Michael Sarrazin, the actor best known for his role in the dance marathon epic They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? with Jane Fonda — as well as for turns in The Flim-Flam Man with George C. Scott, For Pete’s Sake with Barbra Streisand, The Sweet Ride with longtime girlfriend Jacqueline Bisset, and the TV movie Frankenstein: A True Story — died in a Montreal hospital at age 70 after a short bout with cancer. In tribute, let’s revisit his greatest film scene.
I work at Movieline, so I should be awed and inspired by classic movies continuously, but They Shoot Horses, Don’t They is one of the few unbelievable films I’ve ever seen. While 1969 yielded other flicks that ushered in the artful darkness of the ’70s (like the now-dated Midnight Cowboy, which was supposed to star Sarrazin, not Jon Voight, until contractual obligations forced him out), They Shoot Horses, Don’t They holds up like no other movie of the time.
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