The Cowboy Way (film)

1994 American film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Cowboy Way is a 1994 American action comedy Western film directed by Gregg Champion and starring Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland.

Directed byGregg Champion
Written byRob Thompson
Produced byBrian Grazer
Starring
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The Cowboy Way
Two cowboys on horseback stuck in New York city traffic
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGregg Champion
Written byRob Thompson
Produced byBrian Grazer
Starring
CinematographyDean Semler
Edited byMichael Tronick
Music byDavid Newman
Bon Jovi (songs)
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • June 3, 1994 (1994-06-03)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$35 million[1]
Box office$25 million[2]
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Plot

The Cowboy Way follows two championship rodeo stars and lifelong best friends, Pepper Lewis and Sonny Gilstrap as they travel from New Mexico to New York City in search of their missing friend, Nacho Salazar, who came to the city to pay for his daughter's trip to the U.S. from Cuba. When they discover that he's been murdered, the pair set out to find the killer.

Cast

In addition, Travis Tritt makes a cameo appearance.

Production

In January 1993, it was reported that Woody Harrelson and Brad Pitt were being courted by Imagine Entertainment to star in the William D. Wittliff scripted action-adventure film The Cowboy Way about two New Mexico cowboys who travel to New York City to rescue their ranch hand's kidnapped daughter.[3] In April of that year, Gregg Champion was set to direct with Harrelson confirmed as one of the leads with the search for a co-lead continuing.[4] By June, Kiefer Sutherland was in final negotiations to star in the film alongside Harrelson.[5] According to Harrelson, he'd been trying to star The Cowboy Way for years with the script having once been positioned as a Kevin Costner vehicle with Costner even contributing to one of the drafts of the script.[6]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 27% of 15 critics' reviews are positive.[7]

Joe Brown of The Washington Post wrote, "The Cowboy Way is a weak rehashing of the Crocodile Dundee gimmick: two modern-day cowboys taming the Wild East. The tired formula may still have some life left in it, but not this 'Way'. This dud ranch is saddled with the charisma-free teaming of dumb guns Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland."[8]

Year-end lists

Box office

The Cowboy Way debuted at number 5 at the US box office and went on to gross $20 million in the United States and Canada and $25 million worldwide.[13][14][2]

Soundtrack

References

External links

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