Reviews of Urban Cowboy 1980
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March Movie Madness-March 21st-The Letter "U"
Urban Cowboy stars John Travolta as a cowboy living in Texas who moves to a bigger city for work. He meets a woman in a local favorite bar and they begin a relationship and get married very quickly. Soon problems in marriage arise once another man comes back in town also takes interest in Travolta's wife. The two men, and wife also are envious of each other's mechanical bull-riding skills.
I wouldn't normally like…
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March Madness 2013 – No Re-Watch Edition.
"All cowboys ain't dumb. Some of 'em got smarts real good, like me."
Ahh. Steel guitar. Two-steppin. Cotton-Eyed Joe. Lone Star long necks. Homesick for Texas is what this movie makes me feel. Also, who doesn't love Debra Winger? Don't be ignorant - you know you love her. -
I can count on one hand the amount of Travolta films and performances that I find outstanding, and "Urban Cowboy" is definitely among them. James Bridges, one of the most under-appreciated filmmakers of the 70's and 80's, does a brilliant job of making the specific setting of the film feel like a character starring alongside the main performers. Gilley's night club is the setting I'm speaking of, and it's where the people in this film like to go more than…
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John Travolta rounds out his dance trilogy (“Saturday Night Fever,” “Grease”) with a two-step at Gilley’s, a real-life country bar with Charlie Daniels and a mechanical bull, which Travolta rides right out of his volatile marriage to sexy Debra Winger.
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Great guilty pleasure. SNF with an electric bull instead of disco.
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It's no Saturday Night Fever or even a Staying Alive, but it's reasonably entertaining. Travolta brings a more toned down, but still manages to impress. One to watch again? I don't think so.
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Who don’t love John Travolta as a cowboy? This little film from the 80′s was filmed in Pasadena, Texas, which is right outside Houston where I live. So, it was kinda nice to see the hood in a film. Travolta is a guy who moves from a small town to another town, just a bit bigger to find work. Yes, Houston has jobs!!! The story is basically his life after moving here. He falls in love, becomes a “bubba” and…