A film adaptation of the play by Peter Shaffer, Equus stars Richard Burton as Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist who takes on an unusual case: a young stable boy (Peter Firth) who, in frenzy, has blinded six horses. Their sessions reveal that the boy has a quasi-religious fetish for horses and he rides them in the dead of night, experiencing an ecstasy unlike anything Dysart has ever known. Dysart begins to question: Is the pursuit of normalcy worth the loss of individual passions? Equus features a lot of hokum--its therapy scenes are absurd crescendos of revelation and... insights--but its central question has substance, the direction is energetic, and the performances are powerful; Burton, handsome and haggard, brings a complex self-loathing to his role. It also features Jenny Agutter and Joan Plowright. --Bret Fetzer [show more]
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play What would drive Alan Strang a troubled adolescent stable boy to blind six horses with a metal spike? Psychiatrist Martin Dysart investigates these unspeakable acts and delves into Alan&39;s psyche confronting the mysteries of sexual passion and madness as well as the dark demons buried within his own soul Actors Richard Burton Colin Blakely Eileen Atkins Harry Andrews Jenny Agutter Joan Plowright & Peter Firth Director Sidney Lumet Certificate 15 years and over Year 1977 Screen Fullscreen Languages English ; French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish - Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles Dutch ; English for the hearing impaired ; French ; German for the hearing impaired ; Greek ; Hungarian ; Italian ; Portuguese ; Spanish Duration 2 hours and 15 minutes (approx)
Alan Strang (Peter Firth) is a troubled teenager who suffers from an uncontrollable urge to blind horses. As he faces prosecution, psychiatrist Dr Martin Dysart (Richard Burton) is called in by the court to explain the boy's actions, and it soon transpires that Alan's relationship with his devout mother (Joan Plowright) lies at the root of the problem. Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own play.
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