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Urban Cowboy

1980

James Bridges

John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Cooper Huckabee ...

5.2

891

Romance. Drama. Western John Travolta and Debra Winger star in this cowboy version of SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, in which all the action takes place at Gilleys 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"Bridges shows an extraordinary gift for directing actors, and he gets a string of marvelous, fresh performances"	POS
United States	AV Club	"Unfortunately, Urban Cowboy is dull one time too often to qualify as entertaining kitsch"	NEU
United States	Gary Arnold The Washington Post	"An absurdly upbeat romantic vehicle for John Travolta."	NEG

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