← Back to Movies

The Electric Horseman

Cast

Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson View All

Crew

Robert Garland (Screenplay), Sydney Pollack (Director) View All

Release: Dec. 21st, 1979

Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes

Sonny Steele used to be a rodeo star, but his next appearance is to be on a Las Vegas stage, wearing a suit covered in lights, advertising a breakfast cereal. When he finds out they are going drug the horse in case its too frisky, he rides off into the desert...

Average Rating:

Replies Discussions

We didn't find any linked discussions for this film. Here are the results of a quick search of possibly related threads:

6 The Ridder or Horseman

This is really confusing I know and actually pretty easy to find... but for some reason, I can't find it and I need help. I start to watch that movie in the first years of 2000... so I think the mo...

9 Anyone seen the BoJack Horseman Xmas special?

Watched it earlier tonight and wasn't too keen on it tbh. Ive written a review if you guys wanna see, its at thatfilmbloguk.wordpress.com. what did you guys think?...

1 In the Electric Mist

In the Electric Mist was a surprise find at at vid store recently. It is based on a book by one of my fav authors, James Lee Burke. The full title of that books is, In the Electric Mist With the Confe...

0 Electric/Classical Guitar

Help me to remember the name of the movie. A young man wanted to play the electric guitar in the group and he went to learn to play classical guitar at the girl. His teacher is a best student of a pri...

13 Going Electric (Bob Dylan biopic)

Timothee Chalamet will play Bob Dylan in the upcoming biopic of the folk rock legend titled Going Electric that will be directed by James Mangold. ...

Reviewed by

Citizen Rules
The Electric Horseman(Sydney Pollack, 1979) Synopsis: Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) was a one time rodeo champion, who sold out to corporate America and now spends his days promoting a breakfast cereal called, Ranch Breakfast.

READ REVIEW

Gideon58
Sonny is outraged when he learns that the horse has been drugged to keep him calm and when it's time to shoot the commercial, he rides the horse off the stage and kidnaps him with the intention of eventually setting the horse free.