# Urban Cowboy (1980)

> A transplanted Texas country boy finds love, jealousy, and hard-won maturity amid Houston's honky-tonk and oil-refinery culture.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/10514

## Facts

- Runtime: 132 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance, Western
- Director: James Bridges
- Cast: John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn, Madolyn Smith Osborne, Barry Corbin, Brooke Alderson, Cooper Huckabee, James Gammon
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081696/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: melodramatic, earthy, nostalgic, country music night, classic romance viewing

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- [Murphy's Romance (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/21448)

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