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Urban Cowboy
- Director: James Bridges
- Writer: Aaron Latham; James Bridges
- Producer: Irving Azoff; C.O. Erickson
CGiii Comment
Macho men and butch women...basically, it's all white, trailer trash.
Made well before the onset of Travolta's plastic facial deformity...he plays a dumb, posturing prick...rather convincingly as it happens.
The script is weaker than a wet tissue...and, the length is excruciatingly long.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Bud Davis is a country boy who moves to the city to visit his uncle and his family. He starts hanging out at Gilley's, the popular nightclub owned by Mickey Gilley himself. He takes a job at the oil refinery where his uncle works, hoping to save enough money to buy some land. He also meets a cowgirl named Sissy, they dance together, fall in love and suddenly get married. And then their marriage is shattered when Bud sees Sissy allegedly seeing con man Wes, who teaches her how to ride the mechanical bull... and plans to rob Gilley's. When a bull-riding contest at Gilley's is announced, Bud decides to sign up. Can he win the contest and save his marriage to Sissy?
Cast & Characters
John Travolta as Bud;
Debra Winger as Sissy;
Scott Glenn as Wes;
Madolyn Smith Osborne as Pam;
Barry Corbin as Uncle Bob;
Brooke Alderson as Aunt Corene;
Cooper Huckabee as Marshall;
James Gammon as Steve Strange;
Mickey Gilley as Himself;
Johnny Lee as Himself