Urban Cowboy, the popular ’80s movie starring John Travolta and Debra Winger as a contentious couple at odds over jealousy and gender roles set at Gilley’s in Texas, turned 45 years old this summer.

Urban Cowboy (1980) follows Bud, a Texas farm boy who hits the big city seeking fortune. At the iconic Gilley’s nightclub, he falls for the independent Sissy, but their clashing views and jealous ...