The Electric Horseman
- Robert Redford: Norman Steele ( " Sonny " )
- Jane Fonda: Alice Martin ( " Hallie " )
- Valerie Perrine: Charlotta Steele
- Willie Nelson: Wendell Hickson
- John Saxon: Hunt Sears
- Nicolas Coster: Fitzgerald
- Allan Arbus: Danny Miles
- Timothy Scott: Leroy
The Electric Horseman ( The Electric Horseman ) is an American comedy film from the year 1979. Directed by Sydney Pollack, and written by Robert Garland.
Action
Norman Steele won several rodeos in the past. Well it depends on the bottle. Due to his injuries from Rodeo he can no longer compete in competitions. Instead, it occurs as an advertising figure in the order of a food company. He wears a bright uniform with numerous light bulbs.
Before an important advertising campaign in Las Vegas, he noticed that the precious horse Rising Star sedatives are administered. Steele is likely to take the horse and gallops off. The television reporter Hallie Martin, who always faced his performances critically, followed his trail to report about the story. The CEO Hunt Sears, meanwhile, can search for the horse - Steeles life is not going so important.
On the run from the forces of order, on the way to Utah, where Steele would like to release the horse develops between him and the reporter a romance. The reports, which it sends Hallie to the newspaper, go to Steele freedom heroes and bring Sears sales records. The tracking is aborted and Sears reflects on the advertising contract.
As the numerous attending reporters wait in vain for a feint in the wrong place, Steele leaves the horse free and gives him back his freedom.
Then Steele and Hallie take her old life again.
Reviews
Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times, the film trying to act old-fashioned - there are villains of a large corporation and large Kusszenen at sunset. However, the film does not try to be " harmless ," he speak to contemporary issues. The relationship between Fonda and Redford recall those of Hepburn and Bogart in African Queen and as a similar chemistry. The film was " warm and cozy"; Although he offered " solid entertainment ", but give away some chances - what the director had probably intended.
The lexicon of international film wrote that the film was a " good performers with shiny entertaining, post - Western. '" He dreams " of a life in a natural setting " and " of an America that is free from all commerce ," which was accompanied " by romantic country -and- western ballads ".
The magazine wrote Cinema, the film was a " neo- western with wit, heart and mind " and a " mocking film fable about advertising and consumer hype " that confront "Western Nostalgia with Las Vegas glamor ." Jane Fonda and Robert Redford worked as a couple " enchanting ".
Awards
The film was nominated for Best Sound in 1980 for an Oscar in the category. In 1981 he won for Best Foreign Film ( Mejor Película Extranjera ) the Spanish Premios del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos ( Cinema Writers Circle Award ).
Background
The film was shot in Las Vegas and in some places in Utah. He played in the cinemas of the United States about 61.8 million U.S. dollars.