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It's an oddball love story about a guy and a girl and a prize racehorse, and it has a chase scene and some smooching and a happy ending. It could have starred Tracy and Hepburn, or Gable and Colbert, but it doesn't need to because this time it stars Robert Redford and Jane Fonda.
When he's asked to perform with a $12 million horse that he discovers is being doped to remain docile, he flees into the desert astride the beast in an act of defiance. A story-hungry female ...
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- Sydney Pollack
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- Robert Redford
Vincent Canby New York Times At this point, I think it's reasonably safe to say that The Electric Horseman is the best American romantic comedy of 1979. Full Review | Original Score:...
Mar 2, 1979 · It was the start of an association that has continued to the present, with Mr. Pollack having directed five of Mr. Redford's films, including “The Electric Horseman,” on which shooting has...
The film is about a former rodeo champion who is hired by a cereal company to become its spokesperson and then runs away on a $12 million electric-lit horse and costume he is given to promote it in Las Vegas after he finds that the horse has been abused.
Jun 25, 2015 · As the Annals of Film History come to resemble the Annals of Film Remakes more and more every day, one might suppose it's only a matter of time before someone digs up The Electric Horseman and updates it with a modern twist. If we're going by plot alone, Horseman has in fact already been remade…
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Dec 21, 1979 · The Electric Horseman: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson. A rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, accompanied by a feisty reporter.
