A rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, with a feisty reporter accompanying him.
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Sydney Pollack
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| Robert Redford | ... | Sonny | |
| Jane Fonda | ... | Hallie | |
| Valerie Perrine | ... | Charlotta | |
| Willie Nelson | ... | Wendell | |
| John Saxon | ... | Hunt Sears | |
| Nicolas Coster | ... | Fitzgerald | |
| Allan Arbus | ... | Danny | |
| Wilford Brimley | ... | Farmer | |
| Will Hare | ... | Gus | |
| Basil Hoffman | ... | Toland | |
| Timothy Scott | ... | Leroy | |
| James Sikking | ... | Dietrich (as James B. Sikking) | |
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James Kline | ... | Tommy |
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Frank Speiser | ... | Bernie |
| Quinn K. Redeker | ... | Bud Broderick (as Quinn Redeker) | |
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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... Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
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21 December 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$12,500,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$61,801,971Company Credits
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Hallie Martin: Did we like each other?
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Sydney Pollack: As the voice of Les, Hallie Martin's boss, on the phone when she calls from the coffee shop to say that she's interviewed Sonny Steele. See more »Goofs
The video footage shown on television of Sonny Steele's speech about the horse doesn't match what Alice would have actually shot. The camera movement, lighting and direction of where Steele was facing while talking is completely different. See more »Quotes
Man: Hey! Hey, Hallie, Hallie Martin! We met in New York, remember?Hallie Martin: Did we like each other?
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The film's original soundtrack has been changed in different ways for its two DVD releases:- The Image DVD replaces Dave Grusin's beautiful "Freedom Epilogue" score music (where the horse is set free) with a reprise of "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" by Willie Nelson, originally heard during the opening credits. This actually works well, though one wonders why a piece of original score had to be changed.
- The newer Universal release goes a step further, removing "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" from the opening credits (and in fact from the film completely) as well as "Freedom Epilogue" and replaces them both with a very inappropriate generic harmonica-driven instrumental which is meant to sound like a Willie Nelson song.
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Saddle up! for this Excellent romantic-comedy, Robert Redford stars as Sonny Steele who once was a world class Rodeo star, but is now a washed up drunkard reduced to advertising breakfast cereal on TV for the shady AMPCO corporation,whose latest Publicity campaign features prize winning race horse Rising Star,
AMPCO's next junket takes place at Las Vegas where Redford is to Launch the campaign ,Behind a backdrop of glamor and corporate greed, Redford discovers that the horse has been drugged with an abundance of steroids,Redford saddles up and literally takes off with the horse in protest,
Jane Fonda plays Hallie, a news reporter who might just get an exclusive, follows Redford on his quest to release Rising Star into the wild to roam free.
Sydney Pollack, always with a great eye for casting, even has country and western favorite Willie Nelson, Valerie Perrine has an appearance as An old flame of Redford's, Wilford Brimley has a small role as kindly farmer who helps Redford on his way, Usual Pollack regular Composer, Dave Grusin Contribute's Greatly,