They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
First screened in June 2001

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Director: Sydney Pollack. Cast: Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Gig Young, Susannah York, Red Buttons, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Conrad, Bruce Dern, Al Lewis, Robert Fields, Severn Darden, Allyn Ann McLerie, Madge Kennedy, Jacquelyn Hyde, Felice Orlandi, Art Metrano, Gail Billings, Lynn Willis. Screenplay: Isobel Lennart (based on her book for the musical They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Jule Styne).

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Twitter Capsule: A film of clear, strong, perhaps unsubtle ideas that thrives on its muscular way of conveying them.

VOR: ④  As so many American features strenuously tried to catch a 60s-specific wave, Horses connects with a dingy, receding past and invests it with ferocious, contemporary urgency.

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Photo © 1969 Cinerama Releasing/Palomar Pictures/ABC

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
	Best Director: Sydney Pollack
	Best Actress: Jane Fonda
	Best Supporting Actress: Susannah York
★	Best Supporting Actor: Gig Young
	Best Adapted Screenplay: James Poe and Robert E. Thompson
	Best Art Direction: Harry Horner; Frank R. McKelvy
	Best Costume Design: Donfeld
	Best Film Editing: Fredric Steinkamp
	Best Musical Score (Original or Adaptation): Johnny Green and Albert Woodbury
	Best Sound
Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture (Drama)
	Best Director: Sydney Pollack
	Best Actress (Drama): Jane Fonda
	Best Supporting Actress: Susannah York
	Best Supporting Actor: Gig Young
★	Best Supporting Actor: Gig Young
Other Awards:
	New York Film Critics Circle: Best Actress (Fonda)
	National Board of Review: Best Picture
	British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Suppporting Actress (York)

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