A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.
- Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 15 wins & 76 nominations total
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Did you know
- TriviaDirector Steven Spielberg stated that the only digital effects used in the movie were three shots that lasted three seconds, and it was done to ensure the safety of the horse involved. Spielberg was quoted as saying, "That's the thing I'm most proud of. Everything you see on screen really happened."
- GoofsCaptain Nicholls is shown completely clean-shaven in 1914. In reality, British Army officers were not permitted to shave their upper lips until 1916.
- Quotes
Albert Narracott: We'll be alright Joey. We're the lucky ones, you and me. Lucky since the day I met you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Breakfast: Episode dated 26 October 2011 (2011)
- SoundtracksThe Scarlet and the Blue
By John Tams and Adrian Sutton
Featured review
Horses fought too.
I was expecting this movie to be just another extravagant sentimental potboiler. Wow, was I surprised. This is a great movie. The title says the movie is about a horse, but it's really about a lot more than that. The horse plays a central role but the humans figure in the story too, in a big way. The cinematography is outstanding; it really conveys the bleak, gory nature of war. The movie alludes to the Battle of the Somme which is one of the costliest battles in history in terms of the sheer number of lives lost. At times the movie does lapse into sentimentality but in general the story proceeds at a fast pace (pun intended). The performances of the horses in this movie are impressive. They are stars in their own right. If the movie accomplishes nothing else, it shows that war is hard on animals too, and like the humans, they are victims too; there was never a horse that wanted to go to war. That any horses survived at all in the war is amazing. Anyway, this movie is well worth watching.
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- Jan 16, 2012
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Details
- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Warhorse
- Filming locations
- Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK(horse auction)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $66,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $79,884,879
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,515,402
- Dec 25, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $177,584,879
- Runtime2 hours 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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