Equus is a 1977 film by Sidney Lumet. Peter Shaffer wrote the screenplay based on his play Equus. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 385 × 599 pixels Full resolution (485 × 755 pixel, file size: 75 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work... Portrait of Sidney Lumet, May 7, 1939. ... Elliott Kastner (born 7 January 1930) is a Jewish American film director, most famously of the war film Where Eagles Dare. ... // Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (born May 15, 1926) is an English dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed. ... Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. ... Peter Firth Peter Firth (born October 27, 1953 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK) is a British actor, well known for a variety of starring roles in film and on television from the 1970s to the 2000s. ... Jennifer Ann Agutter (born December 20, 1952) is an English actress. ... Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier DBE (born October 28, 1929), known by her maiden name as Dame Joan Plowright, is a British actress, widow of Laurence Olivier. ... Colin Blakely (September 23, 1930 - May 7, 1987) was a British character actor. ... Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (born March 29, 1936) is a British composer. ... The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... January 2 is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network. ... Portrait of Sidney Lumet, May 7, 1939. ... // Sir Peter Levin Shaffer (born May 15, 1926) is an English dramatist, author of numerous award-winning plays, several of which have been filmed. ... Cover of 1993 Longman edition of Equus. ...

A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart (played by Richard Burton), 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, played by Peter Firth, 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. Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. ... Peter Firth Peter Firth (born October 27, 1953 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK) is a British actor, well known for a variety of starring roles in film and on television from the 1970s to the 2000s. ...

The film also featured Eileen Atkins, Colin Blakely, Joan Plowright and Jenny Agutter. Dame Eileen June Atkins, DBE (born June 16, 1934 in London, England) is a British writer and an award-winning film and theatre actress. ... Colin Blakely (September 23, 1930 - May 7, 1987) was a British character actor. ... Joan Ann Olivier, Baroness Olivier DBE (born October 28, 1929), known by her maiden name as Dame Joan Plowright, is a British actress, widow of Laurence Olivier. ... Jennifer Ann Agutter (born December 20, 1952) is an English actress. ...

Unlike the play, the film version was placed in a realistic setting, using real horses. Some critics and theatre purists found this objectionable, arguing that the spirit of the stage play was lost in the movie. The movie was nominated for several Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Richard Burton), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Peter Firth), and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...

External links

• Equus at the Internet Movie Database