A rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, accompanied by a feisty reporter.A rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, accompanied by a feisty reporter.A rodeo star past his prime steals his company's horse and rides into the desert, accompanied by a feisty reporter.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
James Sikking
- Dietrich
- (as James B. Sikking)
Quinn K. Redeker
- Bud Broderick
- (as Quinn Redeker)
Lois Hamilton
- Joanna Camden
- (as Lois Areno)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe name of Sonny Steele's horse in the film is "Rising Star". The star steed was played by a 5-year-old bay thoroughbred called "Let's Merge" after a 6-month equine talent search. Robert Redford bought the horse after production was complete and owned him for 18 years before the horse passed away.
- GoofsThe video footage shown on television of Sonny Steele's speech about the horse doesn't match what Alice would have actually shot. The camera movement, lighting and direction of where Steele was facing while talking is completely different.
- Alternate versionsThe film's original soundtrack has been changed in different ways for its two DVD releases:
- The Image DVD replaces Dave Grusin's beautiful "Freedom Epilogue" score music (where the horse is set free) with a reprise of "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" by Willie Nelson, originally heard during the opening credits. This actually works well, though one wonders why a piece of original score had to be changed.
- The newer Universal release goes a step further, removing "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" from the opening credits (and in fact from the film completely) as well as "Freedom Epilogue" and replaces them both with a very inappropriate generic harmonica-driven instrumental which is meant to sound like a Willie Nelson song.
Featured review
This film is not about the horse, is not about a romance.
The film portraits the unstoppable greed of a corporation confronted with the moral values of a true cowboy and how he realize he has lost that spirit that took him to became a cowboy.
This film is intended to show how we destroy everything we touch just to increase our profits.
So, you are right about the hairstyle, the wardrobe, everything is so 70's.
But the message is not old in fact is so XXI century as your brand new digital cameras.
This film made me understand my family, my past, present and future.
Now I see what my father tried to taught me, what my brothers understood years ago.
The film portraits the unstoppable greed of a corporation confronted with the moral values of a true cowboy and how he realize he has lost that spirit that took him to became a cowboy.
This film is intended to show how we destroy everything we touch just to increase our profits.
So, you are right about the hairstyle, the wardrobe, everything is so 70's.
But the message is not old in fact is so XXI century as your brand new digital cameras.
This film made me understand my family, my past, present and future.
Now I see what my father tried to taught me, what my brothers understood years ago.
- Ettore_Francesco
- Jan 14, 2007
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $61,801,971
- Gross worldwide
- $61,801,971
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