{"id":3768,"date":"2016-09-06T05:15:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T09:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2025-12-15T14:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:05:37","slug":"they-shoot-horses-dont-they-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3768","title":{"rendered":"They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?-1969"},"content":{"rendered":"

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? -1969<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Sydney Pollack<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott’s Review #474<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed September 6, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) is a tragic, riveting film, set in the Depression-era 1930s, centering on a group of contestants entering a Dance-athon for an enormous cash prize.<\/p>\n

Most of the film is set on and around the dance floor.<\/p>\n

Contestants bring themselves to the brink of exhaustion to win the coveted money, and the desperation of the characters is horrific.<\/p>\n

Jane Fonda leads the pack as a depressed, sarcastic, aspiring actress who desperately needs the cash prize.<\/p>\n

The film’s dark nature is mesmerizing, though it is a difficult to watch. I found the film’s periodic parts that seemed to drag, as the contestants grew wearier with each hour.<\/p>\n

It also felt like a precursor to the reality television craze that has swept the nation since the 1990s.<\/p>\n

A tragedy, yes, but a practical and worthwhile film about depression and the struggle to survive. And a sad reminder of brutality as a form of entertainment.<\/p>\n

Oscar Nominations<\/strong>: 1 win<\/strong>-Best Director-Sydney Pollack, Best Actress-Jane Fonda, Best Supporting Actor-Gig Young (won)<\/strong>, Best Supporting Actress-Susannah York, Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, Best Score of a Musical Picture-Original or Adaptation, Best Costume Design, Best Art Direction, Best Film Editing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? -1969 Director Sydney Pollack Starring Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York Scott’s Review #474 Reviewed September 6, 2016 Grade: A- They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969) is a tragic, riveting film, set in the Depression-era 1930s, centering on a group of contestants entering a Dance-athon for an enormous cash prize. … Continue reading They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?-1969<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,192],"tags":[8778,6089,744,8876,2867,846,8779,8777,974,2862,848],"class_list":["post-3768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1969-films","category-dramas","tag-al-lewis","tag-bonnie-bedelia","tag-bruce-dern","tag-cynthia-myers","tag-gig-young","tag-jane-fonda","tag-michael-conrad","tag-michael-sarrazin","tag-red-buttons","tag-susannah-york","tag-sydney-pollack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22349,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions\/22349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}