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DREAMER

By Leroy Douresseaux
October 21, 2005 - 16:12

DREAMER: INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY

DREAMWORKS PICTURES PRESENTS
And HYDE PARK ENTERTAINMENT
WRITER/DIRECTOR: John Gatins
PRODUCERS: Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins

Starring: Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson, Elisabeth Shue, David Morse, Freddy Rodriguez, Luis Guzmán, and Oded Fehr

Opening date: Friday, October 21, 2005
Running time: 98 minutes
Rating: MPAA – PG for brief mild language






From the press kit: “Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story” tells the story of 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. The film stars Kurt Russell (Miracle), Dakota Fanning (War of the Worlds) and Kris Kristofferson (John Sayles’ Lone Star).

BEN CRANE (Kurt Russell) was once a great horseman, whose gifts as a trainer are now being wasted on making other men’s fortunes. Soñador—called SONYA—was a great horse whose promising future on the racetrack is 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. However, the true miracle might be that, in helping this injured horse, what they are actually healing is their own family.

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