City Slickers

City Slickers
Theatrical release poster by John Alvin
Directed byRon Underwood
Written byLowell Ganz
Babaloo Mandel
Produced byIrby Smith
Starring
CinematographyDean Semler
Edited byO. Nicholas Brown
Music byMarc Shaiman
Production
companies
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 7, 1991 (1991-06-07)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "DVD & film details". Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2008. giving "an estimated budget of $26 million". Tower.com. Retrieved July 10, 2008.
  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog". AFI.com. A 30 Nov 1990 [Variety] news item indicated that the budget had climbed to $26 million.
  3. ^ "City Slicker (1991)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 30, 2023.