Flicka (2006)

Director:

Michael Mayer

Writers (WGA):

Mark Rosenthal (screenplay) &
Lawrence Konner (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

20 October 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Family

Tagline:

The biggest dreams take the most courage.

Plot:

Young Katy claims a wild horse as her own -- an effort to prove to her father that she is capable of one day taking over the family ranch.

Plot Keywords:

Ranch | Horse | Horse Ranch | Mother Son Relationship | Voice Over Narration

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Tim McGraw	...	Rob McLaughlin
Maria Bello	...	Nell McLaughlin
Alison Lohman	...	Katy McLaughlin
Ryan Kwanten	...	Howard McLaughlin
Danny Pino	...	Jack
Dallas Roberts	...	Gus
Kaylee DeFer	...	Miranda Koop
Jeffrey Nordling	...	Rick Koop
Dey Young	...	Esther Koop
Nick Searcy	...	Norbert Rye
Buck Taylor	...	Wagner
Wade Williams	...	Man with Clipboard
David Burton	...	Rider #6
John O'Brien	...	Mr. Masterson
Armie Hammer	...	Male Prefect
Elizabeth Emery	...	Gracie
Bob Tallman	...	Rodeo Announcer
Angel Santana	...	Rodeo Worker
Emma Ritchie	...	Honor Student
Gene McLaughlin	...	Trick Roper
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rana Morrison	...	Cowgirl at Rodeo (uncredited)
Bogdan Szumilas	...	Father (uncredited)
Sebastien Szumilas	...	Lasso Kid (uncredited)
Rachel Zeskind	...	Prep School Mom (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Mayer

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Rosenthal		(screenplay) &
Lawrence Konner		(screenplay)
Mary O'Hara		(novel "My Friend Flicka")

Produced by
Kevin Halloran	....	co-producer
Gil Netter	....	producer

Original Music by
Aaron Zigman

Cinematography by
J. Michael Muro		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Andrew Marcus

Casting by
Jim Carnahan
Mindy Marin

Production Design by
Sharon Seymour

Art Direction by
Peter Borck

Set Decoration by
Maggie Martin

Costume Design by
Molly Maginnis

Makeup Department
Rebecca DeHerrera	....	makeup artist
Lynne K. Eagan	....	makeup artist: Tim McGraw (as Lynne Eagan)
Deborah K. Larsen	....	makeup department head
Beth Miller	....	department head hair stylist
Keith Sayer	....	key makeup artist
Rita Troy	....	hair stylist: second unit
Maria Valdivia	....	key hair stylist
Roxy D'Alonzo	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Aaron Downing	....	post-production supervisor
David McKimmie	....	post-production supervisor
Susan McNamara	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Linda Brachman	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mike Crotty	....	second second assistant director: Wyoming
Doug Metzger	....	first assistant director
Lucille OuYang	....	key second assistant director: second unit
Marge Piane	....	second assistant director: second unit
Timothy R. Price	....	second assistant director
Brian Relyea	....	second assistant director
Rebecca Strickland	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Chris Buchinsky	....	storyboard artist
Maureen Farley	....	property master
Erin Fite	....	set decoration buyer
Linda Griffis	....	art department coordinator
Michael A. Heath	....	prop paperwork
Steven Curtis Husch	....	set dresser
Cindy Ingraham	....	assistant property master
Curtis Laseter	....	construction coordinator
Kim Lincoln	....	graphic designer
Jordan Paul	....	set dresser
Natalie Richards	....	set designer
John Risso	....	paint supervisor
Clint Schultz	....	graphic designer
Suzanne Shugarman	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Paul Apted	....	sound editor
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
Matthew T. Duncan	....	temp. sound recordist
Ross Levy	....	utility sound technician
Michael Magill	....	dialogue editor
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rob Nokes	....	additional sound effects library: horses
Steve F. Price	....	foley supervisor
Monique Salvato	....	assistant sound editor
Joel Shryack	....	boom operator
Christine Sirois	....	adr recordist
Wyatt Sprague	....	sound effects editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Donald Sylvester	....	supervising sound editor
Elliot Tyson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Urmson	....	sound designer
Richard Van Dyke	....	production sound mixer
Bernard Weiser	....	supervising effects editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chris Brenczewski	....	special effects technician
Mark R. Byers	....	special effects coordinator
Mark Rappaport	....	animatronic effects (uncredited)
Chris Wolters	....	animatronics (uncredited)
Chris Wolters	....	creature effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Ryan Beadle	....	digital I/O
Kevin Chase	....	visual effects camera rigger
Samuel M. Dabbs	....	digital department assistant
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects executive producer: Furious FX
Tim Drnec	....	spydercam coordinator/rigging
R.J. Harbour	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital coordinator
David Lingenfelser	....	executive visual effects supervisor: Furious FX
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	creative director: Furious FX
Sean O'Connor	....	digital compositor: Furious FX
Kim O'Donnell	....	digital compositor: Furious FX
Bill Phillips	....	digital compositor
Stephanie Rogers	....	digital compositor: Furious FX
Terry Shigemitsu	....	digital effects artist
Mark Shoaf	....	CG supervisor: Furious FX
Tiffany Smith	....	visual effects producer: Furious FX
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Rich Volp	....	Spydercam flight control
Diane Wright	....	digital asset manager: Laser Pacific

