Equus (1977) Movie Overview

Equus is a 1977 film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Burton. Peter Shaffer wrote the screenplay based on his play Equus. The film also featured Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Eileen Atkins and Jenny Agutter. A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, played by Richard Burton, 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 (played by Peter Firth), the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father (Colin Blakely) and a genteel, religious mother (Joan Plowright). As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy’s demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own; Jenny Agutter played Jill Mason, Alan Strang’s girlfriend, with whom he shares an extended full frontal scene in front of the horses in a stable. Unlike the play, the film version was placed in a realistic setting, using real horses. Some critics and theatre purists found this objectionable, arguing that the spirit of the stage play was lost in the movie. The movie was nominated for 3 Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Richard Burton), Best Actor in a Su… Source

• Equus Movie Details
• Director: Sidney Lumet
• Tagline: "I am yours and you are mine"
• Country: USA , UK
• Run Time: 137 min
• Genre: Drama , Horror , Mystery

• Cast Overview
• Richard Burton as Martin Dysart
• Peter Firth as Alan Strang
• Colin Blakely as Frank Strang
• Joan Plowright as Dora Strang
• Harry Andrews as Harry Dalton
• Eileen Atkins as Hesther Saloman

Equus Movie Review from New York Times

Richard Burton plays a psychiatrist who attempts to discover why young Peter Firth has taken to mutilating live horses. In probing Firth’s psyche, Burton discovers that the source of the boy’s obsession is his mother, Joan Plowright, who has raised Firth with a convoluted set of values. Even as he gets closer to the reason behind Firth’s horrendous… Source

Equus Movie Details from Imdb

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… Source

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