Urban Cowboy (film)

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the country music trend of the same name, see Urban Cowboy .

Movie
German title	Urban cowboy
Original title	Urban cowboy
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1980
length	135 minutes
Age rating	FSK 16
Rod
Director	James Bridges
script	James Bridges, Aaron Latham
production	Robert Evans , Irving Azoff
music	Ralph Burns
camera	Reynaldo Villalobos (as Ray Villalobos)
cut	David Rawlins
occupation
John Travolta : Bud Davis Debra Winger : Sissy Scott Glenn : Wes Madolyn Smith Osborne : Pam (as Madolyn Smith) Barry Corbin : Uncle Bob Brooke Alderson : Aunt Corene Cooper Huckabee : Marshall James Gammon : Steve Strange Mickey Gilley : as himself Johnny Lee : as himself Bonnie Raitt : as herself Charlie Daniels : As Himself (as Charlie Daniels Band ) Taz Di Gregorio : as himself (as Charlie Daniels Band) Charlie Hayward : As Himself (as Charlie Daniels Band)

Urban Cowboy is a film drama from director James Bridges from the year 1980 with John Travolta in the lead role.

action

Bud Davis, a young laborer, moves from the small rural town of Spur, Texas, to Pasadena, Texas. He lives temporarily with his uncle Bob and his aunt Corene and finds work at a refinery in the east of the oil metropolis of Houston. He spends his evenings in the huge saloon "Gilley's Club", where he proves his talent on the mechanical bull .

He gets to know the young woman Sissy, marries her, loses her and finally wins her back.

background

Charlie Daniels 1979 on the stage of "Gilley's".

The real "Gilley's Club" with space for 5500 visitors in Pasadena served as the backdrop for most of the film. The club operator Mickey Gilley, like Charlie Daniels, plays himself as the leader of the house band.

Aaron Latham is a journalist and screenwriter from Spur himself in Texas. He published an extensive diary about the making of the film.

reception

Reviews

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a "[l] slow-paced touching piece" and that "the setting and songs remain just as accessories as the uncritically reproduced Western myths".

Awards

Actress Debra Winger was nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 1981 in the categories of Best Young Actress and Best Supporting Actress . She also received a nomination for the BAFTA Film Award .

Web links

• Urban Cowboy in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Urban Cowboy atRotten Tomatoes(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Urban Cowboy. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film Service , accessed February 12, 2013 .  
2. ↑ Mickey Gilley: Cowboy Chic to Stay? Reading Eagle, November 30, 1980, accessed June 8, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Aaron Latham: Diary of Urban Cowboy. Starring John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn No.1. Archived from the original on January 12, 2010 ; accessed on June 8, 2018 .