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Rancho Deluxe

  • 1975
  • R
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
2K
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Rancho Deluxe (1975)
Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.
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Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.

  • Director
    • Frank Perry
  • Writer
    • Thomas McGuane
  • Stars
    • Jeff Bridges
    • Sam Waterston
    • Elizabeth Ashley
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    2K
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    • Director
      • Frank Perry
    • Writer
      • Thomas McGuane
    • Stars
      • Jeff Bridges
      • Sam Waterston
      • Elizabeth Ashley
    • 25User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    Rancho Deluxe (1975)
    Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston in Rancho Deluxe (1975)
    Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston in Rancho Deluxe (1975)
    Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston in Rancho Deluxe (1975)
    Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston in Rancho Deluxe (1975)
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    Jeff Bridges
    Jeff Bridges
    • Jack McKee
    Sam Waterston
    Sam Waterston
    • Cecil Colson
    Elizabeth Ashley
    Elizabeth Ashley
    • Cora Brown
    Clifton James
    Clifton James
    • John Brown
    Slim Pickens
    Slim Pickens
    • Henry Beige
    Charlene Dallas
    Charlene Dallas
    • Laura Beige
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Harry Dean Stanton
    • Curt
    Richard Bright
    Richard Bright
    • Burt
    Patti D'Arbanville
    Patti D'Arbanville
    • Betty Fargo
    Maggie Wellman
    • Mary Fargo
    Joe Spinell
    Joe Spinell
    • Mr. Colson
    • (as Joseph Spinell)
    Bert Conway
    • Wilbur Fargo
    Anthony Palmer
    Anthony Palmer
    • Karl
    Richard McMurray
    Richard McMurray
    • Mr. McKee
    Danna Hansen
    • Mrs. McKee
    Doria Cook-Nelson
    Doria Cook-Nelson
    • Anna
    • (as Doria Cooke)
    Helen Craig
    Helen Craig
    • Mrs. Castle
    Richard Cavanaugh
    • Livestock Judge
    • Director
      • Frank Perry
    • Writer
      • Thomas McGuane
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      At the Wrangler, Jimmy Buffett's backup band features not only local Livingston resident (at the time) Warren Oates, but also neighbor, film screenwriter and future brother-in-law Thomas McGuane (with the long hair playing mandolin).
    • Goofs
      Jack and Cecil use a chain saw to cut up the cattle they steal. That is a very messy way to cut a steer into quarters, throwing blood and bits of flesh out in a spray, but both rustlers get into the truck without a spot on them.
    • Quotes

      Mr. Colson: I've seen more of this state's poor cowboys, miners, railroaders and Indians go broke buyin' pickup trucks. The poor people of this state are dope fiends for pickup trucks. As soon's they get ten cents ahead they trade in on a new pickup truck. The families, homesteads, schools, hospitals and happiness of Montana have been sold down the river to buy pickup trucks!... And there's a sickness here worse than alcohol and dope. It is the pickup truck debt! And there's no cure in sight.

    • Alternate versions
      Television version features two additional minutes of alternate footage and runs 95 minutes.
    • Connections
      Features Pong (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      Rancho Deluxe
      Written and Performed by Jimmy Buffett

    User reviews25

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    A Pickup Truck Full of Sly Humor
    Genuine sleeper. Was there ever anyone better at playing a "good ole' boy" than the Hollywood-bred Jeff Bridges. Here he's an upper-class dropout turned Montana cattle rustler, of all things. When he and Indian partner Sam Waterston aren't shooting steers or cavorting with the girls, they're making plans for their Rancho Deluxe where they'll retire in luxury. That is, if inept rancher Clifton James doesn't catch them first. Back in my old Saturday matinée days, rustlers rode horses and captured whole herds, while ranchers gathered in posses and tracked them down. Not now. Instead the boys ride in pickups and chainsaw the steer where it drops, while the two-man posse gets a bird's eye view from a helicopter, not that it does rancher James any good.

    Chuckles galore in this crafty screenplay that manages some neat twists and a whole truck load of colorful characters. There's James's wife (Ashley), sort of a slick Montana version of Lady Chatterley, along with lucky ranch hand Harry Dean Stanton who makes first-class use of a skinny aspen tree. Then there's broken-down cattle detective Slim Pickens. You know, the guy last seen riding Dr. Strangelove's A-bomb into the smithereens of a Soviet city, along with comely daughter Charlene Dallas who's also an occasional virgin. I hope whoever did the sharp-eyed casting here got a bonus. They certainly deserved one.

    Actually, my favorite part is when Waterston gets together on a lake bank with wise, old Dad. Now, I was always told that drink was the curse of the working class, or maybe it was work itself. Anyhow, not so, says Dad, at least not so in Montana. Instead, says Dad, Montana's curse is the pickup truck. Everybody stays broke because everybody has to have one. Get a few bucks and what do they do—they buy a pickup, afford it or not. In fact, the state is being impoverished and overrun by these 4-wheel critters. Anyway, it's a humorous and apparently incisive observation from novelist McGuane himself.

    Then too, for those who've ever wondered where the store-bought flies so beloved by fishermen come from, the movie answers the burning question. And speaking of shotgun marriage, watch Bridges teach the interlopers a lesson in bedroom manners in a humorous bit that stands expectation on its head. All in all, the 90 minutes remains an oddball and unromantic look at the modern frontier. But with the clever script and colorful characters, the movie also amounts to a light-hearted and slyly understated treat.
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    • Feb 27, 2009

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    • Was that Warren Oates playing the mouth organ in Buffett's band at the Wrangler?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 14, 1975 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ранчо Делюкс
    • Filming locations
      • Livingston, Montana, USA
    • Production company
      • Elliott Kastner Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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