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They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

1969 · directed by Sydney Pollack · 120 min
21,181 feet · Prominence
1,940th of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw0

No worldwide gross on file, so Draw is zero. A gap in the data, not a verdict.

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise87

Critics 77, awards 89. Half each, so Praise lands at 87.

Critics77 → 39Awards89 → 45

Oscars1 won Supporting Actor8 nominated Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, Production Design, Film Editing, Original Musical Score
Golden Globes1 won Supporting Actor4 nominated Motion Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress
BAFTAs1 won Actress3 nominated Actress, Actor, Editing
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Title is a permanent phrase.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.8 from 21kWikipedia16k views a monthAge57 years

Scored beside it · 937 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 0 praise 87 legacy 48averages 45, which places it at21,181 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

In these careers — elevation for this film

Jane Fonda22,405 ft