Stunts
Keith Adams	....	stunt coordinator
Richard Bucher	....	stunt double: Ryan Kwanten
Darrell Davis	....	stunts (as Craig Davis)
Kanin Howell	....	stunt performer
Cliff McLaughlin	....	stunts
JD Roberto	....	safety diver
Wesley Scott	....	stunts
Raliegh Wilson	....	stunt performer
Ryan Happy	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Nancy Ellen Anzalone	....	camera intern
Paul Arnold	....	electrician
Chris Bangma	....	technician: Libra remote head
Art Bartels	....	key grip
Dominic Bartolone	....	film loader
Brian Bernstein	....	additional camera operator
Jerry Bertolami	....	dolly grip
Lee Blasingame	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Glenn Brown	....	assistant camera
Bruce Chimerofsky	....	best boy grip
Jesse Crusing	....	additional grip
Thomas A. Curran	....	company grip
Will Dearborn	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Jim Duggan	....	company grip
Steven W. Gage	....	rigging best boy grip
Renée George	....	electrician (as Renee Kayon)
Jason Goebel	....	camera loader: second unit
Dana Gonzales	....	camera operator
Dana Gonzales	....	director of photography: second unit
Joseph Graham	....	key rigging grip
Jason Griffiths	....	grip
Lisa Guerriero	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Damon Liebowitz	....	electrician
Justin Loeb	....	camera intern
Don McCuaig	....	director of photography: additional photography
Merrick Morton	....	still photographer
Dayton Nietert	....	gaffer
David B. Nowell	....	director of aerial photography: Wyoming
Jesse Olivares	....	key video engineer
Tony Olivieri	....	additional first assistant camera
Thoma Reavis	....	electrician
Jesse Rushton	....	electrician
Jim Saldutti	....	company grip
David A. Santos	....	camera atv operator
Sean Shinneman	....	company grip
Victor Svimonoff	....	rigging gaffer
Paul Threlkeld	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Steven J. Winslow	....	aerial camera technician: Wescam camera
Christopher A. Zwirner	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Kelly Clear	....	chief lighting technician: second unit (uncredited)
Scott Medcalf	....	lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Michael Hothorn	....	casting executive
Kara Lipson	....	casting associate
Samantha L. Morris	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Danielle Baker	....	set costumer
Jean Bone	....	costumer
Nanrose Buchman	....	key costumer
Sandy Kenyon	....	costume supervisor
Suzy Magnin	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Kenny Becker	....	color timer
Valance Eisleben	....	digital data conform: Lustre
Conor Guy	....	assistant editor
Joe Hathaway	....	digital color timer
Ian Silverstein	....	first assistant editor
Mike Sowa	....	digital intermediate color timer

Music Department
Jason Alexander	....	music supervisor
Brian Bulman	....	music editor
Rudy Chung	....	music coordinator
George Doering	....	musician
Greg Hayes	....	score recordist
Scott Hosfeld	....	musician
Steve Juliani	....	music preparation
Annette Kudrak	....	music editor
Tim Lauber	....	score recordist
Ernest Lee	....	music recording engineer
Kier Lehman	....	music coordinator
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring stage manager
Daniel Pinder	....	additional music editor
Satnam Ramgotra	....	musician: percussion
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Tom Steel	....	scoring stage manager
Michael Stern	....	additional score engineering
Bill Talbott	....	scoring technician
Jesse Voccia	....	music engineer

Transportation Department
Jim Chesney	....	transportation coordinator
Cody Driver	....	driver
Joe Feeney	....	transportation captain
Alan Kaminsky	....	transportation captain: re-shoots
Jimmy Kaminsky	....	transportation coordinator
Derek Raser	....	transportation
Robert A. Wood	....	driver: production van

