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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
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PG,2hrs 1min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1969
Director:
Sydney Pollack
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York  ...more
Synopsis: A total of nine Academy Award nominations went to this wildly acclaimed, allegorical drama set amongst the contestants in a marathon dance contest during the Great Depression. Gig Young stars as Rocky, the obnoxious emcee for a dance marathon that offers prize money of $1,500, a small fortune during hard economic times that brings out the worst in several participants. Among them are Gloria Beatty (Jane Fonda), a malcontent who's partnered with a drifter, Robert Syverton (Michael Sarrazin); a pregnant ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Appearing throughout the 1960s in forgettable light comedies and overdone potboilers (some directed by her then-husband, Roger Vadim), Jane Fonda hardly seemed to be an actress with a memorable career ahead of her. That changed in 1969, with They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, in which Fonda gave her first inarguably great performance as Gloria, a woman shorn of hope and compassion, who has learned to ... Full Review
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