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‘Urban Cowboy’ — no bull — screens Wednesday
Remember that freaky mechanical-bull craze that rattled across a novelty-starved America for about five and a half months back in 1980? (No? Sometimes amnesia is a gift.)
We can thank/blame the John Travolta drama “Urban Cowboy” for that steamy heap of Americana, in which Travolta, fresh off the bedazzling dance floor, combats corruption and tries to hold onto his wandering wife (Debra Winger) in Gilley’s huge honky-tonk in Houston, partly by competing in a bull-riding contest.
“Urban Cowboy” turns 30 this year — a cowboy-hat-tipping moment — marked by a special screening of the film at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Spirit Theater at the Bullock Museum. It’s part of the Austin Film Festival’s “Made in Texas” Film Series.
The movie’s co-writer Aaron Latham and co-star Barry Corbin (he played Uncle Bob) will be in attendance to chat things up.
Free for film festival members; $5 general. Call 936-4649 or go to the ticket window on the day of the show. Details HERE.
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