Sylvester

19851985
PGPG
1h 44min

Sylvester (1985)

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

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Awards
- 1 nomination

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Sylvester

Melissa Gilbert in Sylvester (1985)

Melissa Gilbert in Sylvester (1985)

Melissa Gilbert and Michael Schoeffling in Sylvester (1985)

Richard Farnsworth in Sylvester (1985)

Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling, and Richard Farnsworth in Sylvester (1985)

Melissa Gilbert in Sylvester (1985)

Michael Schoeffling and Richard Farnsworth in Sylvester (1985)

Sylvester (1985)

Sylvester (1985)

Sylvester (1985)

Melissa Gilbert, Yankton Hatten, and Shane Serwin in Sylvester (1985)

Richard Farnsworth in Sylvester (1985)

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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. —Kathy Li

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Taglines
- Her greatest victory waits at the edge of the most dangerous moment of her life.
Genres
- Drama
- Family
Certificate
- PG
Parents guide

Trivia
The horse which was the stand-in for Slyvester was The Gray Goose who competed several times at the Horse Park at the Advanced level.

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

Quotes
Grant: I don't want to go to Oklahoma either. There's nothing but trash in Oklahoma. They don't even know how to play football...

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: The Aviator/Mask/Sylvester (1985)

Soundtracks
JUST A MATTER OF TIME
Written by Carla Olson, George Callins, Tom Junior Morgan, Joe Read and Phil Seymour
Performed by The Textones
Lead vocal/Phil Seymour
Courtesy of Gold Mountain Records, Ltd.

Top review

7/10

A horse movie for everybody

If you're a subscriber to Western Horseman, this movie is for you. And if you're not, it's still watchable. Melissa Gilbert plays an orphan girl Charlie (livestock auction market pusher from Marfa, Texas) who learns dressage. Richard Farnsworth plays Foster, her boss, who helps her enter a cowhorse named Sylvester Stallone in the Rolex at Lexington, Kentucky. The movie shows that Gilbert must have picked up some horsemanship somewhere along the way. Actually, Farnsworth's character prefers mules. If you've never seen the Rolex, watching this movie is a good way to get hooked on it. It is quite challenging and dangerous. Also in this story are Charlie's two younger brothers and a love interest.

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lightninboy
May 11, 2005

Release date
- March 15, 1985 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Heja Charlie!
Filming locations
- Marfa, Texas, USA
Production companies
- Columbia Pictures
- Rastar Pictures
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Gross US & Canada
- $385,687
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $172,814
- Mar 17, 1985
Gross worldwide
- $385,687

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Runtime
- 1h 44min
Sound mix
- Dolby
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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