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Velvet's orphaned niece Sarah follows her dream of Olympic glory with her horse Arizona Pie.Velvet's orphaned niece Sarah follows her dream of Olympic glory with her horse Arizona Pie.Velvet's orphaned niece Sarah follows her dream of Olympic glory with her horse Arizona Pie.
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- TriviaMany of the Olympic judges were, in real life, the coach drivers charged with taking the actors and actresses to and from their hotel.
- GoofsWhen the horses are being loaded onto and unloaded off the aircraft, the engine covers are clearly displayed. These are only used when an aircraft is parked overnight, or stored out of service. They would certainly be removed long before flight (the crew are shown going through pre-start checks), and not placed back over the engines immediately after landing (they were visible as the "passengers" were getting off the aircraft).
- Quotes
Sarah Brown: I know exactly what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna chosen for the Olympic team.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Meeting the Challenge: International Velvet (1978)
- SoundtracksFame and Glory
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Music by Albert Matt
Boosey & Hawkes Ltd
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Great film for horse-lovers
This is a good, enjoyable and fairly accurate depiction of the eventing world, with plenty of good riding action (shot with real event riders, not stunt actors) - a perfect movie for riding fans. Yes, it is set in a world of fairly wealthy people with posh accents, but that is the context of the film. You don't find many ethnic minority people from housing estates, with cockney accents, competing in top level eventing (even now).
Fans of the book National Velvet will spot lots of inconsistencies (The Pie isn't piebald and the dates are wrong). If viewed as a completely separate film in it's own right, though, then the interactions between the heroine and her 'adoptive' parents are very genuine. Even so, the plot is incidental to the riding and so some parts are a bit weak, but that won't bother any horse fans. And to the various reviewers who commented on the heroine being played by an American actor - they obviously haven't actually seen the film because the heroine is American.
Fans of the book National Velvet will spot lots of inconsistencies (The Pie isn't piebald and the dates are wrong). If viewed as a completely separate film in it's own right, though, then the interactions between the heroine and her 'adoptive' parents are very genuine. Even so, the plot is incidental to the riding and so some parts are a bit weak, but that won't bother any horse fans. And to the various reviewers who commented on the heroine being played by an American actor - they obviously haven't actually seen the film because the heroine is American.
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- lmnash
- Jul 20, 2004
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- Gross US & Canada
- $7,009,238
- Gross worldwide
- $7,009,238
- Runtime2 hours 7 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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