Talk:City Slickers

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• When the characters talk about their "best" days, Billy Crystal tells a real-life story about seeing his first baseball game at Yankee Stadium.
• The title of the movie in its French release, "La Vie, L'Amour, Les Vaches," translates as "Life, Love, Cows."
• The title of the movie in its Argentinian release, "Amigos por siempre amigos" translates as "Friends forever friends."
• The movie was filmed on Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico
• Bruno Kirby was deathly allergic to horses, and needed daily allergy shots on the set of City Slickers.

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• "AFI Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
  • Great article but very difficult to find the Daily Variety (DV News) articles it uses as sources
• "COVER STORY : ON LOCATION : Riding With Bronco Billy : In New Mexico's badlands, Crystal goes West along with some fellow 'City Slickers'". Los Angeles Times. 6 January 1991.
• "Behind the scenes of City Slickers". theweek.com. 27 October 2013.
  • Excerpts from the book: Crystal, Billy (2013). Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
    ISBN 0-805-09820-8
    .
• "Film Triggers Mini-Stampede to Dude Ranches". Los Angeles Times. 18 August 1991.
• "Barnstormin' Norman a Born Star : Yearling Calf Is Milking His Celebrity Status From 'City Slickers' for All It's Worth". Los Angeles Times. 6 September 1991.
• "They're Body Builders to the Film Industry : Movies: The KNB EFX Group of Chatsworth is one of the hottest operations going in the special-effects business". Los Angeles Times. 5 July 1991. — VFX
• "City Slickers". humanehollywood.org.
  • Norman the calf
• "Video Rental Chart : 'City Slickers' Lassos One of Top Spots". Los Angeles Times. 19 December 1991.
• "Video Rental Chart : 'City Slickers' Fends Off 'Terminator'". Los Angeles Times. 9 January 1992.
  • Strong performance on home video

That's enough for now. The AFI catalog is a great starting point and made it relatively easy to dig up old sources. If anyone is interested in expanding the article or wants to include more sources there is still plenty of potential. -- 109.79.171.15 (talk) 12:55, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]