Dreamer (2005 film)
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| Dreamer (2005) | |
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 Dreamer film poster |
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| Directed by | John Gatins |
| Produced by | Brian Robbins, Hunt Lowry, Michael Tollin |
| Written by | John Gatins |
| Starring | Kurt Russell Dakota Fanning Kris Kristofferson Freddy Rodriguez Luis Guzmán Elisabeth Shue David Morse |
| Distributed by | DreamWorks |
| Release date(s) | 7 October 2005 |
| Running time | 102 min. |
| Language | English |
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Dreamer is a 2005 film starring Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning, inspired by the true story of an injured racehorse. It marked the directing and screenwriting debut of John Gatins.
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[edit] Cast
- Kurt Russell – Ben Crane
- Dakota Fanning – Cale Crane
- Kris Kristofferson – Pop Crane
- Elisabeth Shue – Lily
- David Morse – Palmer
- Freddy Rodríguez – Manolin
- Luis Guzmán – Balon
- Sacrifice – Soñador
[edit] Short Plot
The 11-year old girl Cale and her father save an injured racehorse, Soñador ("Dreamer"), from being killed. She becomes its majority owner and manager. The horse recovers from her injuries and goes on to win the 22nd running of the Breeders' Cup Classic.
[edit] Trivia
- Director John Gatins was told that if he could get Dakota Fanning in the lead role his movie would get a green-light. He went to see Fanning's agent and finally got the young actress to sign on.
- While doing research in Kentucky, the director/writer came upon a vet who told him about a racehorse who miraculously made a come back after a serious injury.
- The script was presented to Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Both declined. Incidentally, the former is now DreamWorks' sister studio and also co-produced with DreamWorks another Dakota Fanning film, War of the Worlds.
- The movie is loosely inspired by the story of the mare Mariah's Storm. She was a promising filly who was being pointed towards the Breeder's Cup Juvenile Fillies in 1993 but then broke her cannon bone (the incident is mentioned in the film by Sonador's veterinarian). She recovered and later won some graded races. She started in the 1995 Breeder's Cup Distaff and finished ninth. She was owned by Thunderhead Farms and trained by Don Von Hemel. She's now known mostly for being the dam of Giant's Causeway.
- An advance showing of this film was shown to a number of recording artists, who were then asked to submit ideas for theme songs. Bethany Dillon's song "Dreamer" was chosen out of all the submissions.
- Kurt Russell bought Dakota Fanning a real Palomino horse, which she named Goldie.
- The role of Cale Crane was originally written for a boy. The role was changed specifically so that Dakota Fanning could play it. (The first script that was sent to Fanning actually had the word "boy" in the character description.)
- When Cale and Ben go to Ashford Stud to check out the studs, the stallions they are naming, such as Fusaichi Pegasus, Giant's Causeway, Johannesburg and Grand Slam, are real horses who actually stand at Ashford. However, the actual stallions were not used in filming. Stand-ins were placed in their stalls instead.
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