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Equus is a 1977 psychological drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Peter Shaffer, based on his play of the same name. The film stars Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Eileen Atkins, and Jenny Agutter.
- $4 million
Oct 20, 1977 · A film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's play about a psychiatrist (Richard Burton) who tries to understand the motives of a boy who blinded six horses. The film explores themes of religion, sexuality, and society's expectations.
- (8.6K)
- Drama, Mystery
- Sidney Lumet
- 1977-10-20
Summaries. A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses. Psychiatrist Martin Dysart (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 ...
A film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's play about a young man who blinds six horses in a mental hospital, directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Burton as the psychiatrist. Ebert praises the film's acting, but criticizes its miscalculation of showing the blinding of the horses and its over-theatricality.
Dr. Martin Dysart (Richard Burton), a psychiatrist who has grown unhappy with his life, takes on the peculiar case of Alan Strang (Peter Firth), a reserved teenager who has been accused of brutally...
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- Sidney Lumet
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A psychoanalyst tries to help a young man who blinded a stable full of horses. Equus is a 1977 drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Burton, Peter Firth and Colin Blakely.
