City Slickers

City Slickers (1991)

Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1991-06-07

Country

United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Castle Rock Entertainment, Nelson Entertainment, Face Productions

Genre

Comedy, Western

Budget

$27 000 000

Revenue

$179 033 791

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Director

Ron Underwood

Actors

Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Lindsay Crystal, Noble Willingham, Jack Palance, Tracey Walter, Josh Mostel
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Scenario

Producer

Irby Smith, Billy Crystal

Operator

Dean Semler

Composer

Marc Shaiman

Artist

Audition

Pam Dixon, Sally Jackson

Editing

O. Nicholas Brown
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• Jack Palance (1919-2006) never saw the film until he received an "Oscar" for his work in it.
• When Billy Crystal's character talks about "the best day of his life," the actor is talking about something that actually happened to him in childhood, when he and his father went to a New York Yankees game at the stadium. Crystal himself says he still keeps the stadium program at home. Moreover, Mickey Mantle (1931-1995), a player on that team, left two autographs on that program – on the day of Crystal's childhood experience and on the day of an interview with him 20 years later.
• The actors in the film were offered several free horseback riding lessons, but Daniel Stern refused, wanting his inability to ride to be even more noticeable.
• Billy Crystal liked the horse provided for filming so much that he bought it after finishing work on the movie.
• Several takes were required to film the calving scene, so a dummy newborn calf was used. Billy Crystal assisted during the calving process. A total of six calves participated in the filming, and Crystal arranged for them to live on the farm until the end of their days (i.e., not to be slaughtered in their prime). Scenes with Crystal were filmed in Colorado, and scenes with Jack Palance (1919-2006) – in New York.
• Jack Palance (1919-2006) never saw a film until he received an Academy Award for his work in it.