They shoot horses don't they?, ABC Pictures Corp presents ; a Palomar Picture ; a Chartoff Winkler/Pollack production ; screenplay by James Poe and Robert E. Thompson ; produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff ; directed by Sydney Pollack
Type
Label
They shoot horses don't they?, ABC Pictures Corp presents ; a Palomar Picture ; a Chartoff Winkler/Pollack production ; screenplay by James Poe and Robert E. Thompson ; produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff ; directed by Sydney Pollack
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
They shoot horses don't they?
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
56622249
Responsibility statement
ABC Pictures Corp presents ; a Palomar Picture ; a Chartoff Winkler/Pollack production ; screenplay by James Poe and Robert E. Thompson ; produced by Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff ; directed by Sydney Pollack
Runtime
120
Summary
In the midst of the Depression, an entire generation sought out the dance marathon as a means of survival. Gig Young won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor as the contest promoter
Target audience
adolescent
Technique
live action
Contributor
- McCoy, Horace, 1897-1955
- York, Susannah
- Fonda, Jane, 1937-
- Green, Johnny, 1908-1989
- Buttons, Red, 1919-2006
- Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946-
- Thompson, Robert E
- Poe, James, 1923-1980
- Lathrop, Philip, 1912-1995
- Young, Gig, 1913-1978
- Chartoff-Winkler Productions
- Sarrazin, Michael, 1940-2011
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- ABC Pictures Corp
- MGM Home Entertainment Inc
- Winkler, Irwin
- Pollack, Sydney, 1934-2008
- Palomar Pictures
- Chartoff, Robert
Subject
- McCoy, Horace, 1897-1955 -- Film adaptations
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Dance marathons -- United States -- Drama
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- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor19
- McCoy, Horace, 1897-1955
- York, Susannah
- Fonda, Jane, 1937-
- Green, Johnny, 1908-1989
- Buttons, Red, 1919-2006
- Bedelia, Bonnie, 1946-
- Thompson, Robert E
- Poe, James, 1923-1980
- Lathrop, Philip, 1912-1995
- Young, Gig, 1913-1978
- Chartoff-Winkler Productions
- Sarrazin, Michael, 1940-2011
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- ABC Pictures Corp
- MGM Home Entertainment Inc
- Winkler, Irwin
- Pollack, Sydney, 1934-2008
- Palomar Pictures
- Chartoff, Robert
- Genre4
- Subject9
- McCoy, Horace, 1897-1955 -- Film adaptations
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 1918-1945 -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Feature films
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Dance marathons -- United States -- Drama
- resource.originPlace1
- Is Based On1
- Mapped to1