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War Horse (2011) 7.2
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Metascore: 72/100
Reviews: 431 user | 361 critic | 40 from Metacritic.com Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on. Director:Steven Spielberg |
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Cast
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Lt. Charlie Waverly
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Leonard Carow | ... |
Pvt. Michael Schröder
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Pvt. Günther Schröder
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Andrew Easton
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David Lyons
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Sgt. Fry
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Dartmoor,1914: To his wife's dismay farmer Narracott buys a thoroughbred horse rather than a plough animal, but when his teenaged son Albert trains the horse and calls him Joey, the two becoming inseparable. When his harvest fails, the farmer has to sell Joey to the British cavalry and he is shipped to France where, after a disastrous offensive he is captured by the Germans and changes hands twice more before he is found, caught in the barbed wire in No Man's Land four years later and freed. He is returned behind British lines where Albert, now a private, has been temporarily blinded by gas, but still recognizes his beloved Joey. However, as the Armistice is declared Joey is set to be auctioned off. After all they have been through will Albert and Joey return home together? Written by don @ minifie-1
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Separated by war. Tested by battle. Bound by friendship.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of war violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
25 December 2011 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Caballo de guerra See more »Box Office
Budget:
$66,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$7,512,000 (USA) (23 December 2011)Gross:
$79,883,359 (USA) (27 April 2012)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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Gunther: [nods] Yes, very good.
Michael: And the women?
Gunther: Not as good as the food...
Michael: From eating too much of the food?
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Janusz Kaminski has stated that he used John Fords The Searchers as a template for his exterior filming, paying particular attention to Ford's panoramic sky, landscape and terrain. See more »Goofs
The horse is shown galloping in a trench and never having to turn, suggesting the trench is long and straight. In reality, trenches were built with zig-zags so if the enemy got in, it couldn't shoot down the trench and easily hit someone. See more »Quotes
Michael: The food in Italy is good, yeah?Gunther: [nods] Yes, very good.
Michael: And the women?
Gunther: Not as good as the food...
Michael: From eating too much of the food?
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This film is a treat to watch. I was keen to see it, but had reservations about watching scenes from world war one. I had no need to worry. The whole thing was beautifully handled and even the filming of the trenches and the front were carefully composed and lit. Joey the horse is the lead actor. And what an actor! What a handsome horse! He certainly stole the film. Some scenes stay with me. The race with the car, the friendship with the black horse, the Geordie regiment bagpipe player in the trench, the German soldiers helping the worn out horses drag those great guns up the slope. Joey bolting through the barbed-wire fencing. A friend I was with remarked afterwards that Roses of Picardy had not been written in 1914 and that the record it was being played on was from about three decades later. These are really small details in what appeared to me to be a meticulously researched film. I hope it has a world wide audience. It deserves one.