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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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)
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The Singing Vagabond (1935)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.