Rustlers' Rhapsody (1985)

Directed by

Hugh Wilson

Genre

comedy film, Western film

Country

United States, Spain

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A singing cowboy from an old black-and-white movie gets transported into a modern Western. He has to navigate a world that is aware of the usual cowboy cliches.

playfulself-referentiallightheartedparodicgoofynostalgicwinking

What happens

Rustlers' Rhapsody is a 1985 American comedy–Western film. It is a parody of many Western conventions, most visibly of the singing cowboy films that were prominent in the 1930s and the 1940s. The film was written and directed by Hugh Wilson, who was supposedly inspired by working at CBS Studio Center, the former Republic Pictures backlot. It stars Tom Berenger as a stereotypical good-guy cowboy, Rex O'Herlihan, who is drawn out of a black-and-white film and transferred into a more self-aware setting. Patrick Wayne, son of Western icon John Wayne, co-stars, along with Andy Griffith, Fernando Rey, G.W. Bailey, Marilu Henner and Sela Ward. Henner was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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