Miracle of the White Stallions
by Arthur Hiller
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Actor: Curd Jürgens, Eddie Albert, James Franciscus, Lilli Palmer, Robert TaylorDirector: Arthur Hiller
Brand: Walt Disney Video
Cinematographer: Günther Anders
Editor: Alfred Srp
Editor: Cotton Warburton
Producer: Peter V. Herald
Producer: Walt Disney
Writer: AJ Carothers
Writer: Alois Podhajsky
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-02
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
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- One of the great untold stories of World War II unfolds in this suspenseful adventure-drama. During the last perilous months of the conflict, Vienna's famed Spanish Riding School and its prized Lipizzan stallions is threatened by devastating bombing raids and in evacuating the magnificent animals, the school's director (Robert Taylor) and a handful of heroic citizens attempt a daring, life
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DVD Review: Based on a true story
Summary: 5 Stars
BEHIND THE SCENES & TRIVIA: This Disney Studios production was first released to theatres on March 29, 1963. It later aired on Walt Disney's `Wonderful World of Color' on NBC television as a two part episode on October 17 and 24, 1965. It re-aired on November 11 and 18, 1973. For the television airing it was re-edited and renamed "Flight of the White Stallions". The screenplay was the first Disney project for 29 year old A.J. Carothers, base on the book "The Dancing White Horses of Vienna", by Colonel Alais Podhajsky. In fact, Mr. Disney sent Carothers on travel to Vienna to meet the Colonel and visit the school for research. Walt believed in having a good story as the base of a film, so much so that some writers were allowed to produce or direct their screenplays. The first director hired for this film wanted to bring in a writer to change the script that Walt Disney had already approved. As a result a new director was hired, Arthur Hiller. The writer Carothers stayed on several years with Disney to write other screenplays including "Emil and the Detectives", "The Happiest Millionaire", and "Never a Dull Moment". The first writer, from England, had been removed from the project when his draft included a characterization of American G.I.'s as "gum-chewing soldiers" according to Harry Tytle's biography. Walt and his wife had also traveled to Vienna and had a luncheon at the Spanish Riding School while being treated to a performance of the horses.
The solid background musical score is by long-time Disney studio composer Paul Smith, who won an Academy Award ® for his work on Pinocchio. Smith worked for the studio from 1934 to 1962, writing the music for most of the Disney True-Life Adventures and many of their short cartoons. He was nominated for his compositions for Cinderella, Song of the South, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Saludos Amigos, and The Three Caballeros. The famous composing duo, the Sherman Brothers, were asked by Walt Disney to create a German style song for the production, and so "Just Say `Auf Widersehen' " was born. The film is 117 minutes in length in the theatrical edit version. Released on VHS in 1987, and DVD in 2004.
STORY: During World War II, the Colonel Podhajsky (Robert Taylor) and his famous Spanish Riding School featuring white Lipizzaner horses in Vienna are threatened as the Nazis are moving in. The Colonel smuggles the stallions into St. Martin. The mares of the breed are in Czechoslovakia, and the Colonel fears their fate with the swiftly approaching Russians. The Colonel hatches a bold plan to appeal to U.S. General Patton, who is known a s horseman, to help rescue the horse and protect the future breeding. Great supporting cast including Eddie Albert.
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?MPAA Rating: G
?Format: DVD
?Runtime: 93 minutes
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