Capital Celluloid 2018 - Day 306: Mon Nov 12

They Shoot Horses Don't They (Pollack, 1969): BFI Southbank, NFT3, 8.30pm



This 35mm screening is part of the Jane Fonda season at BFI Southbank (full details here) and is also being shown on November 15th (follow this link for more information).

BFI introduction:
A film that Fonda herself has described as being seminal to her career, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? is set during the American Depression of the 1930s. Troubled Gloria (Fonda) heads to Hollywood to make it as an actress and joins a group of desperate people to compete in a gruelling dance marathon for a cash prize. She partners with naïve Robert (Sarrazin) as they try to survive the exploitative tactics of the MC.

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