Paramount
Directed by James Bridges
Starring: John Travolta, Debra Winger, Scott Glenn

In this film that made country dancing popular among even city dwellers, the action takes place at Gilley’s country-western bar, a rough-and-tumble honky-tonk near Houston, Texas. Bud (Travolta), has his uncle help him find work at an oil refinery. He goes to Gilley’s and meets and falls in love with Sissy (Winger). They marry, but find that their life is not as easy as they hoped. They go to Gilley’s to escape, and there are confronted by the man that operates the mechanical bull, an ex-convict who is looking to get with Sissy.