History Film / CitySlickers

"Dad, we're dentists, what are we gonna do, give him a cleaning?!"

Jack Palance won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Curly. ''City Slickers'' was followed in 1994 by ''City Slickers II: [[StockSubtitle The Legend of Curly's Gold]]'', which was not as well-received as the original.

-->"We're the only ones with any medical training." \\
"What exactly are we gonna do, Dad, give him a cleaning?!"

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: Duke found the missing piece of the map and a gold bar as proof of the treasure's existence]].
** Though they likely never really intended to follow through on it, a third film would have had ''exactly'' the same plot as II, just with a different ending.

* ActorAllusion: In one scene, Curly is seen performing one-armed push-ups (which Palance also did on stage at the Oscars). In ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'', he lends his voice to the character Rothbart, who does the same thing.

* HandWave: In ''Legend'', Duke's asked where he's been during his time away from Curly. He responds "You writin' a book?" and no-one asks him that question again.

** During a Montage, Mitch sings the "''{{Rawhide}}''" theme with spoofy altered lyrics.:

Man my ass is swollin'\\

!! CitySlickers contains examples of:
* ActorAllusion: In one scene, Curly is seen performing one-armed push-ups (which Palance also did on stage at the Oscars). In ''TheSwanPrincess'', he lends his voice to the character Rothbart, who does the same thing.

* BackupTwin: ''CitySlickers II'' has this in the form of Duke, Curly's equally-scary twin brother. The reason given for his absence, and not even being mentioned, in the first movie is that he and Curly weren't on speaking terms, he was out on the sea, and Curly didn't exactly talk about his personal life to a guy he met yesterday all that much anyway.

* CitySlicker: Pretty much the entire cast.

* HandWave: in Legend, Duke's asked where he's been during his time away from Curly. He responds "You writin' a book?" and no-one asks him that question again.

* AwardBaitSong: "Where Did My Heart Go?" by Marc Shaiman.

* RealLifeRelative: Mitch's daughter is played by Billy Crystal's daughter Lindsay. Her older sister appears as a jogger in CitySlickers 2.

* StagedShooting: At the end of ''CitySlickers 2'', the target is so startled that even ''he'' doesn't realize he wasn't shot.

* TakingTheBullet: Parodied in ''CitySlickers II'' when Glen takes a bullet for Billy Crystal's character, shares some tearful last words with his brother, and black out... then immediately revives upon discovering the bullet was a blank.

* TreasureMap: Subverted in ''CitySlickers II'' [[spoiler:since it was a fake map leading to fake treaure as part of an "adventure tour". Then Double Subverted, when it turns out there ''was'' gold hidden elsewhere in the desert.]].

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Ed, who was one of the main characters in the first film, isn't even mentioned in the second film.

* PutOnABus: Bonnie Rayburn (Helen Slater) tells everyone she's going off to bed...and is neither seen nor mentioned for the rest of the movie.

* UnsettlinggenderReveal: Interspecies example in the second movie, when Glen decides to help out around the house by milking the cow Mitch acquired in the first movie:

* DroppedABridgetOnHim: Interspecies example in the second movie, when Glen decides to help out around the house by milking the cow Mitch acquired in the first movie:
-->'''Glen:''' There is something wrong with your cow. I reach under there and I'm pulling, tugging, tugging, pulling, nothing, not a drop. \\
'''Mitch:''' The cow's name is Norman. You were pulling on his dick. \\
'''Glen:''' [[BrainBleach I'm gonna go wash up.]]

* RetroactiveRecognition: [[ArrestedDevelopment Jeffrey]] [[TheLarrySandersShow Tambor]] has a cameo as Mitch's boss.
** Also, Jake Gyllenhaal appears as Mitch's son (in his film debut).

* ActorAllusion: In one scene (and on stage at the Oscars), Curly is seen performing one-armed push-ups. In ''TheSwanPrincess'', he lends his voice to the character Rothbart, who does the same thing.

''City Slickers'' (1991) is a comedy film, directed by Ron Underwood. The main stars were Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Helen Slater, Jack Palance and Bruno Kirby. The film is about a group of men experiencing a collective midlife crisis. Phil Berquist (Stern) is stuck managing his father-in-law's grocery store, while trapped in a sexless marriage with an overbearing wife, and Ed Furillo (Kirby) is a successful businessman and playboy, struggling with the idea of monogamous marriage and the pressure to have kids.

At the 39th birthday party of Mitch Robbins (Crystal), Phil and Ed present their joint birthday present: a two-week Southwestern cattle drive for all three men. At the insistence of his wife Barbara (Patricia Wettig), Mitch accepts the gift, traveling with his friends to New Mexico, where they meet the other participants of the cattle drive and learn the ropes of moving the herd, guided by the grizzled, tough-as-nails boss of the whole operation, Curly (Palance).

* TheSmurfettePrinciple[=/=]ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Bonnie Rayburn (Helen Slater) tells everyone she is going to bed...and is never seen or mentioned again for the rest of the movie.

* RealLifeRelative: Mitch's daughter is played by Billy Crystals daughter Lindsay. Her older sister appears as a jogger in CitySlickers 2.

* ItGotWorse: From the second movie:
-->'''Mitch:''' You ever walk in on our parents doing it? \\
'''Glen:''' No, have you? \\
'''Mitch:''' Yeah. \\
'''Glen:''' That's a horrible thing for a little kid to see. \\
'''Mitch:''' [[NewerThanTheyThink This was last week in Florida!]] \\
'''Glen:''' Uhh! \\
'''Mitch:''' [[BrainBleach It was on the kitchen table.]] \\
'''Glen:''' Uhhh! \\
'''Mitch:''' And an hour later we ''[[{{Squick}} ate]]'' [[NauseaFuel on that table!]]

''City Slickers'' (1991) is a comedy film, directed by RonUnderwood. The main stars were Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Helen Slater, Jack Palance and Bruno Kirby. The film is about a group of men experiencing a collective midlife crisis. Phil Berquist (Stern) is stuck managing his father-in-law's grocery store, while trapped in a sexless marriage with an overbearing wife, and Ed Furillo (Kirby) is a successful businessman and playboy, struggling with the idea of monogamous marriage and the pressure to have kids.

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[[caption-width:250:Classic Western movie poster, just add Billy Crystal!]]

''CitySlickers'' (1991) is a comedy film, directed by RonUnderwood. The main stars were Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Helen Slater, Jack Palance and Bruno Kirby. The film is about a group of men experiencing a collective midlife crisis. Phil Berquist (Stern) is stuck managing his father-in-law's grocery store, while trapped in a sexless marriage with an overbearing wife, and Ed Furillo (Kirby) is a successful businessman and playboy, struggling with the idea of monogamous marriage and the pressure to have kids.

At the 39th birthday party of Mitch Robbins (Crystal), Phil and Ed present their joint birthday present: a two-week Southwestern cattle drive for all three men. At the insistence of his wife Barbara (PatriciaWettig), Mitch accepts the gift, traveling with his friends to New Mexico, where they meet the other participants of the cattle drive and learn the ropes of moving the herd, guided by the grizzled, tough-as-nails boss of the whole operation, Curly (Palance).

Jack Palance won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Curly. ''CitySlickers'' was followed in 1994 by ''CitySlickers II: [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo The Legend of Curly's Gold]]'', which was not as well-received as the original.