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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) -- Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.
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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) -- Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005) -- Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.
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Overview

User Rating:
6.7/10   4,405 votes
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Director:
John Gatins
Writer (WGA):
John Gatins (written by)
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Release Date:
21 October 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Family | Sport more
Plot:
Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Follow Your Dream and Magic May Happen more (99 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kurt Russell ... Ben Crane

Dakota Fanning ... Cale Crane

Kris Kristofferson ... Pop Crane

Elisabeth Shue ... Lily

David Morse ... Palmer

Freddy Rodríguez ... Manolin

Luis Guzmán ... Balon

Oded Fehr ... Prince Sadir
Ken Howard ... Bill Ford
Holmes Osborne ... Doc Fleming

Antonio Albadran ... Prince Tariq
John Moyer ... Security Officer
Kayren Butler ... Teacher

Tommy Barnes ... Short Steward
Frank Hoyt Taylor ... Chairman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dreamer (Australia) (TV title)
Untitled Kurt Russell/Dakota Fanning Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for brief mild language.
Runtime:
106 min | Canada:98 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Frankfort, Kentucky, USA more
Company:
DreamWorks SKG more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Kurt Russell bought Dakota Fanning a real Palamino horse, which she named Goldie. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Sonador is following Cale (going left to right in a pen of some sort) you can obviously see that Sonador is a gelding, when she is supposed to be a filly. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Cale Crane: There used to be horses in that barn. At least, that's what my Grandfather says. We're probably the only horse farm in Lexington, Kentucky, that doesn't have one horse. Not one.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Gettin' It (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Dreamer more

FAQ

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8 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Follow Your Dream and Magic May Happen, 17 January 2007
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Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Lexington, Kentucky, the horse barn of the family Crane has been empty for years, without any horses, due to the financial difficulties of the family. When the female horse Sonya, a.k.a. Sonador (Dreamer, in Spanish) breaks one foreleg in a race, the owner Palmer (David Morse) decides to sacrifice the animal, but the trainer Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) accepts the injured horse as part of three months salaries owed by Palmer. His daughter Cale (Dakota Fanning) becomes very connected with Sonya, and while the horse is rehabilitated, the wounds in the ties of the Crane family are also healed.

"Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story" is one of those beautiful, positive, optimistic movies, with a magnificent message for families. First, you must never give up your dream; following your dream, no matter how impossible it seems to be, magic may happen. The other one is that families shall always stay united, no matter how difficult the situation seems to be: the union makes the strength. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Sonhadora" ("Dreamer")

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