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- When a cop asks Robert why he did it, Robert says, "she asked me to - they shoot horses, don't they?" before he is locked up in jail. The film ends with a view of Rocky shouting out to the crowd at the dance competition, and the crowd is cheering and laughing, while the competing dancers look miserable and depressed.
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Ending Explained. In the end of "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?", the exhausted and desperate contestants in the dance marathon are down to just two couples. One couple, Gloria and Robert, make a plan to win by faking a collapse and then getting up to dance again.
- Sydney Pollack
- Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York
However, York relented and agreed to make the film. [4] The film uses the unusual technique of flashforward (glimpses of the future). It occurs during the last 18 minutes of the film, as passages appear foreshadowing the fate of Robert, just before the tragic ending.
Ending / spoiler. When Gloria and Robert find out from Rocky, the MC, that there won't be any prize money when the dance marathon is over they decide to walk out. While on the pier, Gloria, who is so burnt out on life, takes a pistol from her purse to kill herself.
When a cop asks Robert why he did it, Robert says, "she asked me to - they shoot horses, don't they?" before he is locked up in jail. The film ends with a view of Rocky shouting out to the crowd at the dance competition, and the crowd is cheering and laughing, while the competing dancers look miserable and depressed.
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young. The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
- Sydney Pollack
- 3 min
Jan 16, 2011 · Cinerama presents a film directed by Sydney Pollack. Screenplay by James Poe and Robert E. Thompson. Running time: 123 minutes. MPAA Rating: PG. Review / Roger Ebert (1970) Erase the forced smiles from the desperate faces, and what the dance marathons of the 1930s came down to was fairly simple. A roomful of human beings went around and around ...
Sep 6, 2023 · Near the end, after many scandals—including a revelation that Gloria is sleeping with a judge in an attempt to improve their chances and a protest of the event—the marathon is shut down due to an...
