Thin plot features Travolta as cowboy wannabe
“Urban Cowboy” (1980), based on the Esquire article “The Ballad of the Urban Cowboy: America’s Search for True Grit” by Aaron Latham, stars John Travolta. Riding a career high in the late 70s with “Saturday Night Fever” and “Grease,” he was cast in the abysmal 1978 “Moment by Moment.”  “Urban Cowboy” once again put him at the top.<br /><br /> Bud (Travolta) leaves his family farm to work in a Houston oil refinery and soon falls into the nightlife of drinking, dancing, and womanizing at Gilley’s, a huge local bar and honkytonk. Gilley’s is populated by cowboy wannabes and pretty girls, with country music, sexual energy, and brawls abounding. Games on the site were installed as outlets for macho aggression. A mechanical punching bag measures the force of punches and the prime attraction is a mechanical bucking bull, which is electronically manipulated and tests a rider’s strength, skill, and endurance.<br /><br />Bud meets Sissy (Debra Winger) at Gilley’s. Their mutual attraction is strong and they eventually marry. But Bud has a bad temper and resorts to physical abuse when things don’t go his way, and Sissy isn’t designed to be the happy homemaker. When Sissy starts learning how to ride a mechanical bucking bull from ex-con Wes (Scott Glenn), Bud becomes jealous and throws her out. She turns out to be pretty adept at bull riding, which further incites Bud, who finds solace in the company of Pam (Madolyn Smith), who he spots at Gilley’s. Under the tutelage of his Uncle Bob (Barry Corbin), Bud practices on his old mechanical bull, intending to take first prize at a big upcoming competition at Gilley’s.<br /><br />Though the milieus are markedly different, “Urban Cowboy” owes a lot to “Saturday Night Fever.” Both films center on a young man with dull day job who gravitates to the excitement of an after-sunset world in which he shines. In both, the character evolves from macho posturing and disdain for women to an appreciation of the finer qualities in the female sex. But the screenplay for “Urban Cowboy” is terribly thin and the Bud character is not a very nice person. The bucking bull may be a visual metaphor for the kind of masculinity that tests the ability to endure bumps and bruises rather than how to be a good man.<br /><br />Country music fuels the dancing in the bar scenes but Travolta dances little, though when he does, he’s very good. His overall performance, however, is pretty much brooding, jealous stares, and outbursts. Self-absorbed and swaggering through Gilley’s in Western shirts, tight jeans and Stetson, his Bud is a duded-up Tony Manero with a touch of Gene Autry. Travolta looks great, and it’s disappointing to see him in his early scenes with a full beard. Happily, the beard comes off soon enough.<br /><br />Winger is very good as Sissy, a sassy gal who falls hard for Bud and jumps into marriage before getting to know him better. During the rough early days of their marriage, I kept thinking this is a good time for “Stand By Your Man” to play on the soundtrack. Winger is best in her reaction shots, when she can look terribly vulnerable and hurt in some scenes and seductive in others. With not much dialogue to build a performance around, she conveys both sex appeal and girl-next-door innocence.<br /><br />At 134 minutes, the film is too long and could stand some pruning. Director James Bridges includes many repetitive scenes. Aside from a few scenes of Bud at his oil refinery job, in his trailer home, and as he bids farewell to his farm family, most of the action is at Gilley’s, and this emphasis leads to visual fatigue and dulls their impact. With lesser lights than Travolta and Winger, “Urban Cowboy” would be a picture only for the country music crowd. The character of Wes, the resident bad guy, is awkwardly included to stretch out the narrative, but the movie’s soundtrack is the only aspect of the movie that percolates. Seeing Bud’s physical abuse portrayed so forcefully creates squirms and winces today, especially given the #MeToo revelations.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the PG-rated Blu-ray release include the featurette “Good Times With Gilley: Looking Back at Urban Cowboy,” deleted scenes, outtakes, and rehearsal footage.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Moving from his rural Texas home to take an oil refinery job near Houston, young hardhat Bud Davis (John Travolta) begins hanging out at famed honky tonk nightclub Gilley's. In this world of country music, "weekend cowboys," and fast women, Bud falls for feisty Sissy (Debra Winger), but their romance has more bumps than a ride on the mechanical bull. Romantic drama co-stars Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith, with appearances by The Charlie Daniels Band, Bonnie Raitt, and others. 135 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio, Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; outtakes; behind-the-scenes footage..