Equus (1977)
2h 17m
Running Time
October 16, 1977Release Date
Equus (1977)
2h 17m
Running Time
October 16, 1977Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Burton
Martin Dysart
Peter Firth
Alan Strang
Joan Plowright
Dora Strang
Harry Andrews
Harry Dalton
Colin Blakely
Frank Strang
Eileen Atkins
Hesther Saloman
Jenny Agutter
Jill Mason
Kate Reid
Margaret Dysart
John Wyman
Horseman
Elva Mai Hoover
Miss Raintree
Patrick Brymer
Hospital Patient
Ken James
Mr. Pierce
Sidney Lumet
Director
Tony Walton
Costume Design / Production Design
Angela Morley
Conductor
Carol Spier
Assistant Art Director
Jack Carter
Construction Coordinator
Matt Tundo
Camera Operator
Simon Holland
Art Direction
Gerry Holmes
Set Dresser
Ron Berkeley
Makeup Artist
David Tringham
Assistant Director
Rose Tobias Shaw
Casting
Jack Fitzstephens
Sound Editor
Brenda Dabbs
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ken Brooke
Makeup Artist
Peter Shatalow
Assistant Editor
Ninkey Adamson
Assistant Art Director
Arthur Carroll
Production Accountant
Colin M. Brewer
Production Supervisor
Sanford Rackow
Sound Editor
James Keeler
Hairdresser
James Sabat
Sound Mixer
Guenter Bartlik
Scenic Artist
Dick Vorisek
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Harvey Rosenstock
Assistant Editor
Maurice Arnold
Focus Puller
Patti Unger
Wardrobe Master
John Tythe
Electrician
Chris Holmes
Gaffer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 16, 1977
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 17m
Content RatingR
Filming LocationsOntario, Canada
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
horse
psychiatrist
Wiki.
Equus is a 1977 psychological drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Peter Shaffer, based on his 1973 play. The film stars Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Eileen Atkins, and Jenny Agutter. The story concerns a psychiatrist treating a teenager who has blinded horses in a stable, attempting to find the root of his horse worship.
Lumet's translation of the acclaimed play to a cinematic version incorporated some realism, in the use of real horses as opposed to human actors, and a graphic portrayal of the blinding. Despite some criticism of this approach, the film received positive reviews, with awards for Burton, Firth and Agutter.
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