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Director: James Bridges
Starring: John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Barry Corbin, James Gammon, Madolyn Smith.
If there is a drama that is more dated than this one, I can’t think of it. It’s set in the urban cowboy period 25 yrs ago. It is politically incorrect, packed with wall-to-wall country music, Texas drawls, eighties hair, and really flashy shirts, but, sheee-it, I lak it anyways! Debra Winger plays a really cute cowgirl, Scott Glenn makes a cool bad guy and John Travolta is great in everything he does.
Urban Cowboy tells the story of Bud (Travolta) and Sissy (Winger) who meet at Gilley’s, a real country bar in Houston. They fall in love, fight, make up and fight some more as they live their, blue-collar lives. There is a twangy country soundtrack, lots of cowboy hats and really great characters. Plus, it has the sexiest mechanical bull-riding scene, ever, not that there are too many competitors for that title.
Not everyone is going to like this. You will have to like 80’s country music and know that this is a period piece if there ever was one. The acting is very strong and the story is pretty good and does a great job of capturing the mood of the urban cowboy craze in all its glory and silliness.
