Le cavalier électrique

Titre original : The Electric Horseman

1979
R
2h 1m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,4/10

10 k

MA NOTE

Liretrailer2 min 32 s

2 vidéos

34 photos

Comedy Drama Romance Western

Un champion de rodéo sur le retour vole le cheval de son entreprise et s'enfuit dans le désert, avec une fougueuse journaliste à ses côtés.Un champion de rodéo sur le retour vole le cheval de son entreprise et s'enfuit dans le désert, avec une fougueuse journaliste à ses côtés.Un champion de rodéo sur le retour vole le cheval de son entreprise et s'enfuit dans le désert, avec une fougueuse journaliste à ses côtés.

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

6,4/10

10 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Nommé pour 1 oscar
- 1 victoire et 1 nomination au total

Vidéos2

Trailer 2:32

Official Trailer

Clip 5:10

Robert Redford: The Con With Conviction & the End of a Legendary Screen Persona

Clip 5:10

Robert Redford: The Con With Conviction & the End of a Legendary Screen Persona

Photos34

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Anecdotes
The name of Sonny Steele's horse in the film is "Rising Star". The star steed was played by a 5-year-old bay thoroughbred called "Let's Merge" after a 6-month equine talent search. Robert Redford bought the horse after production was complete and owned him for 18 years before the horse passed away.

Gaffes
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.

Citations
Wendall: I'm gonna get me a bottle of tequila and find me one of them Keno girls that can suck the chrome off a trailer hitch and just kinda kick back.

Autres versions
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.

Connexions
Featured in Sneak Previews: The Electric Horseman, Cuba, Going In Style, The Black Hole, All That Jazz (1979)

Bandes originales
Midnight Rider
(uncredited)
Written by Gregg Allman and Robert Payne
Performed by Willie Nelson

Commentaires des utilisateurs50

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Commentaire en vedette

6/10

good actors in problematic story

Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) was a rodeo star who signed an endorsement deal with a breakfast cereal company. His star has since faded. He drunkenly travels around the country pitching the cereal with Wendell (Willie Nelson), Leroy and his light up electric suit. They replace him with another rider and nobody cares. Hallie Martin (Jane Fonda) is looking to write a story but the company won't let her interview him. He arrives in Las Vegas to ride a race horse on stage but he finds the horse drugged and injured. Charlotta (Valerie Perrine) comes looking for a divorce from Steele. He decides to ride out with the horse and not look back.

I don't really get the Hallie Martin character. Was the rodeo ever that big? She's putting in a lot of effort to do a story about a washed-out cowboy. I don't know why that's a big story anywhere. Even if he's washed-out, why would that be news? It would make more sense for her to start looking for the story after he rides out with the horse. Robert Redford returns to the big screen after a hiatus. That may be the reason for its success. Willie Nelson has a couple of great songs. The actors keep the movie afloat despite the poor basic concept of the movie.