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It’s very hard to guess how well this film will fare against
some fierce competition at the end of the year. Sure it is based on a popular
book, an even more popular play and is directed by the ridiculously successful
Steven Spielberg. But it’s a war film and centres on a horse. Of course what it
also has is a trailer that just screams “Oscar me”, so it has a shoot at
playing for a long time to steady business, especially if nominations come
flooding in.
It won’t hurt that it has strong cast; not least of all is
the man who set almost as many hearts racing in Thor as Chris Hemsworth. Tom
Hiddleston played Loki in that film and showed a wider audience the talents he’s
been pleasing audiences with in the U.K for some time. Added to that he is to
be villain in Chief in next year’s ‘The Avengers’ and his star is definitely rising.
Synopsis...
“DreamWorks Pictures' "War Horse," director Steven
Spielberg's epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against
a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War.
"War Horse" begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse
named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him. When they
are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse
as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he
meets--British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his
granddaughter--before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No
Man's Land. The First World War is experienced through the journey of this
horse--an odyssey of joy and sorrow, passionate friendship and high adventure.
"War Horse" is one of the great stories of friendship and war-- a
successful book, it was turned into a hugely successful international
theatrical hit that is arriving on Broadway next year. It now comes to screen
in an epic adaptation by one of the great directors in film history.”
It will be an interesting 1-2 return to directing for
Spielberg. There hasn’t been a Spielberg directed movie at the cinema since
2008’s Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. That film got a decidedly
mixed reception, but made a very good $786,636,033 worldwide. This year Most of
the world will get Spielberg’s Tintin movie in October / November followed by
his War Horse just a 2 - 3 months later. In North America the difference will
be easier managed in days as Tintin doesn’t arrive until the 23rd of
December, just 2 days before War Horse.
Release Dates...
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23 December 2011
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23 December 2011
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29 December 2011
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29 December 2011
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29 December 2011
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29 December 2011
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5 January 2012
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11 January 2012
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13 January 2012
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19 January 2012
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20 January 2012
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27 January 2012
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2 February 2012
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3 February 2012
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3 February 2012
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Mar-12
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