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Special feature: Searching for home: making "Lean on Pete." |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. |
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Based upon the novel by Willy Vlautin. |
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English dialogue, Spanish subtitles. |
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English SDH - subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
Credits |
Edited by Jonathan Alberts ; director of photography, Magnus Jonck ; composer, James Edward Barker. |
Cast |
Steve Buscemi, Travis Fimmel, Chloe Sevigny, Thomas Mann, Charlie Plummer, Steve Zahn. |
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. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for language and brief violence. |
System details |
DVD; region 1 ; 16x9 widescreen 1.85:1 presentation ; English 5.1 Dolby digital audio. |
Subject |
Vlautin, Willy -- Film adaptations.
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Fathers and sons -- Drama.
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Single fathers -- Drama.
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Race horses -- Drama.
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Teenage boys -- Drama.
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Genre |
Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Action and adventure films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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DVD-Video discs.
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Add'l Names |
Haigh, Andrew, 1973- film director, screenwriter.
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Goligher, Tristan, film producer.
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Vlautin, Willy, screenwriter.
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Buscemi, Steve, 1957- actor.
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Plummer, Charlie, 1999- actor.
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Fimmel, Travis, 1979- actor.
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Sevigny, Chloë, actor.
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Mann, Thomas, 1991- actor.
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Zahn, Steve, 1968- actor.
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Other corporate author |
A24 (Firm), publisher.
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Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
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STANDARD # |
031398288084 |
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54382 Lionsgate |
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