Other crew
Mike Ades	....	assistant: Mr. Netter
Alexa Alden	....	script supervisor
Jonelle S. Anderson	....	production assistant
Michael Barnes	....	financial legal services
Rebecca Boyle	....	script supervisor: second unit
Lisa Brown	....	horse handler
Briana Burke	....	location manager
Adrian Casas	....	assistant: Mr. Halloran
Russell Chadwick	....	set production assistant
Ernesto Cornejo	....	puppeteer
Noreen Coyne	....	accounting clerk
Kate D'Angelo	....	assistant: Mr. Mayer
Ted M. Davila	....	first accounting assistant
Sara Dering	....	assistant location manager
Joy Ellison	....	dialect coach
Evan Feuerman	....	assistant post-production accountant
Stacy Foot	....	assistant production coordinator
Stacy Foot	....	production coordinator: Wyoming
Emily Freeman	....	stand-in
Shane T. French	....	production assistant: re-shoot
Shilo Frontierro	....	set production assistant: re-shoots
Jillian Giacomini	....	additional script supervisor
Jeffrey Gladu	....	payroll accountant
Heather Haase	....	locations
Justin Haut	....	assistant production coordinator: re-shoot
Doris Hellmann	....	production accountant
Rusty Hendrickson	....	horse wrangler
Russ Herpich	....	puppeteer
Michael Hird	....	additional medic
Mark Kurzweil	....	second accounting assistant
Susan Laprelle	....	puppeteer
James Lemus	....	craft service: second unit
Thomas Longo	....	extras coordinator
Natalie Mathes	....	post-production accountant
Randy Miller	....	cougar trainer
Daniel A. Mondschain	....	production coordinator
Rex Peterson	....	horse trainer
Allen 'Biff' Petty	....	production assistant
Mark Rappaport	....	puppeteer
Steven Rau	....	production assistant
Cristi Rickey	....	set production assistant
John Paul Roche	....	set production assistant
Kei Rowan-Young	....	key assistant location manager
Chris Sanata	....	assistant: Mr. Mayer (as Christopher Sanata)
Donnie Saylor	....	technical consultant
Deborah Simmrin	....	publicist
Cody Smith	....	animal trainer
Monty Stuart	....	ramrod
Dawn Terashima	....	production assistant
Kim Thio	....	supervising medic
Mark Thomason	....	stand-in
Howard R. Schuster	....	financing (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Fox 2000 Pictures (presents)
• Zucker-Netter Productions
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Fox 2000 Pictures (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2006-2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2007) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (VHS)
• RTL (2009) (Germany) (TV)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Furious FX (visual effects and animation)
• Custom Film Effects (digital opticals)
• Creature Effects (animatronic animals) (as Creature FX)
• K.N.B. Effects Group (cougar dummy) (as KNB Effects)

Other Companies

• Avon Studio Transport  transportation
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes, dollies and remote camera systems
• Curb Records  soundtrack
• Jetplane Films  titles
• LaserPacific  digital film recording (as LaserPacific)
• LaserPacific  digital intermediate (as LaserPacific)
• LaserPacific  high-definition telecine (as LaserPacific)
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system
• Scarlet Letters  end title crawl
• Sessions Payroll Management  extras payroll services
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild language

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Certification:

Malaysia:U | USA:PG (certificate #42251) | Germany:o.Al. | Singapore:PG | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | South Korea:All | Netherlands:6 | Sweden:7 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Fox 2000 Pictures

Trivia:

During production, one of the horses in the movie stepped on its own rope and broke its neck.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The license plates on the vehicles have the wrong county numbers on them. In Wyoming the number before the bucking horse indicates the county the car is registered in. For instances the horse trailer has County 3 plates on them. County 3 is in northern Wyoming, while they are based in southern Wyoming which would be either county 2 or county 5.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Katherine "Katie" McLoughlin:[narration] I live on top of the world... in the Never Summer Mountains of Wyoming, 8,000 feet closer to the sky. In my mountains when spring finally comes to save me from a perpetual winter, the world comes to life again and I remember what it is I'm here for. I'm the only daughter in a long line of ranchers and when we let our horses out for the first time every spring...

Movie Connections:

References Sexy Beast (2000)

Soundtrack:

Where Did I Go Right

Flicka: modern presentation of an old - but pure - family concept!

I saw the film with grandkids Saturday Oct 21st here in Ontario, having read our colleague tollini's lead review (only). I, too, loved the movie and can report that the mixed audience (kids, teens, parents) was very quiet, and did not stir throughout. A 'youngster' with a horse on an ol' ranch is an ancient Hollywood concept (the original film 'My Friend Flicka' - available for review here at IMDb, was released in 1943). It's surprising that a modern 'sophisticated' audience can be entertained by it -- who says you can't sell pure story-telling any more? (--: Yes, there's conflict in the story - isn't that what intrigues us about great tales? This family does have respect and affection for one another, though - it is not mean-spirited. I mention this because L. Braun of the Tor-Sun 'dissed' the movie because of the conflict twixt dad and daughter, viewing this as a poor role-model! (ok, Liz).

It was interesting to see this story presented with the parents being youngish and attractive, despite having teenage children. I liked T. McGraw as the dad - but I couldn't help but picture Chris Cooper (of a few years ago - sorry, Chris!) as the ideal guy for the role.

I must concur with tollini that '..The cinematography and art direction are exceptional. You are actually there in Wyoming and can understand why people never want to leave...., and why they love their horses." May I also recommend tollini's gallery of film reviews? These are very classy films -- hardly a car-chase or FX-explosion to be had!

There are lots of scenes with little dialogue -- just great music, and interesting images. In fact, my theory is that the camera itself is the greatest FX - we can be intrigued by watching sweeping landscapes, or 'eavesdropping' on private conversations by means of it. That's what great story-telling is all about. - canuckteach (--: