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Lean on Pete / Film4 & BFI present ; a production from The Bureau ; written and directed by Andrew Haigh ; produced by Tristan Goligher.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 54382 | LionsgateLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: Spanish, English Publisher: [New York, New York] : A24 Films, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Related works:
  • Based on (work): Vlautin, Willy. Lean on Pete
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Magnus Jønck ; editor, Jonathan Alberts ; music, James Edward Barker.
Cast: Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi.Summary: Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence--until he discovers that Pete is bound for slaughter.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD DRAMA Lean on Available 33111009104858
Adult DVD Adult DVD Northport Library DVD DRAMA Lean on Available 33111009104866
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Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence-until he discovers that Pete is bound for slaughter.

DVD; Widescreen presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital.

English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Charlie Plummer, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Zahn, Travis Fimmel, Steve Buscemi.

Director of photography, Magnus Jønck ; editor, Jonathan Alberts ; music, James Edward Barker.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Based on the novel by Willy Vlautin.

Wide screen.

Special features: Searching for home: making Lean on Pete.

MPAA rating: R; for language and brief violence.

Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean On Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence--until he discovers that Pete is bound for slaughter.

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