for urban cowboy john travolta play one of the strong alpha male ever portray on the big screen . he a decent enough young kid who leave his parent homestead and strike out for the big city of dallas where his uncle barry corbin have promise to find him work in the petrochemical industry . in 1980 that be begin to boom and texas be definitely a grow place in the usa . travolta do a good job in make we the audience care about his character who when you come right down to it be a sexist pig . he meet and marries debra winger who from the same background and but she get some idea that woman should not be shadow of their men . and when she beat him at gilley mechanical bull and a man game and that it for him . scott glenn who an ex convict be work at gilley and this film be his breakout role . he a real snake in urban cowboy and he get travolta goat with a mere look and he move in on winger . travolta in turn take up with rich girl and madolyn smith osborne who slum at gilley . despite the character and urban cowboy be really one gigantic commercial for the self style big honky tonk in the world . gilley be no longer there in the suburban texas community of pasadena and but the memory do live on . and the best thing about urban cowboy be the wonderful score of country or western song that be feature in the film . i be not sure if some of the song be not write specifically for urban cowboy and but it the only reason i can think of why the motion picture academy ignore the musical aspect of this film . i especially liked johnny lee look for love and if it be specifically write for this film and it a disgrace that it wasn not nominate for best song . i like debra winger character best in this film . she doesn not lose a trace of femininity and but she stand up to travolta and do it in style . and this review be dedicate to that yet a unknown woman who will one day be the first woman bull rider in the professional bull rider .