Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story Movie Review 2005

Family-friendly heart-warmer about a girl and her race horse. Ben Crane (Russell) has a failing Kentucky horse farm, so he's working as a trainer for stable owner Palmer (Morse). The stable's most promising filly Sonador ("Dreamer") breaks a leg during a race and is supposed to be put down, but Ben's plucky daughter Cale (Fanning) insists the horse is a keeper. So Ben quits his job, takes the filly as severance pay, and decides to not only nurse the horse back to health, but get her racing again. Well-matched cast with some especially good moments between Russell and Fanning.

Distribution

DreamWorks SKG, 1000 Flower St., Glendale, CA 91201, Phone: (818)695-5000, Fax: (818)695-7775, URL: http://www.dreamworks.com

Available on DVD
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Sports Dramas, Family Drama, Horses, Cinderella Stories, True Stories, Dads, Jockeying for Position

Screenplay

John Gatins

Cast

Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue, Luis Guzman, Freddy Rodriguez, David Morse, Oded Fehr, Ken Howard, Holmes Osborne

Cinematography

Fred Murphy

Director

John Gatins

Music

John Debney

Other

Elliott L. Koretz, David Rosenbloom, Scott Plauche, Judy Ruskin Howell, Brent Thomas

Producer

Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Tollin/Robbins Productions, Hunt Lowry, DreamWorks