As you watch City Slickers listen/look for answers to the following questions. Some of the questions have specific, concrete answers from the film, others ask for your opinion or interpretation. You can print out these questions out, but please write out your answers on another piece of paper.

1. What happens in Pamplona, Spain?
2. What happens to the man with the blue hat, blue shirt (that says "New York") and blue jeans in the opening scene of the movie?
3. What time does Mitch's mother call him?  Why?
4. What is Mitch's job?
5. They will drive the cattle from what place to what place?
6. Who shows up unexpectedly at Mitch's birthday party?
7. What does Mitch's wife tell him to find on the cattle drive?
8. Who says life is a competition?  Who do you think this person is competing with and why?
9. What causes the cattle to stampede?
10. According to Curly, what is the secret of life?  What do you think he you means by this?
11. Who is Norman and why is he so important to Mitch?
12. What does Norman symbolize?
13. When Bonnie asks why men always talk about baseball, who answers and what does/do he/they say?
14. Why won't Mitch ever forget Curly?
15. Why does Phil hate bullies?
16. Why do you think Ed and Phil decide to drive the herd by themselves?
17. Why do you think Mitch joined them on the cattle drive?
18. Which man acts most heroically, Mitch, Phil, or Ed?  Explain your answer.
19. At the end of the movie, how has each man (Mitch, Phil & Ed) changed?
20. What type of movie do you think this is?  (What genre?) Explain your answer.