Hidalgo [videorecording] / Touchstone Pictures ; produced by Casey Silver ; written by John Fusco ; directed by Joe Johnston.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 32425 | Touchstone Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French, Spanish Summary language: French, Spanish Original language: English Publication details: [United States] : Touchstone Home Entertainment Burbank, CA : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2004], c2003.Edition: WidescreenDescription: 1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0788849034
- Director of photography, Shelly Johnson ; editor, Robert Dalva ; music, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Jeffrey Kurland ; production designer, Barry Robison.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Actor Viggo Mortensen made his first starring appearance in a film after his breakthrough performance in the Lord of the Rings trilogy with this period adventure. Frank T. Hopkins (Mortensen) is a U.S. Cavalry officer who earned a reputation as one of the fastest and most daring riders in the West; however, after taking part in the bloody massacre at Wounded Knee, Hopkins becomes disenchanted with the Cavalry, and once his hitch is up, he takes a job as a rider with a seedy touring Wild West show. During an engagement in New York, Hopkins meets Aziz (Adam Alexi-Malle), an associate of wealthy Bedouin Sheikh Riyadh (Omar Sharif), who knows of Hopkins' talents and wants him to take part in "The Ocean of Fire," an annual 3,000-mile desert horse race running from Arabia to Iraq. Hopkins accepts the invitation and sails to the Middle East with his trusty mustang Hidalgo without knowing just what he's getting himself into. Once he arrives, Hopkins learns that the punishing race course claims the lives of nearly half its contestants, and that most of his competitors ride pure-bred Arabian stallions and do not regard Hidalgo and his master as worthy adversaries. Temporarily exiled to a land where freedom eludes the multitudes and class and wealth define one's fate, Hopkins finds himself riding for both honor and principle, with the support of Riyadh and his beautiful, headstrong daughter, Jazira (Zuleikha Robinson), though the Sheikh's nephew Katib (Silas Carson) is equally determined to see Hopkins go down in defeat. Hidalgo was directed by Joe Johnston, who previously worked with animals on the run in Jumanji and Jurassic Park III. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Special features: "Sand & celluloid" making-of featurette; "America's first horse: Hidalgo and the Spanish Mustang" enhanced computer featurette.
Director of photography, Shelly Johnson ; editor, Robert Dalva ; music, James Newton Howard ; costume designer, Jeffrey Kurland ; production designer, Barry Robison.
Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard, Said Taghmaoui, Peter Mensah, J.K. Simmons, Zuleikha Robinson.
In the 1890's Frank T. Hopkins, a former U.S. Cavalry dispatch rider who is haunted by memories of what he saw at the battle of Wounded Knee, and his mustang Hidalgo, are performing in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, billed as the greatest horse and rider the West has ever known. This leads them to be invited to run in the 3,000 mile endurance race across the Middle Eastern desert, the Ocean of Fire, by one of the leading Arabian Sheiks. The race soon becomes not only a matter of pride and honor for Frank, but a race for his very survival as he and his horse attempt the impossible.
MPAA rating: PG-13.
DVD, region 1, aspect ratio: 2.35:1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound; DTS 5.1 digital surround sound; THX-certified.
Optional French or Spanish soundtracks; optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.