The Electric Horseman

The Electric Horseman is a 1979 adventureromance film starring Robert Redford and Jane Fonda and directed by Sydney Pollack. The film is about a former rodeo champion who is hired by a cereal company to become its spokesperson, and then runs away on amillion electriclit horse and costume he is given to promote it in Las Vegas.

Identifying with the plight of the horse and disillusioned with the present state of his life, Sonny decides to abscond with Rising Star and travel crosscountry in order to release him in a remote canyon where herds of wild horses roam. Hallie Martin, a television reporter eager to be the first to break the Rising Star story, locates Sonny and follows him on his unusual quest through the countryside. While en route, the unlikely pair have a romance as they avoid the pursuing authorities.Casting for The Electric Horseman either continued or led to many reoccurring collaborations between cast and crew members. On November 28, 1978, Robert Redford was announced to star in the film, becoming the fifth film in which Sydney Pollack directed Redford following This Property Is Condemned 1966, Jeremiah Johnson 1972, The Way We Were 1973 and Three Days of the Condor 1975. This directoractor relationship would continue with two more films Out of Africa 1985 and Havana 1990. Pollack had also previously directed Fonda in They Shoot Horses, Dont They? 1969, whereas Redford and Fonda previously teamed on The Chase 1966 and Barefoot in the Park 1967. ........

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