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Urban Cowboy: Directed by James Bridges. With John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith Osborne. Bud is a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.
Jun 6, 1980 · Urban Cowboy: Directed by James Bridges. With John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith Osborne. Bud is a young man from the country who learns about life and love in a Houston bar.
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- Drama, Romance, Western
- James Bridges
- 1980-06-06
- Annie Zaleski
- The movie's box office take might surprise you. Urban Cowboy's impact on culture was immense; however, the movie's box office take was modest: The film grossed $46.9 million worldwide, placing it 13th on the year-end list for 1980.
- The movie's choreographer had very famous ties. Urban Cowboy's dance scenes are legendary, in no small part due to their choreography. The woman responsible for those moves was Patsy Swayze -- aka, the mom of actor Patrick Swayze.
- John Travolta made himself at home in Houston while filming. According to the Houston Chronicle, he had "a private corner" at the legendary local Mexican restaurant Ninfa's.
- The movie was based on a true story. In 1978, Esquire published The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy: America's Search for True Grit, which featured the Pasadena, Texas, honky-tonk Gilley's and a man named Dew Westbrook, "the beer joint bull rider" who is "as uncertain about where his life is going as America is confused about where it wants to go."
Urban Cowboy is a 1980 American romantic Western film directed by James Bridges. The plot concerns the love-hate relationship between Buford "Bud" Davis (John Travolta) and Sissy (Debra Winger). The film's success was credited for spurring a mainstream revival of country music.
Actor John Travolta and Debra Winger smile on set of the Paramount Pictures movie 'Urban Cowboy" circa 1980.
Jun 9, 2015 · Actor John Travolta and Debra Winger pose in a scene during the Paramount Pictures movie 'Urban Cowboy" circa 1980. Keep clicking to take a then-and-now look at some of the biggest stars...
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Winger's other films include Urban Cowboy (1980), Legal Eagles (1986), Black Widow (1987), Betrayed (1988), The Sheltering Sky (1990), Forget Paris (1995), and Rachel Getting Married (2008). In 2012, she made her Broadway debut in the original production of David Mamet's play The Anarchist.
