YESTERDAY THEY WERE BUSINESSMEN.
TODAY THEY’RE COWBOYS. TOMORROW THEY'LL BE WALKING FUNNY.
CITY SLICKERS
COLLECTOR’S EDITION
Starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby And Academy AwardÒ Winner Jack Palance, Collector’s Edition Gallops Onto DVD June 3
Includes Three All New Featurettes, Commentary from Crystal, Deleted Scenes and More
Plus A National Sweepstakes To Win An Authentic Cowboy Experience
Courtesy Of The Colorado Cattle Company Guest Ranch and MGM Home Entertainment
LOS ANGELES, CA – A mid-life crisis motivates three friends to test their limits during a hilarious cattle ranch adventure in City Slickers, arriving on Collector’s Edition DVD June 3 from MGM Home Entertainment. Starring Golden GlobeÒ nominee Billy Crystal (Mr. Saturday Night, When Harry Met Sally), Daniel Stern (Home Alone), Bruno Kirby (When Harry Met Sally) and co-starring Jack Palance (Shane) in his Academy AwardÒ winning performance as Curly, City Slickers is a fun, modern Western adventure where run-ins with outlaw cattlehands, treacherous natural mishaps, and the unexpected delivery of a newborn calf teach three city slickers how to appreciate Old West values and in turn, find a renewed sense of purpose.
City Slickers is ranked 86 on the American Film Institute’s (AFI) list of 100 Laughs and 53 on its 100 Film Scores list. The City Slickers Collector’s Edition DVD includes three all new featurettes - a revisiting of the making of, a tribute to Norman the newborn calf and real City Slickers turned cattle ranchers - deleted scenes, director and cast audio commentary, and more, and will be available for the suggested retail price of $14.98 US/$15.98 Canada. Pre-book is May 7.
MARKETING SUPPORT
MGM Home Entertainment will support the release with an aggressive online media campaign targeting males 30-45 to drive awareness for the DVD release and the national “Be A City Slicker’s Cowboy” sweepstakes where one grand prize winner will receive round-trip airfare for three, and a six night, seven day stay at the The Colorado Cattle Company Guest Ranch in New Raymer, CO to see how the real cowboys live.
Five first prize winners will receive a selection of 10 films from MGM Home Entertainment including RONIN, KINGPIN, THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY, THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN, THE BIRDCAGE, MEMORIES OF ME, FARGO, MR. SATURDAY NIGHT and THE PRINCESS BRIDE.
The sweepstakes begins June 1 and ends June 30, 2008. Consumers can enter at
www.cityslickersdvd.com.
SYNOPSIS
Three friends who are going through various degrees of mid-life crises sign up for a two-week cattle drive to clear up their minds and learn something about themsleves and the world around them. A comedy classic about careers, cowboys, and mid-life crises.
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
· Audio Commentary from director Ron Underwood and stars Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern
· Back in the Saddle: City Slickers Revisited featurette
· Bringing in the Script: Writing City Slickers featurette
· A Star is Born: An Ode to Norman featurette
· The Real City Slickers featurette
· Deleted Scenes:
o Releasing the Herd
o A new Job
City Slickers Collector’s Edition
DVD Price: $14.98 U.S. / $15.98 Canada
Street Date: June 3, 2008
Prebook Date: May 7, 2008
Running Time: 112 mins.
Catalog Number: M110782
Audio Features: English Dolby Surround 5.1 and Dolby Surround
Spanish and French Mono
MPAA: PG-13
Language: English
Subtitles: English/Spanish
Closed Captioned YES
