Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York
The lives of a disparate group of contestants intertwine in an inhumanely grueling dance marathon.
DVD Release Date: March 13, 2001
Stats: 287 reviews
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is one of those movies where you recognize its greatness as you watch it, but at the same time you know you're watching a really well-orchestrated gruesome car crash that you probably don't ever, ever need to see again. Jane Fonda radiates brassy bi...( read more)
It is not only a story about poor people struggling to win an anguishing dance contest in the eve of the 1930s great depression; It is a cruel but honest allegory that mirrors the state apparatus and the thinly disguised form of slavery imposed to all its citizens. The damned, wh...( read more)
Easily the darkest film Pollack ever made. It's funny how he started off with a dark film and the rest of his career is good,but full of fluff films. Great performances all around with perfect casting.Every actor is realistic and their is not one person who feels out of place or ...( read more)
Pollack's masterpiece,in my humble opinion...
This is a difficult film to watch and is impossible to forget.Based on the novel by the same name,They Shoot Horses Don't They, is set in 1930's depression era USA, when dance marathons provided a means by which to earn small amoun...( read more)
This movie was not what I expected at all. I was floored by how good it was. The entire film is a brilliant satire of the American way through the eyes of these participants in this Depression era dance contest. The lengths and the degradation that these people go through for mon...( read more)
Tedious, super depressing story of ppl trying to survive during the Depression Era. Needed more background stories for the characters, but one of JFondas better films.
I will NOT see a Movie that has this Commie, Traitor, BITCH in it.
They don't have a LOW enough rating for her.
She can rot in the Hanoi Hilton, for what she did to Our troops during Vietnam.
BURN BITCH, BURN
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Pollack's masterpiece,in my humble opinion...
This is a difficult film to watch and is impossible to forget.Based on the novel by the same name,They Shoot Horses Don't They, is set in 1930's depression era USA, when dance marathons provided a means by which to earn small amounts of money by sheer endurance and desperation. Dancers were provided with food and water to compete for several days,sometimes weeks.People regularly dropped to the floor with exhaustion,amidst an audience which paid admission to watch the horrific events, and cheer on their favorites. These events were not unlike the entertainment at the Roman Collloseum,only the ravages were psychological and not always lethal...
The film is shocking in the display of human desperation,fatigue and existential pointlessness. The cost of this most inhumane and socially cannibalistic "entertainment,can be symbolically related to much of the human condition as well today as when it was first filmed.
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