They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.8/10   

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Escritores:

Horace McCoy (novel)
James Poe (screenplay) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

10 septiembre 1970 (Alemania Occidental)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

People are the ultimate spectacle

Plot:

The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.

Plot Keywords:

Dance Marathon | Actress | 1930s | Sexual Favor | Hallucination

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 6 wins & 20 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Grisly, Sickly Entertaining Film

Reparto

Jane Fonda	...	Gloria
Michael Sarrazin	...	Robert
Susannah York	...	Alice
Gig Young	...	Rocky
Red Buttons	...	Sailor
Bonnie Bedelia	...	Ruby
Michael Conrad	...	Rollo
Bruce Dern	...	James
Al Lewis	...	Turkey
Robert Fields	...	Joel
Severn Darden	...	Cecil
Allyn Ann McLerie	...	Shirl
Madge Kennedy	...	Mrs. Laydon
Jacquelyn Hyde	...	Jackie
Felice Orlandi	...	Mario
Art Metrano	...	Max (as Arthur Metrano)
Gail Billings	...	Lillian
Lynn Willis	...	Coley James
Maxine Greene	...	Agnes
Mary Gregory	...	Nurse
Robert Dunlap	...	College Boy
Paul Mantee	...	Jiggs
Tim Herbert	...	Doctor
Tom McFadden	...	Second Trainer
Noble 'Kid' Chissel	...	First Trainer (as Noble 'Kid' Chissell)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Ian Abercrombie	...	Male Dancer #74 (uncredited)
Hugh Bell	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Ronnie Bright	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Teddy Buckner	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Hadley Calliman	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Teddy Edwards	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Thurman Green	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Joe Harris	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Marilyn Hassett	...	Dancer #75 (uncredited)
Bobby Hutcherson	...	Band Leader (uncredited)
Ike Isaacs	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Peggy Adams Laird	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Harold Land	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Philo McCullough	...	Audience Extra (uncredited)
Beverlee McKinsey	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Cynthia Myers	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Flower Parry	...	Marathon Spectator (uncredited)
Les Robertson	...	Band Member (uncredited)
Sheela Tessler	...	Marathon Dancer (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Sydney Pollack

Créditos del guión
Horace McCoy		(novel "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?")
James Poe		(screenplay) and
Robert E. Thompson		(screenplay)

Producida por
Robert Chartoff	....	producer
Johnny Green	....	associate producer (as John Green)
Theodore B. Sills	....	executive producer
Irwin Winkler	....	producer

Música original por
Johnny Green		(music) (as John Green)

Fotografía por
Philip H. Lathrop		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Fredric Steinkamp

Casting
Lynn Stalmaster
James Martell		(uncredited)
Jack Roberts		(uncredited)

Diseño de producción por
Harry Horner

Decorados
Frank R. McKelvy		(as Frank McKelvey)

Diseño de vestuario por
Donfeld

Departamento de maquillaje
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist: Miss Fonda (as Sidney Guilaroff)
Frank McCoy	....	make up
Ina Claire	....	hair stylist: Miss York (uncredited)
Carla Hadley	....	hairdresser (uncredited)
Shirley Kirby	....	hairdresser (uncredited)
Maggie O'Connor	....	body makeup artist (uncredited)
Lenore Weaver	....	hairdresser (uncredited)
Sherry Wilson	....	hairdresser (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
Edward Woehler	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Al Jennings	....	assistant director
Joel Chernoff	....	second unit director (uncredited)
C.E. Dismukes	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Lynn Guthrie	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Departamento de Arte
Ben L. Goldman	....	property master
Mort Rabinowitz	....	production illustrator
Danny Beneducci	....	props (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Norval D. Crutcher	....	sound effects editor (as Norval Crutcher)
Tom Overton	....	sound
Ora Hudson	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Brandon Kellogg	....	recordist (uncredited)
Tex Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Blondie Anderson	....	special effects (uncredited)

