Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story (2005)
Director:
John Gatins
Actors:
Ben Crane
Cale Crane
Pop Crane
Lily
Palmer
Rating:
(14’823 votes)
(14’823 votes)
Quotes:
[last lines]
« Cale Crane: You are a great champion. When you ran, the ground shook, the sky opened and mere mortals parted. Parted the way to victory, where you'll meet me in the winner's circle, where I'll put a blanket of flowers on your back.
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« Ben Crane: Once upon a time there was a noble king. He lived in a beautiful castle overlooking green fields. An evil storm cast darkness over his castle, and before he knew it, dark knights had begun to take away his kingdom, one piece at a time. But our king was a warrior, and he knew if he could find his magic horse he could restore the kingdom to greatness. He was not like most kings. He was quiet and kind. Everyone loved the king which he may not have known. He searched and searched and finally rescued his horse from a raging river. But by the time he'd freed his horse, his kingdom was gone and he had given up. But the horse knew better than he. The horse took him over mountain ranges and across raging rivers. When it finally looked like they would die the horse asked him to trust him. The King didn't know if the horse had really spoken to him or he just hadn't had anything to eat in a few days. Not soon after the horse tried to climb a mountain so steep that the king was sure it would be their deaths. But the horse reached the top. And at the top, they found his kingdom, restored. All those who loved him greeted he king with pie and coffee.
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« Palmer: Okay… I've found my other pocket. Alright, you listen to me, this is your last chance. I have a certified check for one hundred thousand dollars… and if you take this offer I'll give your dad his job back. Can't believe it, Crane's have finally won one.
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« Cale Crane: [Cale takes the check and looks back at her dad] Dad?
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« Ben Crane: If it was me I'd tell him to take his money and his empty trailer and get the hell off our farm. But… that's just me…
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« Cale Crane: So you're running the big colt Goliath's Boy in the classic?
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« Palmer: That's right. Goliath's Boy is the favorite. And when he wins the cup it'll be my fifth horse of the year.
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« Cale Crane: Do you think Goliath's Boy remembers what Sonya's butt looks like?
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« Palmer: Why?
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« Cale Crane: 'Cause that's all he's gonna be seeing of her on race day.
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Trailer:
Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story
Runtime:106 minutes
Plots:
Cale Crane catalyzes the rescue and rehabilitation of Sonador, a race horse with a broken leg.
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the horse (in fact is a mare)and save it of being sacrificed by the owner. The arrival of the mare to Crane’s farm, will be the perfect opportunity for both father and daughter to reconstruct their lost familiar bond. “Soñador” (Dreamer in English), the renamed mare, despite its broken leg, maybe could have another chance to return to the racecourse, with the help of Cale, Ben, and his father, Pop.
In Lexington, Kentucky, the horse barn of the Crane family has been empty for years due to the financial difficulties of the family. When the mare Sonya, a.k.a. Soñador (Dreamer, in English), breaks a foreleg in a race Palmer, the owner, decides to put her down. To save her life, Ben Crane accepts the injured horse instead of the three month’s salary owed by Palmer. His daughter Cale becomes emotionally connected with Sonya, and while the horse is being rehabilitated, the wounds in the Crane family are also healed. Soñador is given one more chance at racing, in hopes of saving the family’s property from foreclosure.
