City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

"They're back in the saddle!"

1994 1h 56m EN

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★5.3TMDB · 361

ComedyWestern

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Mitch Robbins' 40th birthday begins quite well until he returns home and finds his brother Glen, the black sheep of the family, in his sofa. Nevertheless he is about to have a wonderful birthday-night with his wife when he discovers a treasure map of Curly by chance. Together with Phil and unfortunately Glen he tries to find the hidden gold of Curly's father in the desert of Arizona.

“They're back in the saddle!”

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Cast

Billy Crystal
Mitch Robbins
Daniel Stern
Phil Berquist
Jon Lovitz
Glen Robbins
Jack Palance
Duke Page
Patricia Wettig
Barbara Robbins
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Bud
Bill McKinney
Matt
Lindsay Crystal
Holly Robbins

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Weiland
Writers: Billy Crystal, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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32 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "City Slickers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Paul Weiland, shot by Adrian Biddle. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Marc Shaiman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor William M. Anderson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern and Jon Lovitz carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They're back in the saddle!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0109439 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Paul Weiland directs. Adrian Biddle behind the camera. Marc Shaiman scores. William M. Anderson cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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132 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "City Slickers Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Paul Weiland, shot by Adrian Biddle. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Marc Shaiman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor William M. Anderson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern and Jon Lovitz carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "They're back in the saddle!".
8IMDB entry: tt0109439 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "gold", "birthday", "nevada", "treasure hunt".

The technical file

Cinematography: Adrian Biddle
Original score: Marc Shaiman
Editing: William M. Anderson
Production design: Stephen J. Lineweaver
Costume design: Judy L. Ruskin
Runtime: 116 min · 1h 56m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $40,000,000
Box office: $72,000,000
Return: 180% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994)

Part of

City Slickers Collection

City Slickers is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Helen Slater and Jack Palance. Palance won an Academy Award for his performance. It was shot in New York City, New Mexico, Durango, Colorado, and Spain. the death of their leader — is similar to John Wayne's The Cowboys. City Slickers was followed by a sequel, City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold, in 1994, which is a comedy film directed by Paul Weiland. It stars Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Jon Lovitz and Daniel Stern. Shortly after their first western adventure, Mitch Robbins and his friends discover a treasure map that belonged to their late trail guide Curly and set out to discover its secrets.

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talisencrw2016-04-14
★ 7/10
Let me start right off in saying that three reasons I enjoyed this film have absolutely nothing to do with cinema, and all three comprise the fine TV work I saw, while growing up in Canada in the 70's and 80's, that the stars Billy Crystal, Jack Palance and Jon Lovitz had made, in 'Soap', 'Ripley's Believe It or Not' and 'Saturday Night Live', respectively. I haven't even bothered seeing the original yet (the more highly-regarded work that surprisingly won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Palance). I cared not a single whit about the plot--it was just fun watching the stars interact and riff off of each other. I did feel that the direction lagged in places, and perhaps a more objective editor could have sliced 10-15 minutes off and no one would have been the wiser. Not bad considering it was a sequel--it's worth a couple of watches, though I'm not surprised, and I'm a tad relieved, that no more of them were made.

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