They shoot horses don't they? [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; a Palomar Picture ; produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff ; screenplay by James Poe and Robert E. Thompson ; directed by Sydney Pollack.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 1007062 | MGM Home EntertainmentLanguage: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Santa Monica, CA : MGM DVD : MGM Home Entertainment, [2004]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0792862201
- 9780792862208
- They shoot horses, don't they? (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Philip H. Lathrop ; editor, Fredric Steinkamp ; music, John Green.
- Academy Awards (1970): winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Gig Young); nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Fonda); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Susannah York); Best Art-Direction-Set Decoration; Best Costume Design; Best Director; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium; Golden Globes (1970): winner for Best Supporting Actor (Young); nominated for Best Director - Motion Picture; Best Motion Picture - Drama; Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama (Fonda); Best Supporting Actor (Red Buttons); Best Supporting Actress (York).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A total of nine Academy Award nominations went to this wildly acclaimed, allegorical drama set amongst the contestants in a marathon dance contest during the Great Depression. Gig Young stars as Rocky, the obnoxious emcee for a dance marathon that offers prize money of $1,500, a small fortune during hard economic times that brings out the worst in several participants. Among them are Gloria Beatty (Jane Fonda), a malcontent who's partnered with a drifter, Robert Syverton (Michael Sarrazin); a pregnant farm girl (Bonnie Bedelia) and her husband (Bruce Dern); a sailor (Red Buttons); and an aspiring actress (Susannah York). As the marathon winds into a staggering second month, suspicion, doubt and insecurity rages among the competitors and even the decaying and increasingly manipulative Rocky, leading to a shocking crime. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
From the novel by Horace McCoy.
Includes original theatrical trailer.
Letterboxed (2.25:1) format.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1969.
Recorded in Dolby digital mono.
Director of photography, Philip H. Lathrop ; editor, Fredric Steinkamp ; music, John Green.
Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Bonnie Bedelia, Red Buttons.
In the midst of the Depression, an entire generation sought out the dance marathon as a means of survival. Gig Young won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as the contest promoter.
MPAA rating: PG.
DVD format.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
In English with optional English, French or Spanish language subtitles.
Academy Awards (1970): winner for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Gig Young); nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jane Fonda); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Susannah York); Best Art-Direction-Set Decoration; Best Costume Design; Best Director; Best Film Editing; Best Music, Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation); Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium; Golden Globes (1970): winner for Best Supporting Actor (Young); nominated for Best Director - Motion Picture; Best Motion Picture - Drama; Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama (Fonda); Best Supporting Actor (Red Buttons); Best Supporting Actress (York).