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7.1/10
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A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
8.4K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writer
- Peter Shaffer(screenplay by)
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- Director
- Writer
- Peter Shaffer(screenplay by)
- Stars
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 5 wins & 7 nominations total
Sufi Bukhari
- 2nd Child
- (uncredited)
David Gardner
- Dr. Bennett
- (uncredited)
James Hurdle
- Mr. Davies
- (uncredited)
Frazier Mohawk
- Ringmaster
- (uncredited)
Karen Pearson
- Mary
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- Peter Shaffer(screenplay by) (based upon the stage play by)
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- TriviaRichard Burton, who was suffering from back pain and pinched nerves, recorded his eight monologues in one day.
- GoofsSome of the horses blinded in the final scene in the stable are obviously just puppets.
- Quotes
Martin Dysart: Moments snap together like magnets forged in a chain of shackles. Why? I can trace them, I can even with time pull them apart again. But why at the start were they ever magnetized at all. Why those particular moments of experience and no others, I do not know! And nor does ANY BODY ELSE! And if *I* don't know, if I can *never* know, what am I doing here? I don't mean clinically doing, or socially doing, but fundamentally. These whys, these questions, are fundamental. Yet they have no place in a consulting room. So then do I? Do any of us?
- Alternate versionsWhen released theatrically in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario board of Censors made cuts to horses getting blinded for a 'Restricted' rating.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 35th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1978)
Featured review
As Deep as a Movie can get.
This is Richard Burton's most powerful performance. It his his story that gives the movie's its narration. Although this is the story of Peter Firth's character and his struggle with his love and connection with horses, it is Burton's power that makes this movie deep. Anyone in the field of psychology and / or therapy needs to watch this movie. It is a story of ones search of meaning and redemption. Somewhat hard to understand at times, this is more than a story about a young man and his confusion with life and his beliefs. Jenny Agutter is once again pure eye candy. To say she is Posh is beyond fact. Although she has a limited role, her time spent on screen is great. Each time she appears, she lights up the screen with her beauty. Still, it is the power of Burton and Firth that makes this drama somewhat of a masterpiece.
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- caspian1978
- Apr 14, 2005
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