Urban Cowboy (1980) follows Bud, a Texas farm boy who hits the big city seeking fortune. At the iconic Gilley's nightclub, he falls for the independent Sissy, but their clashing views and jealous ...

When Urban Cowboy arrived in theaters on June 6, 1980, it wasn't just another movie release. The film, starring John Travolta and Debra Winger, helped launch a full-fledged cultural phenomenon, ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

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LOS ANGELES — Aaron Latham, a screenwriter, journalist and author whose Esquire magazine story inspired the 1980 smash "Urban Cowboy," died July 23 in Pennsylvania of complications from Parkinson's ...

During the Thursday, June 25, episode of the Had to Ask podcast, the actress looked back on her time working on the short-lived 2003 musical in which she made her Broadway debut as Sissy. Admitting ...