Equus (film)
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| Equus | |
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 Original U.S. Poster |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Produced by | Elliott Kastner Lester Persky Denis Holt |
| Written by | Peter Shaffer |
| Starring | Richard Burton Peter Firth Jenny Agutter Joan Plowright Colin Blakely |
| Music by | Richard Rodney Bennett |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Editing by | John Victor-Smith |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) |   October 16, 1977 March 22, 1978 January 2, 1982 |
| Running time | 137 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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Equus is a 1977 film by Sidney Lumet. Peter Shaffer wrote the screenplay based on his play Equus.
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart (played by Richard Burton), investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, played by Peter Firth, the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.
The film also featured Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright and Jenny Agutter.
Unlike the play, the film version was placed in a realistic setting, using real horses. Some critics and theatre purists found this objectionable, arguing that the spirit of the stage play was lost in the movie. Nonetheless, the movie was nominated for several Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Richard Burton), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Peter Firth), and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
[edit] External links
- Equus at the Internet Movie Database
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