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The Electric Horseman (1979)

PG   |    |  Comedy, Drama, Romance

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A rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, with a feisty reporter accompanying him.

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Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar.

Another 1 win.

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3 June 2007 | moonspinner55
6
| So low-keyed it nearly evaporates
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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Trivia

The nickname of Alice Martin (Jane Fonda) was "Hallie" whilst the nickname of Norman Steele (Robert Redford) was "Sonny".

Quotes

Hallie Martin: You ride off with somebody else's twelve million dollar horse, did you think we wouldn't notice?

Goofs

When Sonny asks Hallie if she has ever heard of "The Madison Square Garden", she replies in the negative even though anyone who works in New York City would have heard of it, and she had no reason to deceive Sonny.

Alternate Versions

The film's original soundtrack has been changed in different ways for its two DVD releases:

  • The Image DVD replaces Dave Grusin's beautiful "Freedom Epilogue" score music (where the horse is set free) with a reprise of "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" by Willie Nelson, originally heard during the opening credits. This actually works well, though one wonders why a piece of original score had to be changed.
  • The newer Universal release goes a step further, removing "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" from the opening credits (and in fact from the film completely) as well as "Freedom Epilogue" and replaces them both with a very inappropriate generic harmonica-driven instrumental which is meant to sound like a Willie Nelson song.

Soundtracks

Midnight Rider
(uncredited)
Written by Gregg Allman and Robert Payne
Performed by Willie Nelson

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Drama | Romance | Western

Details

Release Date:

21 December 1979

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,500,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$61,801,971

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$61,801,971

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