Yesterday they were businessmen. Today they’re cowboys. Tomorrow they’ll be walking funny. To escape the monotony of their humdrum lives, a trio of New York friends embark on a Wild West vacation where they will have to navigate a two-week cattle drive and their own midlife crises. Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, and Bruno Kirby star, while scene-stealer Jack Palance scored a Best Supporting Actor Oscar win for his performance as their grizzled trail boss Curly.
“City Slickers comes packaged as one kind of movie – a slapstick comedy about white-collar guys on a dude ranch – and it delivers on that level while surprising me by being much more ambitious, and successful, than I expected. This is the proverbial comedy with the heart of truth, the tear in the eye along with the belly laugh. It’s funny, and it adds up to something.” – Roger Ebert
