City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold

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City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold
City Slickers II 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)	10 June 1994
Running time	116 min.
Country	USA
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. It was not as well received as the original.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

It is the 40th birthday of Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal), and 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, Curly's father, Mitch, along with his best friend Phil (Daniel Stern) and his younger brother Glen (Jon Lovitz) set out to find the gold in the deserts and canyons of Spencer Town.

But along the way, Mitch, Phil and Glen encounter two robbers who turn out to be the men who sold them horses and food for the trip, looking for the map. 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.

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. It was all a bad joke created by Clay Stone to scare whoever had found the gold. 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.

[edit] Cast

Billy Crystal as Mitch Robbins
Daniel Stern as Phil Berquist
Jon Lovitz as Glen Robbins
Jack Palance as Duke Washburn
Patricia Wettig as Barbara Robbins
Noble Willingham as Clay Stone
Josh Mostel as Barry Shalowitz
David Paymer as Ira Shalowitz
Pruitt Taylor Vance as Bud
Bill McKinney as Matt
Lindsay Crystal as Holly Robbins

[edit] Trivia

Bruno Kirby, who played Ed Furillo in City Slickers, was unavailable for this film. Thus, the character of Ed Furillo was deleted and replaced with the character of Glen Robbins.