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Jane Fonda acted opposite with two characters named "Norman" in separate movies namely in The Electric Horseman (1979) with Robert Redford and in On Golden Pond (1981) with Henry Fonda.
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Sonny Steele signs the divorce papers right-handed. However, Robert Redford is famously left-handed.
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One of two contemporary westerns genre pieces that actress Jane Fonda starred in during the 1970s. The films were Comes a Horseman (1978) and The Electric Horseman (1979). Both featured the word "Horseman" in the title.
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The name of Sonny Steele's horse in the film is "Rising Star". The star steed was played by a five year old bay thoroughbred called "Let's Merge" after a six month equine talent scout. Robert Redford bought the horse after production was complete and owned him for 18 years before the horse passed away.
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Sydney Pollack: Seen making a pass at Jane Fonda during a Las Vegas convention. Also, seen dealing cards in the first casino scene a Caesar's Palace. He is wearing a white shirt.
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The film's title "The Electric Horseman" comes from the movie's iconic "electric cowboy suit". The outfit was an electrified cowboy suit which was decorated with hundreds of very small flashing light globes. When Sonny Steele (Robert Redford) rides the rodeo horse, the saddle is a matching electrified one.
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First of three collaborations of actor Wilford Brimley and director Sydney Pollack. The films are The Firm (1993), Absence of Malice (1981), and The Electric Horseman (1979).
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The horse used in the film was later used by director Sydney Pollack when helping to create the 1984 TriStar Pictures logo.
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The 1979 picture was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound but lost out to Apocalypse Now (1979).
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Robert Redford did all of his own riding stunts in the film.
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Most of the location shooting was done in Utah, USA near actor Robert Redford's home. This provided a tax break for Redford and also made things convenient for him as Redford had been living in seclusion in Utah for a few years.
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Sydney Pollack and John Saxons both starred in Robert Redford's movie debut "War Hunt".
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One of numerous collaborations of composer Dave Grusin and director Sydney Pollack.
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Debut as an actor in a film for Willie Nelson. Nelson also sang five songs for the film's soundtrack.
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The top grossing picture of the fall period at the American box-office in 1979. Moreover, the movie was the eleventh highest-grossing picture of 1979 in the same territory.
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First of three collaborations for actors Wilford Brimley and Robert Redford. Their subsequent pictures would be Brubaker (1980) and The Natural (1984).
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The picture was a co-production of Columbia Pictures and Universal Pictures. The movie was distributed by Columbia Pictures in the USA and by Universal Pictures in foreign territories overseas with the American rights later reverting to Universal.
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This movie marked the first lead role in a movie after a three year hiatus for star Robert Redford who had put himself into semi-retirement and reclusive retreat at his mountaintop Utah ranch. Redford's return to the big-screen in this movie was much publicized.
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The truck that Wilford Brimley drives was owned by Kay Argwen "Arg" Bundy, who, among other occupations in life, owned and operated his own rodeo company in the early 70s: the Kay Bundy Rodeo.
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