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Bleak Week 2026
Sat Jun 06

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Archival 35mm print | Introduced by filmmaker Azazel Jacobs on June 6
YEAR
1969
ACCESSIBILITY
HI
FORMAT
ARCHIVAL 35MM
RUNTIME
2h 0m
DIRECTOR
Sydney Pollack
CAST
Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Susannah York, Gig Young, Bonnie Bedelia, Red Buttons, Bruce Dern

SYNOPSIS

Introduced by filmmaker Azazel Jacobs (His Three Daughters) on June 6.

 

Archival 35mm print! During the Depression, a group of young couples enter a dance marathon in return for three square meals a day and a chance at winning the $1,500 prize. Their numbers include farm workers Ruby and James (Bonnie Bedelia and Bruce Dern), drifters Gloria and Michael (Jane Fonda and Michael Sarazin), veteran dance marathon contestant Sailor (Red Buttons) and hopeful young starlet Alice (Susannah York). Exhaustion and fatigue cause the dancers to fight amongst themselves, and the increasing tension leads toward a tragic conclusion.

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