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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Salesrank: 9597
Released: June 3, 2008 |
| Our Price: $7.14 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Comic genius Billy Crystal (When Harry Met Sally) stars in this hilarious film about cowboys, careers and mid-life crises. Co-starring Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby and Jack Palance in an Academy AwardÂ(r)-winning* role, City Slickers is "the rowdiest western jokefest since Blazing Saddles" (Rolling Stone). It'll rope you in... and keep you laughing from first frame to last! New Yorker Mitch Robbins (Crystal) is 39 and miserable. He's tired of his job and bored with his life. And his two best friends Ed, (Kirby) and Phil (Stern), aren't doing much better. So when they all decide to chase their troubles away with a fantasy vacation, Mitch and his pals trade their briefcases for saddle bags and set out to find freedom and adventure herding cattle under the wide New Mexico sky. But what they discover instead is scorching sun, sore backsides... and more insight into themselves and each other than they ever thought possible!
City Slickers (Collector's Edition) Reviews:
The Greatest "Guy" Movie Ever (Yet, With Feeling) 
2009-08-03 - As old as the "Men are from Mars, Women are from Jupiter" ponderings is the difference between "guy" films and "chick flicks". Though not trying to stereotype the genders too much here, the camp of movie-goers that will watch "The Notebook" or "A Walk To Remember" have different hormones flowing through them as those that go to "Terminator Salvation" or "Rambo IV". There's just a fundamental difference that often cannot be overcome by either gender.
"City Slickers", however, is the rare film that, while being a complete "guy" film, also proves to be as introspective as any emotional drama. Basically, "Slickers" tells the story of a middle-aged man named Mitch (played superbly by Billy Crystal) who undergoes a mid-life crisis. He works a dead-end job, has kids that think he is an "old fart", can't keep up on his best friend's big adventures (the film opens with the trio of buds running from the bulls in Spain), and is on the verge of complete depression. However, an opportunity (two weeks herding cattle at a Dude Ranch) presents itself for Mitch to be able to re-capture his youth, and he reluctantly takes it. Over the course of the trip, Mitch (and his pals, by extension) slowly but surely (and with often hilarious results!) begins to recapture the excitement that seemed to have been missing from his life.
Besides the inspiring storyline that rivals any feel-good film, "Slickers" vaults itself into the stratosphere with the quality of both its humor and acting. The jokes in this film, while not the physical comedy of, say, Jim Carrey, are still hilarious, and mirror the changes that each friend is going through. Speaking of those friends, Phil and Ed (played by Daniel Stern and Bruno Kirby, respectively), they each in turn provide the perfect compliment to Mitch's old-age crisis...Ed is the go-getter who never seems to slow down, while Phil is stuck in a heartless marriage and wishes he could just start over. The camraderie, struggles, and real-life discussions between those three guys provides the emotional backbone of the film. Plus, the auxiliary characters (including Jack Palance as the trail-hardened cowherd Curly) each add their own take on life into the picture.
Towards the end of the film, Mitch proclaims that he has finally found his "one thing" in life. Though that "one thing" is never revealed, that is actually the point...everyone must go out and find it for him/her self (much like the viewer may begin to contemplate while watching). So guys, the next time your significant other wants to watch another two Kleenex-box romance, suggest this film as a change of pace (but make sure she watches the whole thing...as the meat of the message is saved for the finale). She may not laugh at all the same things you do (which will be pretty much everything!), but she may also come away with a bit better of a perspective on what it's like to be a guy.
Memorable Comedy
2009-05-25 - This is one of those movies that comes along and is so unique that you can't decide whether or not Billy Crystal or Jack Palance is the star. They both deliver excellent performances as well as in City Slickers II.
Another old disc in new package 
2009-02-19 - Like others have indicated I also have a beef with Amazon on this title. First they sent me the standard edition in the standard edition packaging while charging for the Collector's edition. It was returned upopened and then they sent me the so-called Collector's edition. Only the case was the collector's ediiton, the disc inside was the original release with none of the special features. Is this an accident or is it deliberate? It certainly happens enough to raise the question. It ssems like the line between doing business and out right dishonesty is getting razor thin. I recently purchased two blu-ray players from Amazon and both were defective. In the future I will continue to purchase from Amazon.com but only from selling partners.
DO NOT BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON!
2008-12-16 - I received this DVD "City Slicker's the collector's Edition"(this is what it says on the DVD case) on 12-12-08, But when I put it in my player, it was just the regular version of "City Slickers"!!!! I've ordered dozens of DVD's from Amazon the past 2 years without any problems, until, "City Slicker's collector's Edition!" I do not blame Amazon for letting this happen once, BUT, when this happens at least twice, and they continue to sell it anyway, I think that's wrong!:( If I were Amazon, I would pull all of their stock of this movie and not sell it until the problem is corrected!!! So the saying goes, "One is either a part of the solution, or a part of the problem..."
A Definite Slicker 
2008-12-15 - I ordered this because it was supposed to be the Collector's Edition with Commentary, Featurettes & Deleted scenes. I received it and, while the cover states it is the Collector's Edition with the extras, it is not. So I returned it to Amazon, asking them to replace it, which they did remarkably quickly. Problem is, the replacement is exactly like the first one I received -- no commentary, no featurettes, no deleted scenes although the cover says they are there. So now I am trying to contact someone at MGM or Fox to sort this out. (Having no luck at that but I will continue to try.) I can't blame Amazon for having received mismarked packaging. I love the movie but I bought this as a replacement so I would have the extras and, alas, the extras are not there, so the rating is two stars because the product is not as advertised.
