Synopsis
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 the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.
Key facts
Original language
English
Production companies
United Artists
Home video distributors
MGM/UA Home Video (United States)
Based on
Equus
Awards
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Setting
Hampshire
Filming locations
Ontario
Crew
Screenplay
Peter Shaffer
Québec / French
Québec classification
13 years and over
Classification date
January 24, 2011
Versions
French version
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
- Academy Awards 1978 academy_award
- BAFTA Awards 1978 generic
- São Paulo International Film Festival 1978 generic
- National Board of Review 1977 generic
VHS & home video releases
| VHS | MGM/UA Home Video (cat. no. M700675) | 1993, United States, slipcase |
Soundtracks
| Vinyl LP | Equus - The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Richard Rodney Bennett (1977) | 6 releases, 1977: United Artists Records |
| CD | Equus - The Movie - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Richard Rodney Bennett (1977) | 1 release, 1998: Rykodisc |
Versions & editions
| Original version (English) | ||
| Home video VHS | United States | 1993 M700675 |
Full credits
| Director | Sidney Lumet |
| Screenplay | Peter Shaffer |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
Source: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec (CC0-1.0)
