The Cowboy Way (1994)

Director:

Gregg Champion

Writers (WGA):

Robert C. Thompson (story) and
William D. Wittliff (story) ...

Release Date:

3 June 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

How the East was won.

Plot:

Two buddies and championship rodeo partners travel to New York to find their missing friend, Nacho Salazar...

Plot Keywords:

New York | Daughter | Rodeo | Friendship | Cowboy

Cast

Woody Harrelson	...	Pepper Lewis
Kiefer Sutherland	...	Sonny Gilstrap
Dylan McDermott	...	John Stark
Ernie Hudson	...	Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
Cara Buono	...	Teresa Salazar
Marg Helgenberger	...	Margarette
Tomas Milian	...	Manny Huerta
Luis Guzmán	...	Chango
Angel Caban	...	Boca
Matthew Cowles	...	Pop Fly
Joaquín Martínez	...	Nacho Salazar
Kristin Baer	...	Melba
Christian Aubert	...	Jacques
Emmanuel Xuereb	...	Gaston
Francie Swift	...	Desk Clerk at Waldorf Astoria

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Australia:M | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Imagine Entertainment

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Obvious (white) stunt driver when Shaw is driving a taxi to try and catch up with Pepper and Sonny near the end of the film.

Quotes:

Sonny: So, what did you do to make the money to buy this? You didn't give that old lady a fake check did you?
Pepper: No, of course not.
[under his breath]
Pepper: Bitch wouldn't take a check.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Bucks (#2.11)" (2000)

Soundtrack:

Freedom Stomp

Not a great movie, but...

This is by no means the best movie I've ever seen, but I must confess (however guiltily) that I enjoyed it a great deal more than the reviewers I consulted led me to expect I might. -- Kiefer Sutherland and Woody Harrelson are appealing as the two male leads, old rodeo friends who had a major falling out years before but now find themselves teamed up to help an old friend find his daughter. Their adventures in urban New York City are, by turns, humorous and suspenseful. Dylan McDermott demonstrates some considerable acting range as a sleazy weasel. The inevitable chase scene through downtown Manhattan somehow seems fresh and exciting. -- No one will confuse this piece with High Art, but one could spend one's time in worse ways...