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Sydney PollackPhotographie:
Owen RoizmanMusique:
Dave GrusinActeurs·trices:
Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson, John Saxon, Allan Arbus, Nicolas Coster, Wilford Brimley, Sydney Pollack, James Sikking (plus)Résumés(1)
Sonny Steele, ancien grand champion de rodéo, gagne sa vie comme cow-boy dans une pub pour céréales. Seul l'alcool parvient à lui faire oublier le ridicule et l'humiliation de ces séances où il doit endosser un costume parsemé de lampes clignotantes. Lors d'un grand show à Las Vegas, il s'aperçoit que la société qui l'emploie drogue sa monture. Sonny décide alors de prendre la fuite avec le pur-sang, Rising Star, pour lui rendre sa liberté. La journaliste de télévision Hallie Martin se lance à sa poursuite et s'éprend bientôt de Sonny. (Arte)
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Critiques (1)
If there is a film that does not talk about how things are going in the United States, but about what Americans think their country is like and what values it stands for, then it is The Electric Horseman. This film is American not only because its protagonist is a cowboy, but also because of its pathetic moralizing and the great importance it attaches to personal initiative and individualism. And essentially, also because of the typically American studio ending. Robert Redford and Jane Fonda are great actors of their time and their names speak for themselves. Sydney Pollack is an established director who does not waste time, so a romantic drama about a cowboy who rebels against the consumer sale of his reputation in a declining show and saves a suffering horse, represents decent entertainment, which may not dazzle today, but remains functional even years later. Overall impression: 65%.
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