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Jne Fonda 1969 "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969-USA-Period Film/MelodramaN.Y. Times Review by Vincent Canby Best 1,000
PLOT DESCRIPTION A total of nine Academy Award nominations went to this wildly acclaimed, allegorical drama set amongst the contestants in a marathon dance contest during the Great Depression. Gig Young stars as Rocky, the obnoxious emcee for a dance marathon that offers prize money of $1,500, a small fortune during hard economic times that brings out the worst in several participants. Among them are Gloria Beatty (Jane Fonda), a malcontent who's partnered with a drifter, Robert Syverton (Michael Sarrazin); a pregnant farm girl (Bonnie Bedelia) and her husband (Bruce Dern); a sailor (Red Buttons); and an aspiring actress (Susannah York). As the marathon winds into a staggering second month, suspicion, doubt and insecurity rages among the competitors and even the decaying and increasingly manipulative Rocky, leading to a shocking crime. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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1969-USA-Period Film/MelodramaN.Y. Times Review by Vincent Canby Best 1,000
PLOT DESCRIPTION A total of nine Academy Award nominations went to this wildly acclaimed, allegorical drama set amongst the contestants in a marathon dance contest during the Great Depression. Gig Young stars as Rocky, the obnoxious emcee for a dance marathon that offers prize money of $1,500, a small fortune during hard economic times that brings out the worst in several participants. Among them are Gloria Beatty (Jane Fonda), a malcontent who's partnered with a drifter, Robert Syverton (Michael Sarrazin); a pregnant farm girl (Bonnie Bedelia) and her husband (Bruce Dern); a sailor (Red Buttons); and an aspiring actress (Susannah York). As the marathon winds into a staggering second month, suspicion, doubt and insecurity rages among the competitors and even the decaying and increasingly manipulative Rocky, leading to a shocking crime. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
» Read the Full N.Y. Times Review
Jane Fonda Fashion Icon
With her patrician looks and Hollywood pedigree, it would have been easy for Jane Fonda to coast through life. Instead, she cast herself against type, using her classic beauty and detached sexiness in deliberately off-kilter roles like the future-worldly sex-kitten Barbarella and the cynical—if extremely well-coiffed—prostitute Bree Daniels in Klute. She did the same in her personal life, where her anti-Vietnam War activities put her at the center of a political firestorm in the early ’70s. Fonda's idiosyncratic evolution, ten years later, into the first aerobics guru to the masses, only reiterated her dedication to following her own, individual path.
—Janet Ozzard
—Janet Ozzard
Jane Fonda in "Klute" 1971 Best Actress Oscar Winner
At a recent signing of her autobiography, My Life So Far, Fonda was asked what she thought happened to Bree after Klute ended. “Oh,” she said, hesitating dramatically. “That’s a tough question.” She paused for a moment. “I don't know what happens to her, but I know that she gives up hooking. I know that,” she insisted. Fonda was rather emotional at the signing, tearing up at weirdly inappropriate moments.
Jane Fonda Anti-War Rally (1970)
The FTA Tour ("Free The Army", a play on the troop expression "Fuck The Army", which in turn was a play on the army slogan "Fun, Travel and Adventure") was an anti-Vietnam War road show designed as a response to Bob Hope's USO tour. It was first organized in April 1970 by activist Fred Gardner, and actors Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland. The tour, referred to as "political vaudeville" by Fonda, visited military towns along the West Coast, with the goal of establishing a dialogue with soldiers about their upcoming deployments to Vietnam.
The resulting dialogue was turned into a film called F.T.A. (released in 1972) that contained very strong, frank criticism of the war by service men and women. Footage and discussion of the FTA Tour is included in the 2005 documentary film Sir! No Sir!.
The resulting dialogue was turned into a film called F.T.A. (released in 1972) that contained very strong, frank criticism of the war by service men and women. Footage and discussion of the FTA Tour is included in the 2005 documentary film Sir! No Sir!.
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