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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969

Drama

Directors:
Sydney Pollack
Writers:
Horace McCoy, Robert E. Thompson, James Poe
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Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman's hair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A group of people playing musical instruments in front of a piano; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man standing in front of a crowd of people; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman looking at each other in a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman is taking a shower in a bathroom; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person smoking a cigarette near a street sign; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman sitting in front of a mirror in front of a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman's face in a movie scene; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman smoking a cigarette while wearing a red dress; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a dress; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A young woman smoking a cigarette while wearing a red dress; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man in a white suit and bow tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman is looking in the mirror and putting lipstick on; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A crowd of people sitting in front of balloons; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman looking at one another; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man wearing a tuxedo in front of a red light; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman embracing in front of a crowd; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a sweatshirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman are dancing in a room; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man holding a microphone in front of a crowd of onlookers; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man giving a peace sign at an event; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person with short hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman's face in a movie scene; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman in a red dress sitting next to a man in a black suit; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman are standing in front of a crowd; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a gray shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man that is holding a microphone; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a sweater; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A group of people standing on a basketball court; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A group of people standing in front of a window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person with a crowd of people in the background; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a sweatshirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A crowd of people sitting and standing in front of an audience; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman are looking at each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man in a white shirt and a bow tie; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a red dress; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A crowd of people in a room with lights on; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a suit and hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman holding a book in front of a group of people; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman with blonde hair is standing in front of a group of people; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman are dancing in a dance studio; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman in the shower taking a selfie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man in a white suit is holding a microphone; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An old man in a suit and hat clapping in front of an audience; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man in a white suit and bow tie; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman hugging each other in front of an audience; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a sweater; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person with a number on their shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman looking at one another; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man with a beard is standing in front of a lamp; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A view of the beach from the boardwalk; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man in a tuxedo holding a microphone; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman in the shower with water running all over her body; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A group of people laying on the floor in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man wearing a white dress shirt and a tie; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man singing into a microphone in front of a crowd; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person with wet hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man in a white suit holding a microphone; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman are standing in front of a crowd; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman are standing in front of each other; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A group of people that are sitting in the stands; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman sitting next to each other in a room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman with wet hair looking into a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a black shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man in a brown jacket standing in front of the ocean; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a sweater; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a dress with a flower in her hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man wearing a sweater in front of a building; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a green shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man and a younger woman are standing together; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man wearing a brown sweater and smiling; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman are talking in front of a crowd; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – Two men sitting at a table in front of a microphone; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A woman standing in front of a window in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man sitting on the beach holding a red object; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A group of people sitting in front of an american flag; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A group of people sitting in front of a window; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person with short curly hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older woman in a white dress is holding her hand out to a younger woman; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man standing on the beach holding a surfboard; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person wearing a jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A group of men in tuxedos playing musical instruments; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A person with a towel around his neck; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man in a white dress shirt and a tie; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older man is singing in front of a band; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man sitting in front of a window with blinds behind him; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a boy standing next to each other in a field; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – An older woman in a crowd of people with her hands clasped together; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” (1969), directed by Sydney Pollack – A man and a woman hugging in front of a microphone; Wide shot, Low angle