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Urban Cowboy

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Urban Cowboy (1980)

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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 11  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.4/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 14 mins

Synopsis: John Travolta and Debra Winger star in this cowboy version of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, in which all the action takes place at Gilley's country-western bar, a rough-and-tumble honky-tonk in the heart of Houston. Travolta plays Bud, a young country farmer who moves to the city to find work at an oil... John Travolta and Debra Winger star in this cowboy version of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, in which all the action takes place at Gilley's country-western bar, a rough-and-tumble honky-tonk in the heart of Houston. Travolta plays Bud, a young country farmer who moves to the city to find work at an oil refinery and finds love with Sissy (Winger), a cowgirl of easy virtue and spirit. The two country-western singles fall in love on the dance floor of Gilley's and quickly marry only to discover that their workaday life is harder to cope with than they imagined, lightened only by hard-drinking weekends of glory at Gilley's, where they're both local heroes, line-dancin' and struttin' their stuff until dawn. In between crowd-pleasing rides on the club's mechanical bull, Bud and Sissy struggle to keep their new romance alive despite the competitive attentions of a new cowboy in town, a bull-riding ex-convict (Scott Glenn) who has his eye on Sissy. James Bridges's hard-driving drama glimmers with the intensity of the super saloon, capturing the wild and rough life of the modern cowboy. The soundtrack features musical performances from such greats as Bonnie Raitt, Mickey Gilley, Boz Scaggs, Kenny Rogers, and the Charlie Daniels Band. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith

Director: James Bridges

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 5, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital - English

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Kevin Koehler
Pretentious Musings
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Travolta & Winger sizzle

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03/16/07
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Time Out
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Pop-culture time capsule dominated by Winger's breakthrough performance.

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04/07/06
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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Jules Brenner
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07/06/05
Emanuel Levy
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A versatile, intriguing Travolta vehicle

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Clint Morris
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Nell Minow
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08/30/04
Vincent Canby
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07/05/04
Rebecca Murray
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Ultimately it's enjoyable Hollywood stuff.

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07/04/04
Jake Euker
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Urban Cowboy zeroes in the the desperate night life of frustrated individuals who find neither adventure nor fulfillment in their daytime existences.

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01/29/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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Movies that just create silly fads are destined to linger long after their gimmicks have become jokes.

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Scott Weinberg
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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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Flashy and silly; tries to be a country-Western "Saturday Night Fever," but misses the mark.

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01/19/03
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
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"aside from Winger, this soap opera is utterly dismal"

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07/29/02
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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07/29/02
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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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