Running Free
Movie · Kids & Family · Drama

From producer Jean-Jacques Annaud (SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, THE BEAR) and award-winning director Sergei Bodrov comes the captivating, visually stunning dramatic adventures of RUNNING FREE, in which one courageous horse grows from an awkward colt into a magnificient stallion at the edge of the rugged, inhospitable Skeleton Coast of Namibia.In 1914, Lucky is born aboard a tempest-tossed German supply steamer transporting his mother and other workhorses to Africa, Torn from her side shortly after arrival and left to fend for himself in a strange and unforgiving environment, the vunerable foal is adopted by an orphaned stable boy, Richard (Chase Moore), in a ming town. When the townspeople must flee due to encroaching war, Lucky is abandoned, bereft of his young companion and caretaker, until a young Bushman girl comes into town and escorts Lucky into the desert. There she helps him learn how to survive in the harsh, untamed wilderness.Lucky's journey eventually leads him back to the destroyed mining town where he reunites with a young mare, Beauty, whom he first fell in love with as a foal, and undertakes a heroic mission to defeat the domineering stallion Ceasar to become the leader of the herd.

1999 · 1h 21m
  • 27%
  • 8+
Starring Robin Smith, Nicholas Trueb, Patrick Lyster
Director Sergei Bodrov

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Cast & Crew

  • R‌S
    Robin Smith
    Blacksmith
  • N‌T
    Nicholas Trueb
    Hans
  • P‌L
    Patrick Lyster
    Officer
  • C‌M
    Chase Moore
    Young Richard
  • Jan Decleir
    Boss Man
  • M‌G
    Maria Geelbooi
    Nyka
  • Arie Verveen
    Adult Richard
  • Lukas Haas
    Narrator
  • Sergei Bodrov
    Director
  • Jean-Jacques Annaud
    Producer
  • Lloyd Phillips
    Producer

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Running Free

Kids & Family

From producer Jean-Jacques Annaud (SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, THE BEAR) and award-winning director Sergei Bodrov comes the captivating, visually stunning dramatic adventures of RUNNING FREE, in which one courageous horse grows from an awkward colt into a magnificient stallion at the edge of the rugged, inhospitable Skeleton Coast of Namibia.In 1914, Lucky is born aboard a tempest-tossed German supply steamer transporting his mother and other workhorses to Africa, Torn from her side shortly after arrival and left to fend for himself in a strange and unforgiving environment, the vunerable foal is adopted by an orphaned stable boy, Richard (Chase Moore), in a ming town. When the townspeople must flee due to encroaching war, Lucky is abandoned, bereft of his young companion and caretaker, until a young Bushman girl comes into town and escorts Lucky into the desert. There she helps him learn how to survive in the harsh, untamed wilderness.Lucky's journey eventually leads him back to the destroyed mining town where he reunites with a young mare, Beauty, whom he first fell in love with as a foal, and undertakes a heroic mission to defeat the domineering stallion Ceasar to become the leader of the herd.

8+

COMMON SENSE

Cruel treatment of horses may upset some kids.

27%

TOMATOMETER
Average 4.8
Reviews 30
Fresh 8
Rotten 22

Information

Studio
Hoofbeats Productions, Inc.
Released
1999
Run Time
1 hr 21 min
Rated
G No Rating Reason Cited
Region of Origin
United States
© 2000 Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Co. Medien KG and SPE German Finance Co. Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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