I watched this film one Sunday afternoon and I could not believe that I had not seen it before this was a great children's film and was very entertaining. Just when you think your eyes are deceiving you yes it really is, it's a Zebra and he is really cute. This film like all animal films has ... Read review
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young zebra is. A travelling circus accidently abandons an adorably helpless zebra in the middle of Kentucky on a stormy night. Fortunately, the wee zebra is fou...
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Stripes (voiced by Frankie Muniz) is abandoned one stormy night by a travelling circus, ... more
and when a local farmer finds him he is taken back to meet all the other farmyard residents. Tucker the old Shetland Pony, Franny the wise goat, Lightning the dozy ...
I watched this film one Sunday afternoon and I could not believe that I had not seen it before this was a great children's film and was very entertaining. Just when you think your eyes are deceiving you yes it really is, it's a Zebra and he is really cute. This film like all animal films has animals that can talk.
The film begins when a travelling circus accidently leaves a zebra in Kentucky on a miserable stormy night. The zebra is ... ...horse trainer who's given up his job after a riding accident killed his wife, his daughter Channing played by Hayden Panettiere who wants to be a jockey like her mum when she grows up, although her dad has other ideas for her, she decides to name the zebra Stripes who is voiced by Frankie Muniz.
Stripes then grows up and as he lives near race horses and a race track, stripes thinks that he is a horse and wants to race too. Some of ... more
I watched this film one Sunday afternoon and I could not believe that I had not seen it before this was a great children's film and was very entertaining. Just when you think your eyes are deceiving you yes it really is, it's a Zebra and he is really cute. This film like all animal films has animals that can talk.
The film begins when a travelling circus accidently leaves a zebra in Kentucky on a miserable stormy night. The zebra is later found by Nolan Walsh played by Bruce Greenwood, a horse trainer who's given up his job after a riding accident killed his wife, his daughter Channing played by Hayden Panettiere who wants to be a jockey like her mum when she grows up, although her dad has other ideas for her, she decides to name the zebra Stripes who is voiced by Frankie Muniz.
Stripes then grows up and as he lives near race horses and a race track, stripes thinks that he is a horse and wants to race too. Some of the thoroughbred horses think this is stupid, but a wise pony named Tucker who is voiced by Dustin Hoffman decides to help train him to compete in the big race, whilst a filly named Sandy who is voiced by Mandy Moore becomes his friends and encourages him to race. Other animals in the film are a goat with the voice of Whoopi Goldberg and a hound that is voiced by Snoop Dogg.
This film has a lot more going on besides and has a great ending, I will not spoil it for you but you will like the outcome. This is a film that is great for children as it has messages about following your dreams whilst adding animals which all children love to watch.
You may well shed tears of both happiness and sadness as you watch this film, but I can pretty much guarantee you'll laugh and be thoroughly entertained. The characters that have me is tears of laughter are Buzz and Scuzz, two flies with the voices of Steve Harvey and David Spade, as they dance and sing through the film they are worth watching.
This film is great, I have to admit that I prefer it to Babe the loveable film about a pig, this film will keep you amused as is a film that you can watch again and again.
Advantages: Brilliant family entertainment Disadvantages: non
Racing Stripes is a superb family movie,
During a horrendous thunderstorm, a travelling circus, have trouble with the rope lashings on some of the trailers, amidst all the commotion a basket containing a young Zebra foul breaks free and is left in the road,
The foal is discovered by horse trainer Nolan Walsh (Bruce Greenwood) and is taken back to the stables where Nolan and his young daughter rear the foal, and name him Stripes.
From the barn ... ...trainers daughter also dreams of racing in the 'Open' but has not been allowed to race, because of an accident which had happened to her Mother in the past.
But after the Zebra gets a lot of grief, from the snobbish thorough bred race horses, the other barn yard animals decide to help Stripes, pursue his dream,
And after Nolan and his daughter come across a prejudice towards them and their lack of ability to train a winner, Nolan decides to let ...
dreamscancometrue 11.01.2006
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Advantages: good fun for all the family Disadvantages: cant fault this one
...great fun-filled family film.
Racing stripes is about Stripes - a baby zebra who after being abandoned by a circus is rescued by a young girl (Hayden Panettiere) who aspires to be champion jockey, and her protective widowed father (Bruce Greenwood)who doesn't want to see her injured or killed like her mother before her. Stripes is then taken to live on their farm with various farmyard animals. As he grows up he dreams of becoming a famous racehorse ... ...Game
Virtual Comic Book "The Racing Stripes Prequel
The Music of Racing Stripes with Sting and Bryan Adams
Full Length Directors Commentary Theatrical Trailer
This is a real feel good film and it is lovely to see that it's not only Disney that can make them like this. Warner Bros have done a great job.
Deleted scenes with Stripes, Tucker and more ...
belfin 07.09.2005
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Advantages: FAB - Funny, interesting, touching and more Disadvantages: A little predicatble in places
Sadly I missed Racing Stripes in the cinema but quickly got hold a copy once it became available on DVD and I am very glad that I did.
The film, is a classic, focussing on a baby zebra who is left behind, in a severe thunderstorm by the travelling circus. The cure little fellow is found by a young girl takes her back to the small farm) that she and her Father run - of course all the animals and the Zebra whom is soon christened Stripes can talk. ... ...located next to a championship racing stable and track.
