Racing Stripes (2005)

An abandoned zebra grows up believing he is a racehorse, and, with the help of his barnyard friends and a teenage girl, sets out to achieve his dream of racing with thoroughbreds.

Director:

Frederik Du Chau

Writers:

David Schmidt (story), Steven P. Wegner (story)

Stars:

Frankie Muniz, David Spade, Snoop Dogg

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bruce Greenwood	...	Nolan Walsh
Hayden Panettiere	...	Channing Walsh
Caspar Poyck	...	Mailman
Gary Bullock	...	John Cooper
Wendie Malick	...	Clara Dalrymple
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Woodzie
Thandi Puren	...	Reporter #1
Morné Visser	...	Reporter #2
Dawn Matthews	...	Reporter #3
Matt Stern	...	Reporter #4
John Lesley	...	Paddock Boss
Graeme Hawkins	...	Track Announcer
Tarryn Meaker	...	Anthem Singer
Frankie Muniz	...	Stripes (voice)
Mandy Moore	...	Sandy (voice)

Storyline

A young zebra is accidentally abandoned by the circus, but is found by a man and his daughter. On their farm, they are joined by an eclectic group of animals who eventually conspire to help the zebra cheat in order to win the Kentucky Open horse race.

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Plot Keywords:

horse | farm | zebra | racehorse | kentucky | 

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Taglines:

Kiss my tail!

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild crude humor and some language

Details

Official Sites:

Central Partnership [Russia] Official site [UK]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 January 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

Zig Zag, l'étalon zébré

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$18,862,432, 16 January 2005, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$49,772,522, 12 May 2005

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$90,754,475, 27 April 2008

Company Credits

Production Co:

Alcon Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Frederik Du Chau had discussed the making of a sequel to the film and had written the script.

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Goofs

A zebra's stripes are like fingerprints - no two are alike. In the montage of Channing training Stripes you can clearly see she is riding different zebras at different times.

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Quotes

Goose: Get back here, you chicken! C'mon, I'll fight you with one wing behind my back.

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Crazy Credits

The Alcon logo stretches into a stripe which becomes stripes on a zebra which becomes branches of a tree in the first scene and the movie begins.

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Connections

References Chicken Run (2000)

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Soundtracks

U Can't Touch This
Written by Rick James, Alonzo Miller and M.C. Hammer (as Kirk Burrell)
Performed by David Spade

User Reviews

Watch Stripes run...

Though I have been a dedicated visitor to IMDb since I have heard about it first in 2000, this... is my first user comment for a movie. And I am very proud to give it for Racing Stripes.

What shall I say about this movie? Talking animals, American humour, words, phrases and scenes which need to be in a racing movie. Is that all? No.

This is the story of a zebra who with the help of his animal friends and love of the daughter of his master, achieves the unthinkable - a race against the horses.

With a single zebra, these people have woven and created a celluloid which comes with ounces and ounces of passion, all for free. Right from the first scene when Stripes is introduced until the last flash of the race, passion is one word with which we are gripped. Stripes, the hero of the movie, steals our hearts with its innocent expressions, cute barking and an iron-fisted ambition.

A humble movie with a great animal team, good actors, visual effects, applaudable cinematography and editing,... wait. There is something which I am missing. Yes. Those unmistakable moments when the sounds and visuals speak to us. Flashes, slow motions, brilliant ups and downs of music and much much more which made all those animals' expressions visible and audible even when they don't speak. The shot by shot translation of the moods and motivation for the racing zebra build the whole movie.

Leave all to your imagination. Watch Stripes begin that run. Those minutes, I couldn't close my eyelids even for a routine blink.