City Slickers | |
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Directed by | Ron Underwood |
Written by | Lowell Ganz Babaloo Mandel |
Produced by | Irby Smith |
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Cinematography | Dean Semler |
Edited by | O. Nicholas Brown |
Music by | Marc Shaiman |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $26 million[1][2] |
Box office | $179 million[3] |
City Slickers is a 1991 American Western comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby and Jack Palance, with supporting roles by Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater and Noble Willingham, and Jake Gyllenhaal making his acting debut.
The film's screenplay was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel, and it was shot in New York City; New Mexico; Durango, Colorado; and Spain. For his performance, Palance won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
A sequel titled The Legend of Curly's Gold was released in 1994 with the same cast, with the exception of Kirby, who was replaced by Jon Lovitz.
A 30 Nov 1990 [Variety] news item indicated that the budget had climbed to $26 million.