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 movie | bullying | horse | farm | zebra | 

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Taglines:

A tail for the whole family.

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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

Hayden Panetteire's real-life mom (Lesley Vogel) was married to Frankie Muniz's Malcolm in the Middle (2000) television dad (Bryan Cranston) on the soap opera Loving (1983).

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Goofs

When Sir Trenton first sees his son racing Stripes, his owner/carer has just started to undo his rug and does not appear to undo the front two straps. When he rears, the front two straps appear to be undone as the rug slips straight off his body.

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Quotes

Goose: Jeez! I didn't know the goat was packin'!

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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 Valet (2006)

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Soundtracks

It Ain't Over Yet
Written by Bryan Adams, Gretchen Peters and Eliot Kennedy
Produced by Bryan Adams
Performed by Bryan Adams

User Reviews

Worth a Giggle or Two!

Although the humor is a bit sophomoric and the story predictable, Racing Stripes had my 7 and 9 year old grandsons giggling. Since they are probably the target audience, the movie was successful. I am more concerned when Hollywood inserts unnecessary inappropriate language into an otherwise suitable movie to satisfy someone's idea of reality or sophistication. Please refer to the "Francis the Talking Mule" films which were admittedly cheesy, but rather hilarious. I recently saw one for the first time in over 40 years and realized it was still funny. A key element in a movie of this type is to have good people (or animals) to root for.