City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Paul Weiland
Produced by Billy Crystal
Written by Lowell Ganz
Babaloo Mandel(characters and screenplay)
Billy Crystal
Starring Billy Crystal
Daniel Stern
Jon Lovitz
Jack Palance
Patricia Wettig
Music by Marc Shaiman
Cinematography Adrian Biddle
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) June 10, 1994
Running time 116 min.
Country United States
Language English
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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold (1994) is a comedy directed by Paul Weiland. It is the sequel to City Slickers. Although a financial and critical success, it did not reach the popularity of the first film, and received a Razzie nomination for Worst Remake or Sequel (it didn't win).

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It is the 40th birthday of Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal), and he is welcoming it. The extraordinary cattle drive vacation he took has had a lasting effect which allows him a much more satisfying life. For instance, his career is going well and he regularly jogs with Norman, the calf he helped deliver who has grown into an adult bull.

As a present, Mitch's wife is going to have the kids sleep at their aunt's house so that they can have sex alone. But prior to making love, Mitch finds an old map in the hat of his now deceased friend, Curly (who was played by Jack Palance), and sees that it is a treasure map, but it has a small corner missing. After researching over a few days about the legend of the 1908 gold theft led by Lincoln Washburn (portrayed by an old newspaper photograph of Jack Palance), Curly's father. Mitch, along with his best friend Phil (Daniel Stern) and his younger brother Glen (Jon Lovitz) set out on a journey to find the gold in the deserts and canyons of Spencer Town, with hilarious accidents ensuing soon afterwards, such as Glen setting fire to the map with his magnifying glass, and Phil sitting on a cactus with his bare bottom but believing that he had been bitten by a rattlesnake.

But along the way, Mitch, Phil and Glen encounter two robbers who turn out to be the men (Bud and Matt) who sold them horses and food for the trip, looking for the map (Phil had stupidly bragged to Bud and Matt about Curly, Lincoln, the hidden map and the stolen gold) . Just before they are killed, a Curly lookalike intervenes and fights the robbers off. Convinced that his dreams of accidentally burying Curly alive were true, Mitch is ready to be slain by the man when he miraculously frees them from being tied up. He then reveals himself to be Duke (also played by Palance), the twin brother of Curly and similar to Curly in both demeanor in personality, except Duke was a career man who spent his life in the Navy (as Duke puts it: "Curly loved the land, and I loved the sea.").

The trio-turned-foursome carry on with their quest, until a reckless act from Mitch causes a stampede, and everything is gone: The Food, the tents, the sleeping bags, and worst of all, the map. Fortunately, Duke and Glen remember the rest of the way, and just as Mitch and Phil are about to turn back and leave for home, they find the lost cave where the gold is supposed to be.

When they find the gold, the foursome are then cornered by the two robbers once again, and they fight them until Glen is shot in the stomach. Phil mercilessly attacks the robber (the other one was knocked out), Mitch mourns his brother, and Duke unloads the gun, only to see that the bullets are really blanks with red paint pellets. At that moment, the four men are encountered by a familiar face: Clay Stone (Noble Willingham), who organized the Cattle Drive the previous year. Clay Stone then reveals that he knew Duke and was looking for him for a long time, and that the two robbers are really Clay Stone's sons and not robbers. The treasure map was actually part of a new adventure tour for Stone's ranch. The gold, much to Clay Stone's amusement, turns out to be lead painted gold, and that Lincoln and Curly had played a trick on Duke. Laughing his head off, Clay Stone leaves the cave, leaving Mitch, Phil, Glen and Duke feeling lost.

After eating with Clay Stone and a few old friends (like the Shalowitz Brothers from the first film), Mitch, Phil and Glen leave for a convention in Las Vegas, but Duke stays behind for an unknown reason.

But Duke makes a surprise visit to Mitch's hotel room in Las Vegas and speaks personally to him, telling him that he has found out what his one thing is: Honesty. Duke reveals that he was planning to cheat Mitch and his friends out of the gold, but he couldn't find it in his heart to do so. Duke then reveals that he had the missing corner in his hat, just as Curly had has the incomplete map in his hat, and he places a piece of gold on the table. Mitch tries to scratch the gold off, but it won't come off. Delighted, Mitch screams at the top of his lungs. They're going to be rich after all.

A post-credits scene, omitted from most versions, shows a pregnant Barbara enter the hotel room and see the gold on the table. Mitch enters to surprise Barbara, but sees that she has fainted.

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  • Bruno Kirby, who played Ed Furillo in City Slickers, was unavailable for this film. Thus, the character of Ed Furillo was removed and replaced with the character of Glen Robbins.
  • This film was left in a cliffhanger ending to make way for City Slickers III, but the film was never made for reasons unknown.

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