Sylvester (1985)

Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an Olympic jumping champion.

Director:

Tim Hunter

Writer:

Carol Sobieski

Stars:

Richard Farnsworth, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Richard Farnsworth	...	Foster
Melissa Gilbert	...	Charlie
Michael Schoeffling	...	Matt
Constance Towers	...	Muffy
Peter Kowanko	...	Harris (as Pete Kowanko)
Yankton Hatten	...	Grant
Shane Serwin	...	Seth
Chris Pedersen	...	Red
Ángel Salazar	...	Tommy John
Arliss Howard	...	Peter
Shizuko Hoshi	...	Mrs. Daniels
Richard Jamison	...	Capt. Marsh
James Gammon	...	Steve
Ariane de Vogue	...	Ariane
Norman Bennett	...	Lenny

Storyline

Working in a Texas stockyard, breaking horses, Charlie's doing the best she can to support herself and her two brothers. But when she loses her job, she gets the idea to take her best bronco, Sylvester, and turn him into a lucrative profit by training him for three-day eventing. But since she knows little of dressage and show-jumping, it's going to take the help of her old boss, an ex-cavalryman, to get ready for competition.

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Plot Keywords:

horse | stockyard | orphan | texas | show jumping | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 March 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kon, zwany Sylwestrem

Filming Locations:

Alpine, Texas, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Rastar Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

104 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The transfer from Shelly Boyle on Appaloosa to Sylvester, Rex Peterson used Tiz, Fox, Supertramp and Zane.

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Goofs

When Charlie is being raped, she pulls out of character by obviously scratching what must be an itchy nose.

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Soundtracks

"JUST LIKE ROSES"
Written by Steven Hufsteter
Performed by Cruzados
Courtesy of EMI America Records
A division of Capitol Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Fun but inaccurate

I watched this movie before I rode horses, and I thought it was very exciting! Then I watched it years later after having had a few years' experience riding and competing. Though it's an entertaining movie, there are real inaccuracies that come with the riding and competition portions. Some of it is simply bad equitation and performance, but some of it is also the filmmakers not representing the level of competition properly. Also, the time frame used from the idea of training the horse until the competition is ridiculous. As a horse movie, it is definitely not the worst, and for the most part I still enjoyed it, but if you know horses well enough, you will notice the glaring flaws.