Released Year: 1991Directed by Ron Underwood
Casted by:
Billy Crystal as Mitch Robbins
Daniel Stern as Phil Berquist
Bruno Kirby as Ed Furillo
Jack Palance as Curly Washburn
Story:Mitch Robbins has just turned 39 years old, and is thick in the middle of a midlife crisis. His best friends are also having midlife crises of their own. Phil is stuck managing his father-in-law's grocery store, while trapped in a sexless marriage with an overbearing wife (who leaves him after it is revealed Phil is having an affair). Ed is a successful businessman and playboy, having recently married an underwear model, is struggling with the idea of monogamous marriage and the pressure to have kids. Ed often invites his two best friends on his various adventures, which are not always appreciated by Mitch, as six months earlier he suffered a mortifying injury during a vacation to Pamplona, Spain during the running of the bulls.
At Mitch's birthday party, Phil and Ed present their joint gift: a two-week Southwestern cattle drive for all three men. After his wife insists he go, Mitch accepts the gift and travels to New Mexico, where the three men meet the several other participants of the cattle drive. The men slowly "learn the ropes" of moving a herd and even have a tense encounter with the two professional cowboys (T.R. and Jeff) who work the drive while being drunk. The encounter is stopped with the arrival of Curly, the wise, tough-as-nails trail boss, who chastises the cowboys for being intoxicated on the job and warns them strongly not to let it happen again.
Curly, the cowboys, and all the participants begin the long drive to Colorado. Mitch and Curly immediately dislike one another after Curly inadvertently humiliates Mitch, and while Mitch fairly gets along with the majority of the others, opinions get worse when he inadvertently causes a destructive stampede. Afterwards, Curly and Mitch ride alone in the canyons to find some stray cows, and after being forced to spend the night alone, the two finally bond with one another. Mitch discovers that despite Curly's tough exterior, he is in reality a very wise man, as he gives Mitch advice as how to face his problems by thinking about just "one thing", which he will discover to be his secret of life. The next morning, Curly and Mitch are forced to deliver the calf of a pregnant cow. After the mother cow dies (Curly delivers the coup de grace by shooting the mother cow in the head), Mitch adopts the calf and names it "Norman." The two then rejoin the main drive.
The drive runs into trouble shortly afterwords, when Curly dies unexpectedly. Cookie the cook accidentally gets drunk and breaks both his legs, requiring him to be taken to a hospital by two participants. T.R. and Jeff discover Cookie's booze stash and, with Curly not around, quickly become very drunk, making loud noises and eventually goading Mitch into challenging them by threatening Norman. They begin to assault Mitch, but Ed and Phil quickly intervene. The cowboys are disarmed by Phil after he snaps under a near-lifetime stress. Though Phil comes to his senses and urges Jeff and T.R. to "sleep it off," they abandon the group in the wilderness, leaving them with no trail boss or map. The remaining individuals decide to abandon the herd and seek civilization. Phil and Ed, driven by determination to succeed and their devotion to duty, persist in driving the herd to Colorado, despite the pleas of Mitch to reconsider. The next day, the others ride on, but later Mitch returns unexpectedly (wearing Curly's notable black hat) to join his fellow "city slickers" in completing the drive.
The final test of the drive means crossing a dangerous river. The men drive the herd across the river during a storm, but Norman starts to drown. Mitch rescues him with a lasso (something he did not master previously in the story) but gets caught in the rapids. Phil and Ed race down the bank and save Mitch and Norman. The men smile on the river bank, all having overcome their crises. The three lead the herd back successfully to the Colorado ranch, where they are rewarded for overcoming such adversity by Clay Stone (the ranch's owner) giving them the trip for free. However, to their slight dismay, the three learn that Stone intends to sell the cows to a meat company for a huge profit. Mitch returns to his family in New York a happy man, having realized that his "one thing" is his family. Ed returns home and tells his newlywed wife he is fine introducing children to their marriage, and Phil has started a new relationship with Bonnie, the sole female on the cattle drive, who has moved to New York City to be with him.
