Movie
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story
Overview
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being sacrificed by the owner.
Details
- Release date
- 2005-09-10
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama, Family
- Status
- Released
- Production
- DreamWorks Pictures, Tollin/Robbins Productions, Brass Hat Films, Epsilon Motion Pictures, S.K.G. Productions, Hyde Park Entertainment
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Kurt Russell as Ben Crane
- Dakota Fanning as Cale Crane
- Kris Kristofferson as Pop Crane
- Elisabeth Shue as Lily
- David Morse as Palmer
- Freddy Rodríguez as Manolin
- Luis Guzmán as Balon
- Oded Fehr as Prince Sadir
- Ken Howard as William Ford
- Holmes Osborne as Doc Fleming
- Haithem Badrani as Prince Tariq
- John Moyer as Security Officer
Crew
- John Gatins - Director
- John Gatins - Writer
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