The Electric Horseman
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| The Electric Horseman | |
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| Directed by | Sydney Pollack |
| Produced by | Ray Stark |
| Written by | Shelly Burton Paul Gaer Robert Garland (screenplay) |
| Starring | Robert Redford Jane Fonda Valerie Perrine John Saxon Willie Nelson |
| Music by | Buddy Feyne Dave Grusin |
| Cinematography | Owen Roizman |
| Editing by | Sheldon Kahn |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Universal Pictures Rastar Films |
| Release date(s) | December 21, 1979 |
| Running time | 120 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Electric Horseman is a 1979 romance film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda. It was the second film teaming the two actors after working together in the film Barefoot in the Park in 1967.
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[edit] Plot
Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) is a former rodeo rider who has sold his soul to business conglomerate Ampco and is now reduced to selling breakfast cereal. Prior to riding at business show in Las Vegas, Sonny discovers that the horse, Rising Star, has been drugged and injured. In order to save the horse, Sonny plans to steal it and release it in the remote western countryside. Hallie Martin (Jane Fonda), a city reporter who is eager to be the first to cover the Rising Star story falls in love with Sonny and the country lifestyle.
[edit] Production
The film was directed by Sydney Pollack. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Sound in 1980. The film is helped by fine music by Willie Nelson (who also has a sidekick part in the film). The soundtrack is not available, but songs like "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" are well known. Potential purchasers of the film should be warned that in some editions Willie Nelson's music of the scene when the horse is released was replaced by vague instrumental music. There are also fine supporting players throughout the film: Valerie Perrine as Sonny's about-to-be-ex-wife, Wilford Brimley plays a farmer who helps Redford on his way.
The film has been seen on television and (re-)released on VHS, Laserdisc and DVD.
[edit] Quotes
Hallie Martin: You ride off with somebody else's twelve million dollar horse, did you think we wouldn't notice?
Sonny Steele: (to horse) Okay junkie, no excuses. Tendon's gone down. You ain't weezin' anymore. And, goddamn, I seen you run.
Sonny Steele: I was up before the sun ever hit your room!
Hallie Martin: Well, then you get the getting up medal!
Hallie Martin: I've been to the rodeo. Twice.
Sonny Steele: Did you stay for the rattlesnake round up?
Hallie Martin: Yes. I stayed. Right till the end. I saw the whole thing.
Sonny Steele: They don't have one. How're you gonna round up a rattlesnake?
Hallie Martin: I'm just trying to be pleasant. You get so worked up about everything!
Sonny Steele: What have I got to be worked up about? I've only got a stole horse; everybody except the Coast Guard is after me; I've got nothin' but miles of open country to cross; and now I'm carrying a crazy woman around wearin' shoes from Bloomingbirds who thinks she's seen a rattlesnake round up!
[edit] External links
- The Electric Horseman at the Internet Movie Database
- The Electric Horseman: Escape from the Garden of Image Commodities
- "The Electric Horseman" review at Rotten Tomatoes
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