| Rustlers' Rhapsody | |
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| Directed by | Hugh Wilson |
| Written by | Hugh Wilson |
| Produced by | David Giler Walter Hill |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | José Luis Alcaine |
| Edited by | John Victor Smith (supervising editor) |
| Music by | Steve Dorff |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $6,090,497 |
Rustlers' Rhapsody is a 1985 American comedy–Western film. It is a parody of many Western conventions, most visibly of the singing cowboy films that were prominent in the 1930s and the 1940s. The film was written and directed by Hugh Wilson, who was supposedly inspired by working at CBS Studio Center, the former Republic Pictures backlot.[citation needed] It stars Tom Berenger as a stereotypical good-guy cowboy, Rex O'Herlihan, who is drawn out of a black-and-white film and transferred into a more self-aware setting. Patrick Wayne, son of Western icon John Wayne, co-stars, along with Andy Griffith, Fernando Rey, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner and Sela Ward.
Henner was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award as Worst Supporting Actress.[2]
- ^ Pat H. Broeske (December 23, 1984). "The Western Movie Rides Out Again: Westerns Westerns". The Washington Post. p. F1.
- ^ Wilson, John (2005). The Official Razzie Movie Guide: Enjoying the Best of Hollywood's Worst. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 0-446-69334-0.