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They Shoot Horses Don't They (1970)
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In the dark years of the 1930s, dance marathons became popular as a way for desperate people to compete for prize money. Sometimes the events would drag on for weeks as contestants pushed themselves far beyond the point of physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion, the dancers shambling around the floor in a half-dead stupor. People would then pay to sit in the bleachers, watch the event, and cheer on their favorites. They Shoot Horses is taken from hard-boiled pulp writer Horace McCoy's novel of the same name; Jane Fonda plays a bitter young woman paired up with Michael Sarrazin for the ordeal. Gig Young portrays the unctuous MC of...
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| They Shoot Horses Don't They Movie Review by CowboyJunkie (2/18/2009) |
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Set in California during The Great Depression of the 1930's - THEY SHOOT HORSES, DON'T THEY? is an exceptional film - A real powerhouse of acting dynamics and electrifying drama.
Come one. Come all.
Come see it all.
See - All the wretchedness, all the utter hopelessness of an era of impoverishment like none other in...
(complete They Shoot Horses Don't They review by CowboyJunkie)
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