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Director:
Charles Burnett
Writer:
Charles Burnett (writer)
Genre:
Short | Drama more
Plot:
This critically acclaimed 1973 short is about an aristocratic white farming family who has a horse that is being put away... more | add synopsis
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3 shorts by Burnett more

Cast

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Gordon Houston ... William
Maury Wright ... Ray's Boy
Gary Morrin ... Walter
Roger Collins ... West
George Williams ... Lee
Larry Clark ... Ray
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Additional Details

Runtime:
14 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Soundtrack:
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
3 shorts by Burnett, 25 February 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Horse, The (1973)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Strange and surreal short about four white men waiting for a black man to show up so that he can put down an old horse. This is a very strange short but Burnett tells the story in such a way that it kept me interested until the end. I'm not sure what the message was or if there was one but this is certainly a weird little film.

Several Friends (1969)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Student film from director Burnett shows several friends in South Central L.A. sitting around smoking pot and drinking beer. I'm really not sure what point the director was going for but I got very little out of the story. I'm not sure if this is a bash about unemployment or if this is suppose to be fun. The plot never really comes through so it's hard to know how we're suppose to feel about the characters.

When it rains (1995)

** (out of 4)

A musician tries to save a woman and her children from being thrown out of their South Central apartment. Seeing as this short came twenty-plus years after the directors previous films, I was a little shocked to see he hadn't grown much in his directorial style. Perhaps it's unfair to judge him by these shorts but I really haven't been impressed too much.

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