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:

He's the wrong sort of horse with the right sort of friends.

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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

Reggie (Jeff Foxworthy) states "If you build it, they will come" while standing in the corn field. This alludes to Field of Dreams (1989), in which the main character chases a dream that no one believes in, same as Stripes is chasing his dream to race. The actual quote from Field of Dreams (1989) is, "If you build it, he will come."

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Goofs

"Sir Trenton" shown running after his son, is a gelding.

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Quotes

[from trailer]
Lightning: If that's a race horse, then I'm D-O double-G, baby.

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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

Referenced in The Mint: Episode #1.152 (2006)

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Soundtracks

The National Anthem USA
Music by John Stafford Smith (uncredited)
Lyrics by Francis Scott Key (uncredited)
Arrangement by R.A.F. Brass & Wind Band
Courtesy of APM/KPM

User Reviews

Light hearted film that your children will like

A baby zebra (voice of Frankie Muniz) is accidentally left behind by a traveling circus and is found by a thoroughbred horse trainer, Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood). Nolan takes the zebra home, and his teenage daughter Channing (Hayden Panettiere) wants to keep him as a pet. She names the baby zebra Stripes. The farm is located near the racetrack and the zebra grows up believing that he is a racehorse. Stripes has a dream of racing the other horses at the track, and to get into shape, Stripes races the mailman in his truck. All the farm animals help Stripes and Channing achieve their racing dream. This is a cute movie made in the same framework as the movie 'Babe', where all the animals speak to each other. The horseflies Scuzz and Buzz (voices of David Spade and Steve Harvey) had some of the funniest scenes. This is a light hearted film that your children will like. Don't take the script too seriously or you will miss the fun. (Warner Brothers Pictures, Run time 1:34, Rated PG) (4/10)