Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning and Kris Kristofferson 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. 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 Elisabeth Shue, David Morse, Freddy Rodríguez, Luis Guzmán and Oded Fehr.
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September 23, 2005: Fanning = girl scout:
In one of the most
obvious PR moves this side of Paris Hilton inserting stuff into her
mouth on video for further notoriety, little Dakota Fanning, better
known as the most prolific actress in Hollywood, has...
September 12, 2005: Toronto Fest videos:
If you haven't read Scott Weinberg's first report from the Toronto International Film Festival then you should probably
go ahead and do that. You should probably go ahead and make it a point to read the rest of his reports too and not only...
September 3, 2004: Shue fits for Dreamer:
After a brief hiatus in shitty TV movies like "Amy & Isabelle" or little seen indies like LEO, Elisabeth Shue is back on the scene. The Oscar nominated actress will return with a role in the DreamWorks drama DREAMER. Shue will play wife to Kurt Russell and...
August 20, 2004: Fanning plays boy role:
Dakota Fanning (I AM SAM, MAN ON FIRE) has joined Kurt Russell in the DreamWorks family drama DREAMER about a father and a son who rescue a horse and train it for the breeder's cup. But wait...a young girl starring in a father/son film? Well producers liked...
July 13, 2004: Kurt's a Dreamer:
Cash himself, Kurt Russell, has signed on to the DreamWorks father-son drama DREAMER for rookie director John Gaitins. Russell will sadly not play one-half of a good-cop/bad-cop duo but instead will take the role of a father who restores a once-prestigious...
