They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Blu-ray) PG

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Blu-ray Details

  • Rated: PG
  • Run Time: 2 hours
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: September 5, 2017
  • Originally Released: 1969
  • Label: KL Studio Classics

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1969 - Best Supporting Actor: Gig Young

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 5,548
The acting is strident and overblown, the narrative technique gimmicky and obvious, and the implication that the competitors' situation is a microcosm of a wider-reaching American malaise rather pretentious. Full Review
Time Out
Jun 24, 2006
Rating: 4/4 -- If there was ever a film that completely captures the utter desperation and despair of poverty, it's this one. Full Review
From the Front Row
Jun 4, 2019
The film's problem is that it is almost an embittered celebration of exhaustion. Full Review
The Spectator
Jul 12, 2018
Rating: 4/4 -- An allegorical, socially conscious response to the injustices of the Depression era. Full Review
TV Guide
May 26, 2008
Rating: 7/10 -- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? becomes not merely an incisive critique of the exploitation that celebrities are inclined to, but perhaps of capitalism itself. Full Review
Under the Radar
Sep 27, 2017
The material is simple and irresistible, and Sydney Pollack stages it well (though without transcending the essential superficiality of his talent). Full Review
Chicago Reader
May 26, 2008
A sordid spectacle of hard times, a kind of existentialist allegory of life. Full Review
Variety
May 26, 2008

Product Description:

Sydney Pollack's dark and impassioned adaptation of Horace McCoy's novel examines the limits of devotion and endurance. The intricately interwoven plot centers on a marathon dance contest that takes place in the 1930s during the Great Depression. The poverty-stricken participants struggle to keep their footing in order to survive the hard times, with hope for the cash prize the sole reason for continuing to dance. The tragic competitors are an effective mirror for the American ideals of the time and the overwhelming feeling of disenchantment. Filled with dramatic tension and moving performances, THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY' is harrowing and unforgettable.

Jane Fonda gives a particularly moving performance as Gloria Beatty, a girl bent on self-destruction, and Gig Young gives an Oscar-winning performance as Rocky, the sleazy master of ceremonies who has gathered the contestants together under the pretense of providing an ample cash reward of more than a thousand dollars.

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