SYNOPSIS

 

Kurt Russell (“Miracle,” “Sky High”), Dakota Fanning (“War of the Worlds,” “Man on Fire”) and Kris Kristofferson (“Lone Star”) star in a drama about a father who, for the love of his daughter, sacrifices almost everything to save the life of an injured racehorse and bring the promising filly back to her former glory.

Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) was once a great horseman, whose gifts as a trainer were now being wasted on making other men’s fortunes. Soñador—called Sonya—was a great horse whose promising future on the racetrack was suddenly cut short by a career-ending broken leg. Considered as good as dead to her owner, who also happens to be Ben’s boss, Sonya is given to Ben as severance pay, along with his walking papers. Now, it will take the unwavering faith and determination of Ben’s young daughter, Cale (Dakota Fanning), to bring these two damaged souls together in a quest for a seemingly impossible goal: to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic.

Kristofferson stars as Ben Crane’s father whose strained relationship with his son is bridged by their mutual hopes for Sonya. The main cast also includes Oscar® nominee Elisabeth Shue (“Leaving Las Vegas”), David Morse (“The Green Mile”), Freddy Rodriguez (HBO’s “Six Feet Under”), Luis Guzmán (“Traffic”) and Oded Fehr (“The Mummy”).

 


TRAILER


RELEASE DATE

October 21, 2005

DIRECTOR

John Gatins

WRITER

John Gatins

COMPANY

DreamWorks Distribution

GENRE

Drama, Family, Sport

CERT

U

RUNTIME

106 minutes

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