Especialistas
Chad Evans	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Duke Callaghan	....	camera operator (as Duke Callahan)
William Classen	....	grip (uncredited)
Richard Doran	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Cliff King	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Craig Novak	....	grip (uncredited)
Art Say	....	stills (uncredited)
Barry Wexler	....	grip (uncredited)
Robert Willoughby	....	special still photographer (uncredited)
Lee Wilson	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Departamento de vestuario
Michael J. Harte	....	costumer: men (as Mike Harte)
Mina Mittelman	....	costumer: women
Vou Lee Giokaris	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Violet B. Martin	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Thalia Phillips	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Bob Scott	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Joe Somaruga	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Ronald Wind	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Departamento de Edición
Don Guidice	....	assistant film editor

Departamento de Música
Johnny Green	....	orchestral arrangements (as John Green)
Harry King	....	music editor
Randy Ravelen	....	music coordinator
Albert Woodbury	....	orchestral arrangements
Dan Wallin	....	score mixer (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Herbert DuFine	....	dialogue coach (as Herb Dufine)
Mort Heilig	....	production executive (as Morty Heilig)
Phill Norman	....	titles
Tom Panko	....	marathon dancers supervisor
Emily Torchia	....	unit publicist
Joyce Webb	....	script supervisor
Noble 'Kid' Chissel	....	technical advisor (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
• Palomar Pictures

Distribuidores

• Cinerama Releasing Corporation (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• ABC Pictures International (????) (USA) (all media)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1975) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1995) (worldwide) (all media)
• Transvídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Otras Compañías

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes (uncredited)
• Cinefx  titles
• National Screen Service  opticals
• Solters & Digney  publicity (uncredited)

También conocida como:

Danzad, danzad, malditos (Spain) [es]
El baile interminable (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

129 min (original version) | USA:120 min (current version)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco | Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:M (original rating) | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California, USA

Compañía:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivialidades:

Sydney Pollack shot some of the frightening derby sequences himself, donning a pair of roller skates to get right in the action with the frantically heel/toe-ing actors.

Errores:

Anacronismos: The Edward Heyman/Johnny Green song "Easy Come Easy Go", which is used as the film's title theme and is performed by a singer at the fictional dance marathon, was not published until 1934 (two years after the film's 1932 setting).

Citas:

Policeman: Why'd you do it, kid?
Robert: Because she asked me to.
Policeman: Obliging bastard. Is that the only reason you got, kid?
Robert: They shoot horses, don't they?

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Cybill: They Shoot Turkeys, Don't They? (#2.8)" (1995)

Banda de Sonido:

Sweet Sue, Just You

A Grisly, Sickly Entertaining Film

A brutally bleak screen adaptation of the pulpy Horace McCoy novella, about a Depression-era dance marathon where down-and-outers drive themselves to the brink of exhaustion to win the cash prize.

This film has become relevant again today in the age of reality T.V., where people tune in to watch strangers be humiliated, rejected and made fun of. Meanness and suffering sells today, and apparently it sold back then as well. The M.C. of the dance marathon, played wonderfully by Gig Young in one of his last (if not the last) film performances before the troubled actor murdered his wife and then killed himself, creates little narratives and dramas around each of the dancers, so that the audience can have their favorites to root for. Every once in a while, someone will show off a special talent, singing a song or hoofing a little dance number, and the audience will throw change at them, which the performer then frantically scrabbles up like a desperate pigeon. The cast of dancers is led by Jane Fonda, in a break-out role as Gloria, the jaded woman-of-the-world who's seen it all and doesn't want to see anymore; Susannah York, as a pretentious wannabe actress, who acts up a storm during a mesmerizing breakdown scene; Red Buttons, as an aging ex-serviceman who struggles to keep up with the young kids around him; and Bruce Dern and Bonnie Bedelia, as a sweet couple of country bumpkins who are desperate to win the cash for their unborn baby. And yes, that is Al Lewis (aka Grandpa Munster) lurking around in the background as one of the dance marathon officials.

Director Sydney Pollack vastly improves on the source material, making something much richer and deeper out of McCoy's lurid novella. He uses an edgy, jarring style that's suited perfectly to the material, and which he would never again display.

"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" holds a sort of grisly fascination over its audience. Bleak as it is, it's also entertaining in a rather morbid way, making us feel like we're members of the audience watching this sick spectacle and making it that much harder for us to condemn the film audience without labeling ourselves as hypocrites.

Grade: A