surprises until everything seems to be over when the map gets lost...

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Plot Keywords:

map | treasure | treasure map | gold | birthday | 

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Taglines:

They're back in the saddle!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for a comic sex scene and off color humor

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 June 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

City Slickers II

Filming Locations:

Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$43,522,360 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castle Rock Entertainment, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Face Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The horse that Billy Crystal rode in this movie is called Beach Nut and he is the same horse that Crystal rode in the first City Slickers.

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Goofs

The cooler's lid in the wagon going over the cliff.

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Quotes

Phil: Please don't tell my kids I died taking a shit.

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Connections

Spoofed in American Dad!: Stanny Slickers II: The Legend of Ollie's Gold (2008)

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Soundtracks

"The Godfather Waltz"
Composed by Nino Rota

User Reviews

Ultimately disappointing

A lot of the time I avoid sequels to successful comedies, but "City Slickers II" received some fairly good ratings, so I decided to check it out. Unfortunately, I found this film just not funny or emotional enough, and it felt a bit unoriginal. There are some things that had potential, such as Billy Crystal thinking he sees his old friend Curly at several places, as well as his dream at the beginning of the film, which was worth a few laughs. One problem is that the jokes just do not feel original here, and this film uses the exact same gag from the previous film in which Crystal mouths the words his mother says when she calls on the phone. Neither Crystal or Daniel Stern is very funny here. Jack Palance is pretty good, but not flawless as with the previous movie that won him an Oscar. One downfall to this film is the addition of Jon Lovitz, who cannot act and behave like a child most of the time. There were good scenes, such as Palance discussing his relationship with his brother and such, but ultimately the film becomes cheesy and anticlimactic. There are some fairly off-color scenes as well, one thing that earned this film a PG-13 rating. If you want my advice, stick with the original, a funny film that had good jokes, emotion, and even some lessons, and somehow felt like an original, good comedy.

**1/2 out of ****