City Slickers Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.5
Video		4.5
Audio		4.0
Extras		5.0
Overall		4.5

City Slickers Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman March 11, 2026

In the vagaries of international releases of home media department, City Slickers has had several releases on Blu-ray in Region A, but this new(ish) outing from Arrow seems to be the first time fans in Region B can enjoy this extremely entertaining film. Probably due to recent tragic events, I was struck by how "Rob Reiner"- esque City Slickers can be (which I mean as an absolute compliment to Ron Underwood), with both ample heart and humor and some appealingly adult subtext beneath all the goofiness. This Limited Edition from Arrow features several newly recorded interviews as supplements.

If you went to the trouble of clicking on all of those individual links above, you may have already discovered that there are two reviews in our database of various releases of City Slickers.

City Slickers Blu-ray review is Michael Reuben's take on the original Metro Goldwyn Mayer release from 2011. This review has plot information for anyone who needs it.

City Slickers Blu-ray review is Brian Orndorf's take on Shout! Factory's Collector's Edition from 2018.

City Slickers Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

City Slickers is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Arrow Video with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. Arrow's insert booklet offers only the following short generic description of the presentation:

City Slickers is presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio with original lossless stereo audio and DTS-HD MA 5.1 surround audio.

The high definition master was made available from Shout Factory via Park Circus.

As might be expected this resembles the Shout! Factory release more than the old Metro Goldwyn Mayer release, and that's a good thing, as comparing the color timing and clarity between the older MGM and newer Shout offerings shows the improvements the Shout! Factory release offered, and while both Michael and Brian gave almost tip top marks the video presentations of the discs they reviewed, my hunch is Michael probably would have downgraded his score had he had a comparison like the Shout! release to view at the time. In doing a cursory comparison of screenshots between this release and the ones Brian uploaded to accompany his review, it does look like this presentation is just a tad brighter than the Shout!, with an arguably more visible grain field on things like bright western skies. The palette is very healthy and nicely suffused. There are some definite ebbs and flows to the grain field in this presentation, and some relatively dimly lit material can look on the chunky yellow side. I didn't notice any of the evidently minor banding that Brian mentions in his review of the Shout! release.

City Slickers Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

City Slickers features LPCM 2.0 and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 options. The audio presentations here probably unsurprisingly mimic the previously released discs' offerings, based on Michael's and Brian's descriptions. The surround track may frankly not be at consistently bombastic levels in terms of surround activity, but both Marc Shaiman's enjoyable score and effects like those used in the stampede sequence definitely provide engagement of the side and rear channels. Occasional relatively quieter outdoor material can also feature discrete channelization of ambient environmental effects. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout. Optional English subtitles are available.

City Slickers Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Note: More information on the ported over supplements is available in Michael's review, linked to above. Note that Brian's review mentioned the supplements on Shout! Factory's release suffered from encoding errors, which I did not experience here.

• Commentary by Ron Underwood, Billy Crystal and Daniel Stern


• Go Cowboy! (HD; 25:44) is a new interview with Ron Underwood.


• Top of the Class (HD; 17:23) is a new interview with actor Robert Costanzo.


• Country Bumpkin (HD; 19:01) is a new interview with actor Kyle Secor.


• Escape to the Country (HD; 16:24) is a new interview with Josh Mostel.


• Archival Featurettes

Back in the Saddle: City Slickers Revisited (HD; 28:59)




Bringing in the Script: Writing City Slickers (HD; 20:59)




A Star is Born: An Ode to Norman (HD; 6:13)




The Real City Slickers (HD; 8:55)

• Deleted Scenes

Releasing the Herd (HD; 1:30)




A New Job (HD; 1:15)

• Trailer (HD; 2:55)

This Limited Edition features a reversible sleeve and a nice collectors' booklet with a fun essay by Barry Forshaw. Packaging also features a slipcover.

City Slickers Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

I hadn't seen City Slickers in several years, and revisiting it on this Arrow Video Blu-ray was a really wonderful and actually surprisingly touching reminder of what a well written and performed outing this is. As Michael mentions in his review, the film attained a post-release classic status courtesy of Jack Palance's memorable Oscar night "performance", and while he pretty much inarguably steals this film hook, line and sinker (and/or lasso), the entire cast is really at the top of their game. Technical merits are solid, and Arrow has assembled a really nice array of newly shot interviews to accompany all of the previously released supplements. Highly recommended.