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11	''Urban Cowboy'' is a 1980 American western romantic drama film directed by James Bridges that captures the late 1970s and early 1980s popularity of {{country music}} with Creator/JohnTravolta starring in the leading role of Buford ‘Bud’ Ian Davis after ''Film/{{Grease}}'' and ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''.
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13	Bud Davis is a country boy moving to the city, visiting his uncle where he takes a job at refinery where his uncle works. Bud soon meets cowgirl Sissy (Creator/DebraWinger) and they fall in love, suddenly getting married. However, their marriage is shattered when Bud sees Sissy allegedly seeing con man Wes (Creator/ScottGlenn), who teaches her how to ride the mechanical bull and plans to rob Gilly’s. When a bull-riding contest is announced, Bud decides to sign up. Can he win the contest and save his marriage to Sissy?
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15	The film receiving positive reviews from critics, earning a 73% "fresh" rating on Website/RottenTomatoes and grossing almost $47 million in the United States alone, recovering Travolta from the 1978 flop ''Film/MomentByMoment''.
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18	!!Provides examples of:
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20	%%* AntiHero: Bud himself.
21	* BerserkButton: Discovering Wes' abuse of Sissy does not sit well with Bud, to put it lightly.
22	%%* BigBad: Wes.
23	%%* BigFun: Uncle Bob.
24	* DueToTheDead: Bud can't begrudge Sissy for giving this to [[spoiler: Uncle Bob when she attends his funeral]], despite being on bad terms with her.
25	* FourthDateMarriage: Bud and Sissy, and though they try for a divorce not long afterward, the entire film proves that for once, this is justified.
26	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Pam at the end of the film, realizing Bud and Sissy really do love each other, while she and Bud do not. She only assures him if he ever wants to make his wife jealous, she'll be there.
27	* IWantSong: Mickey Gilley's cover of "Stand By Me" could be seen as a non-singing example for Bud and Sissy; both want the other to stand by them, but they're both so angry at each other, they go off with Pam and Wes to make each other jealous.
28	%%* {{Jerkass}}: Bud and Wes.
29	%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Bud.
30	%%* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Uncle Bob.]]
31	%%* LightningBruiser: Bud and Wes, again.
32	* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Uncle Bob]] gets killed in an explosion after the plant is struck by lightning, his last words being giving advice to Bud.
33	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Bud would've killed Wes without a second thought at the film's ending after discovering his abuse of Sissy.
34	* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Film/SaturdayNightFever''. Doubles as a SpiritualAntithesis, as both are films about popular genres of music that star Creator/JohnTravolta, but whereas ''Fever'' was about {{disco}}, a glamorous and decadent genre with roots in the nightclubs of UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity and UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}, this film is about CountryMusic, a genre with a strong emphasis on tradition and [[EverytownAmerica Middle American conservatism]]. It is also a LighterAndSofter film than ''Fever'', where Tony's involvement in the disco scene is presented as an escape from his real problems that ultimately doesn't work out for him, while Bud gets a happier ending.
35	* ThickerThanWater: It's clear Uncle Bob and Aunt Corene don't really approve of Bud running off with Pam after more or less dumping Pam, but they still love him no matter what.
36	* TookALevelInBadass: Bud gets ''really'' good on the mechanical bull by the end.

Context Film / UrbanCowboy