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- Based on a 1935 novel by Horace McCoy, it gave Jane Fonda her serious-acting breakthrough as Gloria, a cynical cookie who enters a California marathon as a way of staving off poverty until her totally unpromising movie career gets going.
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a 1969 American psychological drama film directed by Sydney Pollack, from a screenplay written by Robert E. Thompson and James Poe, based on Horace McCoy's 1935 novel of the same name.
Sep 6, 2023 · They Shoot Horses, Don't They? was written in 1935, in the depths of the Great Depression. During the Great Depression, dance marathons were a craze because they allowed people who had no...
Based on a novel by Horace McCoy, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? reveals our collective fascination with human struggle put on display and the demoralizing illusion of Hollywood’s dream factory.
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.
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- Sydney Pollack
- 1970-08-20
Dec 14, 2019 · Based on Horace McCoy’s 1935 novella, the story unfolds at a Santa Monica Pier dance marathon in 1932.
Aug 28, 2019 · Despite not being set in 1969, They Shoot Horses Don’t They? is a cautionary tale where the rebellious spirit of the 1960s dovetails with the bitter disillusionment of the Great Depression. The influence of Sydney Pollack’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? has spread far and wide, ranging from fashion to music videos and even YouTube ...
A 1969 film based on the Horace McCoy novel of the same name and directed by Sydney Pollack, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? focuses on the participants in a grueling California dance marathon in 1932, in the depths of The Great Depression.