It soon expires that the girls Mother was a championship jockey who sadly died in a racing accident and her Father was a championship trainer - but since the death of his wife he could no longer face the task of training the animals he feels was responsible for his wife's death. Instead he relies on the farm for income, so times are very hard for he and his daughter.
Stripes has the time of ...
CarlG 31.10.2005
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Advantages: Its a talking animal movie! Disadvantages: its a talking animal movie
...to achieve his dream of racing against the other racehorses. I have no children and like to believe that I am an Adult, but sometimes kids films are just better!
This isn't Shrek and the humour isn't adult, dont be fooled that this is animated, just because of the film case. The animals are real!
The story is a basic one and although largly based around the zebra who wants to be a racehorse, is a story of a father daughter relationship following ... ...baby Zebra is lost by the circus and found by an expert horse trainer and named 'stripes' by his teenage daughter. Stripes admires the racehorses and believes that he too is a racehorse and can race with them. Mocked by the racehorse the story follows stripes' struggle to become a trained racehorse and compete in the biggest race of all, the Kentucky derby. Helped by the other barnyard animals he begins training and goes up against the real horses ...
wompie99 23.07.2005
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Advantages: Animals talk, great storyline, great family film Disadvantages: None
A father and his only daughter find an abandoned zebra on the road one night during a violent thunderstorm. The zebra has been left behind by a circus that visited there.
Feeling sorry for the poor animal they take him home and look after him. He is just a baby so they need to care for him on their small farm. The fathers name is 'Nolan Walsh,' and his daughter is called 'Channing.' Nolan was once a horse trainer but is now leading a quiet life ... ...are a Shetland Pony named Tucker and Franny an old goat, a Goose, a pelican and Lightening a hound. The farm stand on the border of the Turfway Racetrack where highly skilled thoroughbreds compete for horse racing's top honor, the ultra-prestigious Kentucky Crown. As soon as the zebra called 'Stripes,' sees the track he believes he can compete again the thoroughbreds and win the race. What he doesn't know is he's not a horse. Despite this he begins ...
selket135 24.07.2005
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A cute zebra foal gets separated from his circus and is adopted by a horse trainer (Bruce Greenwood) in this live action, talking animal tale. Stripes (voiced by Frankie Muniz) becomes adopted by the trainer's tomboy daughter (Hayden Panettiere)--an aspiring jockey--who subsequently wants to race him in the big leagues. Setbacks include her dad's over-protectiveness (he lost her mom in a horse-racing accident), and the fact that Stripes is a zebra and not a normal horse. Though all the other thoroughbreds turn their noses at this odd-looking interloper, a wizened old pony (Dustin Hoffman) steps in as trainer, and it's time to start prepping for the big race. Other animal characters include a mob hit-pelican (voice of Joe Pantoliano), a nurturing goat (voice of Whoopi Goldberg), a rooster (voice of Jeff Foxworthy), and a hound (Snoop Dogg). Mandy Moore does the voice of Stripes' comely mare love interest. Steve Harvey and David Spade are a pair of trash-talking horseflies. Adults will cherish some sly references to older movies, while the kids should get a lot out of the mix of real animals, nonstop gags, and an uplifting message about the importance of not judging a horse by its stripes. Though set in Kentucky, the film was actually lensed in South Africa, with real zebras. M. Emmet Walsh is a welcome addition as a loveable old codger and Wendie Malick is the evil race track owner.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
MOMENTUM PICTURES; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Never Before Seen Alternate Ending, Barnyard Outtakes Reel, How To Make Animals Talk, Acting Class Featurette, Deleted Scenes, Interactive Video Game Virtual Comic Book, The Music Racing Stripes, Full Length Directors Commentary, Theatrical Trailer
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1
Dubbing Sound
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
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Review
Think Babe crossed with National Velvet with a dash of The Lion King ... superb silly kids' treat. (News Of The World, )
Racing Stripes is set to be the funniest family film of the year. (Night & Day, Mail On Sunday, )
DVD Description
A cute zebra foal gets separated from his circus and is adopted by a horse trainer (Bruce Greenwood) in this live action, talking animal tale. Stripes (voiced by Frankie Muniz) becomes adopted by the trainer's tomboy daughter (Hayden Panettiere)--an aspiring jockey--who subsequently wants to race him in the big leagues. Setbacks include her dad's over-protectiveness (he lost her mom in a horse-racing accident), and the fact that Stripes is a zebra and not a normal horse. Though all the other thoroughbreds turn their noses at this odd-looking interloper, a wizened old pony (Dustin Hoffman) steps in as trainer, and it's time to start prepping for the big race. Other animal characters include a mob hit-pelican (voice of Joe Pantoliano), a nurturing goat (voice of Whoopi Goldberg), a rooster (voice of Jeff Foxworthy), and a hound (Snoop Dogg). Mandy Moore does the voice of Stripes' comely mare love interest. Steve Harvey and David Spade are a pair of trash-talking horseflies. Adults will cherish some sly references to older movies, while the kids should get a lot out of the mix of real animals, nonstop gags, and an uplifting message about the importance of not judging a horse by its stripes. Though set in Kentucky, the film was actually lensed in South Africa, with real zebras. M. Emmet Walsh is a welcome addition as a loveable old codger and Wendie Malick is the evil race track owner.
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