Rustlers' Rhapsody Page #7

Synopsis: While the audience watches a black and white horse opera, a narrator's voice wonders what such a movie would be like today. Rex O'Herlihan, The Singing Cowboy, finds himself in color and enters a cliché-ridden town, in which the evil cattle baron (Andy Griffith) and the new Italian cowboys (who always wear raincoats no matter how hot it gets) join forces to get him and the sheep ranchers to leave the valley.
Genre: Comedy, Western
Director(s): Hugh Wilson
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
18%
PG
Year:
1985
88 min
445 Views


- They're all the same.

But you don't know that for sure.

l do, Peter.

l know lots of things. One thing l know

for sure is l can't have a sidekick,

even if l wanted one.

You see,

l know what happens.

l know the future.

What?

Look, please go.

OK.

OK.

OK.

l made a fool out of myself again.

l ought to iust go back to the gutter

where l belong.

- What are you doing?

- Getting out of this outfit.

My drunk suit's here in the bag.

Can l have my drink, please?

- Who was that?

- Somebody who wants a drink.

The range is full of them.

l dropped the blanket in the dark.

That's OK. l'll find it tomorrow.

You gave her a blanket?

l had to nearly rape you

for a lousy shery.

He rides alone? You're the most

un-alone guy l ever met.

Look, l can explain all of this.

Oh, no.

- Now what?

- The sheepherders.

The sheepherders!

Oh, Rex, they can't see me here.

l'm the cattle baron's daughter.

You are?

Mr. Rex.

Over here!

Over here!

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Hello.

We're informal tonight.

l wasn't expecting you till tomorrow.

- You knew we were coming?

- He knows the future.

Why don't you come on in.

Just grab a seat anmhere.

- Thank you.

- Anmhere you like.

Fine, fine. Good, good.

- Mr. Rex, we need your help.

- l know.

You do?

Yesterday, in the bar,

they shot my son.

l'm sory, l didn't know

he was your son.

Oh, please, Mr. Rex,

you must help us!

- You are our only hope!

- l understand.

- Without you, we are doomed!

- l know.

- Doomed, l tell you! Doomed!

- OK, he gets it. OK?

- What the hell's wrong with you?

- Oh, sir.

- Me?

- Yes. Don't wory. l'm gonna help you.

Someone like me always helped you,

is helping you and always will help you.

- What?

- Excuse me, what is this?

lt's iust a root.

From now on,

l'm the town root junkie.

- Sir.

- What?

The cattlemen have ioined forces

with the railroad guys.

lf you scream one more time,

l'll tear your heart out.

Sir, l cannot defeat the cattlemen

and the railroad guys by myself.

l'll need the help

of sheepherders.

Oh, no, Mr. Rex, we don't fight.

We don't believe in that.

Let the old men who start the wars

fight the wars. That's our motto.

l'll fight them by myself.

It's not a big problem.

No, you won't!

l'll fight them with you.

- You and me together, Rex.

- No.

Oh, give him a break, Rex.

He wants it so much.

- You know what l'm saying?

- Oh, please!

Then let him fight. He wants to fight.

He's a young man.

Come on, do something different.

l'm the only one here

that knows what's gonna happen.

He wants to fight. Let him fight.

He's a young man.

And that's how me and Rex

actually got together.

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Hugh Wilson

Hugh Hamilton Wilson (born August 21, 1943) is an American movie director, writer and TV showrunner. He is best known as the creator of the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati and Frank's Place, and as the director of the popular movie comedies Police Academy and The First Wives Club. more…

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