In addition, Mitch spares Norman from slaughter by purchasing him and bringing the calf home as a pet.
At Mitch's birthday party, Phil and Ed present their joint gift: a two-week Southwestern cattle drive for all three men. After his wife insists he go, Mitch accepts the gift and travels to New Mexico, where the three men meet the several other participants of the cattle drive. The men slowly "learn the ropes" of moving a herd and even have a tense encounter with the two professional cowboys (T.R. and Jeff) who work the drive while being drunk. The encounter is stopped with the arrival of Curly, the wise, tough-as-nails trail boss, who chastises the cowboys for being intoxicated on the job and warns them strongly not to let it happen again.
Curly, the cowboys, and all the participants begin the long drive to Colorado. Mitch and Curly immediately dislike one another after Curly inadvertently humiliates Mitch, and while Mitch fairly gets along with the majority of the others, opinions get worse when he inadvertently causes a destructive stampede. Afterwards, Curly and Mitch ride alone in the canyons to find some stray cows, and after being forced to spend the night alone, the two finally bond with one another. Mitch discovers that despite Curly's tough exterior, he is in reality a very wise man, as he gives Mitch advice as how to face his problems by thinking about just "one thing", which he will discover to be his secret of life. The next morning, Curly and Mitch are forced to deliver the calf of a pregnant cow. After the mother cow dies (Curly delivers the coup de grace by shooting the mother cow in the head), Mitch adopts the calf and names it "Norman." The two then rejoin the main drive.
The drive runs into trouble shortly afterwords, when Curly dies unexpectedly. Cookie the cook accidentally gets drunk and breaks both his legs, requiring him to be taken to a hospital by two participants. T.R. and Jeff discover Cookie's booze stash and, with Curly not around, quickly become very drunk, making loud noises and eventually goading Mitch into challenging them by threatening Norman. They begin to assault Mitch, but Ed and Phil quickly intervene. The cowboys are disarmed by Phil after he snaps under a near-lifetime stress. Though Phil comes to his senses and urges Jeff and T.R. to "sleep it off," they abandon the group in the wilderness, leaving them with no trail boss or map. The remaining individuals decide to abandon the herd and seek civilization. Phil and Ed, driven by determination to succeed and their devotion to duty, persist in driving the herd to Colorado, despite the pleas of Mitch to reconsider. The next day, the others ride on, but later Mitch returns unexpectedly (wearing Curly's notable black hat) to join his fellow "city slickers" in completing the drive.
The final test of the drive means crossing a dangerous river. The men drive the herd across the river during a storm, but Norman starts to drown. Mitch rescues him with a lasso (something he did not master previously in the story) but gets caught in the rapids. Phil and Ed race down the bank and save Mitch and Norman. The men smile on the river bank, all having overcome their crises. The three lead the herd back successfully to the Colorado ranch, where they are rewarded for overcoming such adversity by Clay Stone (the ranch's owner) giving them the trip for free. However, to their slight dismay, the three learn that Stone intends to sell the cows to a meat company for a huge profit. Mitch returns to his family in New York a happy man, having realized that his "one thing" is his family. Ed returns home and tells his newlywed wife he is fine introducing children to their marriage, and Phil has started a new relationship with Bonnie, the sole female on the cattle drive, who has moved to New York City to be with him.
In addition, Mitch spares Norman from slaughter by purchasing him and bringing the calf home as a pet.
L² Scored: 6.5/10L² Comment:
Never expected to watch this movie at all~ until Chad say so... ok well... Its not bad actually, have the chance to watch all the nice view of Colorado and New Mexico :)
I m wondering whether they still got this kind of trip or not? Its worth trying once in a life time :) And Jake Gyllenhaal 1st movie :) 11yo as Billy Crystal's son in the movie. So damn cute :)
And Jack Palance won the best supporting actor in both academy awards & Golden globes.
I m wondering whether they still got this kind of trip or not? Its worth trying once in a life time :) And Jake Gyllenhaal 1st movie :) 11yo as Billy Crystal's son in the movie. So damn cute :)
And Jack Palance won the best supporting actor in both academy awards & Golden globes.
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