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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Universal
EAN: 9780783278360
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0783278365
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 06, 2003
Running Time: 122 minutes
Sales Rank: 4589
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: 1979
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A newswoman and a rodeo star flee to utah with a $12 million horse freed from a las vegas promotion. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 10/24/2006 Starring: Timothy Scott Willie Nelson Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Sydney Pollack
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When this picture came out in 1979, both Robert Redford and Jane Fonda were at the height of their stardom; in fact, this movie was so big, it took two studios (Columbia and Universal) to make it. Redford plays Sonny Steele, champion rodeo rider turned corporate spokesman (and perpetual drunk). When he discovers that another corporate asset, a racehorse, is just like him--dressed like a buffoon and doped up to the gills--he decides to liberate the animal. Redford's grumpy, wise, and funny performance demonstrates why he was (and is) such a big star (and why director Sydney Pollack made seven movies with him). Fonda is fine as the bright, ambitious, frightened TV reporter whose pursuit of a story pitches her headlong into love. The ending may seem anticlimatic (the big comedy chase comes in the middle of the film), but this is much more a romance story than a chase film. From the beginning, there's little doubt how the story will end (although even then, the movie throws us a little curve), but the movie compensates with sheer star power; Redford and Fonda are all that matter, and in this case they deliver, along with Willie Nelson's fine performance in a pivotal supporting role. --Geof Miller
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Rating:  - Well done Robert!!!
A wonderful blend of fun, entertainment, and an absolutely understandable plot... well cast, Robert has been around as long as I can remember and never fails to take on the character he portrays, I am not a fan of Fonda but they are just so great together, again I say WELL DONE---
Rating: - Great movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a beautiful movie that every animal lover, certainly every horse lover will cherish. And, if you ever loved Robert Redford, it's a must have! I loved learning recently that Robert Redford bought the horse movie, kept him until he died and that Rising Star is buried at Sundance Ranch.
Rating: - Where's the chrome?
The Electric Horseman is Sonny Steele (Robert Redford), a rodeo cowboy who now works for Ampco Industries pitching breakfast cereal and making promotional appearances at corporate events. Wearing a suit festooned with electric lights he is supposed to make a Las Vegas appearance with a $12 Million dollar race horse, Rising Star, for the big corporate merger roll out event.
He sees that the horse is being mistreated, not to mention himself, so he takes off with Rising Star to set her free. Reporter Hallie Martin (Jane Fonda) tracks him down in pursuit of the story and ends up as an accomplice to the crazy scheme. The corporate honchos are in pursuit, trying to squelch any bad publicity, or as their breakfast cereal sales rise, at least spin the story to their advantage.
Jane Fonda and Robert Redford made three movies together, and Jane later admitted that she was secretly in love with Bob though she was married at the time, and never even told him of her feelings. She just really liked going to work. There is evidence of chemistry between the two, and it's fun to watch. They seem headed for disaster, but there is great scenery along the way, and who knows, they just might pull it off.
The film, directed by Sydney Pollack, features the film debut of Willie Nelson, whose music is also featured. He didn't really get to do much as Wendall Hickson, Sonny Steele's manager, but he still managed to make quite an impression, and even Pollack admitted that he came up ... Read More
Rating: - One of the great, unsung romantic westerns of all time...
I have always loved this film. It is a great and moving story, funny and filled with wonderful actors and involving action. Scenery is great, music too. But Fonda and Redford, and the horse, each as beautiful as they will ever be I think, all captivate in this movie. (Brimley and Willie Nelson are great though too.) It is a story about man against the heartless machinery of the modern world, but told in a down-to-earth, interesting way, that ends in triumph over adversity; and it is full of oddly moving scenes (like when Fonda and Redford and the horse are escaping over country at night and begin singing "America the Beautiful" against a backdrop of the dramatic Western mountains) that stay with you. And you can see that Fonda really is smitten with Redford, though he remains the in-charge hero (albeit a handsome devil as well). I own two copies of this film, consider it a classic and watch it every year or so. Never gets old.
Rating:  - This is not the original theatrical release
This is an edited version of the original. As another reviewer commented the opening credits have been changed to a generic instrumental- it had been Willie Nelson's "My Heros Have Always been Cowboys". if you've seen the original opening you'll know why this is significant. Also I know there is at least one deleted scene where Sunny goes and gets help from Gus- again a significant loss to the film. I returned the DVD.
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