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The Electric Horseman
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Overview

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5.9/10   2,699 votes
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Director:
Sydney Pollack
Writers:
Shelly Burton (story)
Paul Gaer (story)
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Release Date:
13 March 1980 (UK) more
Plot:
Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
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So low-keyed it nearly evaporates more (23 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Robert Redford ... Norman 'Sonny' Steele

Jane Fonda ... Alice 'Hallie' Martin

Valerie Perrine ... Charlotta Steele

Willie Nelson ... Wendell Hickson
John Saxon ... Hunt Sears

Nicolas Coster ... Fitzgerald
Allan Arbus ... Danny Miles
Wilford Brimley ... Farmer
Will Hare ... Gus Atwater

Basil Hoffman ... Toland
Timothy Scott ... Leroy
James Sikking ... Dietrich (as James B. Sikking)
James Kline ... Tommy
Frank Speiser ... Bernie
Quinn K. Redeker ... Bud Broderick (as Quinn Rdeker)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Electric (USA) (trailer title)
Den självlysande ryttaren (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Der elektrische Reiter (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
El jinete eléctrico (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
Le cavalier électrique (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Den lysende rytter (Denmark) [da]
Elektryczny jezdziec (Poland) [pl]
Il cavaliere elettrico (Italy) [it]
Ilektrikos kavallaris (Greece) [el]
O Cavaleiro Elétrico (Brazil) [pt]
Valaistu ratsumies (Finland) [fi]
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Runtime:
122 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
4-Track Stereo

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Trivia:
This movie was inspired by a case where "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" (1971) invited Penny Chenery in 1973 to bring her horse, the legendary Triple Crown winner Secretariat to appear on the show. Chenery, knowing her horse wouldn't care for a TV studio, declined. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The video footage shown on television of Sonny Steele's speech about the horse doesn't match what Alice would have actually shot. The camera movement, lighting and direction of where Steele was facing while talking is completely different. more
Quotes:
Hallie Martin: Okay, I respect your position. I don't understand it, but I respect it. A lot of famous people hated publicity: Albert Schweitzer. Franco... Albert Schweitzer. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Leonard Nimoy Demonstrates the Magnavision Videodisc Player (1981) (V) more
Soundtrack:
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
So low-keyed it nearly evaporates, 3 June 2007
6/10
Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Everyone involved in "The Electric Horseman" is taking it easy. The film is just a lark for some very talented people, and while it does have its amusements it doesn't add up to much. Robert Redford plays a rodeo-star who steals his celebrated horse, planning to ride it up to hill country to release it in the wild, but he's dogged by inquisitive female reporter Jane Fonda. There's a message about wildlife to be had in Robert Garland's exceptionally thin script, which must have attracted both Redford and Fonda, but director Sydney Pollack wisely concentrates on the leads' budding romance, and the horse takes the proverbial backseat. Some of the repartee is sharp, but the movie doesn't particularly look good or seem fully thought out. As a result, it's unmemorable and undemanding, though not without minor enjoyment. **1/2 from ****

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