Rent Equus (1977)
3.6 of 5 from 92 ratings
2h 12min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- What would drive Alan Strang (Peter Firth), a troubled adolescent stable boy, to blind six horses with a metal spike? Psychiatrist Martin Dysart (Richard Burton) investigates these unspeakable acts and delves into Alan's psyche, confronting the mysteries of sexual passion and madness as well as the dark demons buried within his own soul.
- Actors:
- Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright, Harry Andrews, Eileen Atkins, Jenny Agutter, Kate Reid, John Wyman, Elva Mai Hoover, Ken James, Patrick Brymer, Sufi Bukhari, David Gardner, James Hurdle, Frazier Mohawk, Mark Parr, Karen Pearson, Sheldon Rybowski, Anita Van Hezewyck
- Directors:
- Sidney Lumet
- Producers:
- Elliott Kastner, Lester Persky
- Writers:
- Peter Shaffer
- Others:
- Richard Rodney Bennett, Peter Schaffer
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- Acting Up: British Actors at the Oscars, Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Sidney Lumet
- Awards:
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/08/2020
- Run Time:
- 138 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman (2014)
- Isolated score
- Sidney Lumet Guardian Lecture (1981, 89 mins, audio only): director Sidney Lumet talks to Derek Malcolm in this interview recorded at the National Film Theatre
- Peter Firth in conversation with Leigh Singer (2020, 39 mins, audio over stills gallery)
- The Watchers (1969, 26 mins): BFI-produced short film directed by Richard Foster
- In From the Cold?
- A Portrait of Richard Burton (1988, 121 mins): Tony Palmer's award-winning feature-length documentary profile
- Religion and the People (1940,14 mins): documentary by Andrew Buchanan illustrating a time when faith lay at the heart of the British experience
- The Farmer's Horse (1951, 18 mins): in a time of increasing mechanisation, this public information film makes the case for the sturdy farm horse
- Trailer
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the main feature
- Disc 2:
- This disc includes special features (DVD Disc)
