Original Souvenir Program for the Film, The Electric Horseman
first edition
1979 · Los Angeles
by (ROBERT REDFORD & JANE FONDA)
Los Angeles: Columbia Pictures, 1979. First Edition. Paperbound. The program is folded and measures 8 1/2” x 11”. A special film program made by the studio for advance screenings of the film, The Electric Horseman, for reviewers and members of the motion picture industry. Fine. The Electric Horseman was written by Robert Garland with the screen story by Paul Gaer and Robert Grland, based on a story by Shelly Burton, directed by Sydney Pollack, and starred Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Valerie Perrine, Willie Nelson, John Saxon, Nicolas Coster, Allan Arbus, and Wilford Brimley. The story of a former rodeo champion named Sonny Steele (Redford), who has taken on the role of spokesperson for a breakfast cereal, with his next promotional appearance to be on a Las Vegas stage wearing a suit covered in lights. When he discovers that the company plans to sedate his horse in order to control his wild and defiant nature, he rides off into the desert where he is pursued by a female TV journalist (Fonda). (Inventory #: 16043E)