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War Horse / Dartmoor (2011) Opening dates: USA, Canada: Dec 25, 2011 ; Australia: Dec 26 ; Singapore, Thailand: Dec 29 ; Brazil: Jan 6, 2012 ; UK, Ireland, Poland, Spain: Jan 13 ; Greece: Jan 19 ; Russia, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Denmark: Jan 26 ; Lithuania, Estonia: Jan 27 ; Belgium: Feb 1 ; Netherlands: Feb 2 ; Norway, Turkey: Feb 3 ; Hong Kong, Hungary: Feb 9 ; Romania: Feb 10 ; Germany, German-Switzerland, Austria (as Gefährten): Feb 16 ; Italy, Tessin: Feb 17 ; France, Romandie: Feb 22 ; Portugal: Feb 23 ; Finland, Sweden: Feb 24 ; Japan: March 2 |
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World Premiere: Dec 4, 2011 at the Avery Fisher Hall/Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts in New York |
European Premiere: Jan 8, 2012 at the Odeon Leicester Square Cinema in London, a 'Royal Premiere' with Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge |
| Cast: Jeremy Irvine - Albert Narracott Peter Mullan - Ted, Albert's father Emily Watson - Rosie, Albert's mother David Thewlis - Lyons Benedict Cumberbatch - Major James Stewart Tom Hiddleston - Captain Nichols Celine Buckens - Emilie Niels Arestrup - Emilie's grandfather David Kross - Gunther Patrick Kennedy - Lieutnant Waverly Rainer Bock - Brandt Nicolas Bro - Friedrich Leonard Carow - Michael Robert Emms - David Lyons Geoff Bell - Sergeant Sam Perkins Irfan Hussein - Sergeant Major Singh David Dencik - Base camp officer Hinnerk Schönemann - German soldier with wire cutter Hannes Wegener - German officer Maximilian Brückner - German Artillery Officer (as Maximilian Brüeckner) |
Crew: Director: Steven Spielberg Script: Lee Hall, Richard Curtis, based on the children's novel by Michael Morpurgo and the play by Nick Stafford DoP: Janusz Kaminski Editor: Michael Kahn Score: John Williams Casting: Nick McGinley at Jina Jay Casting Producers: Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Revel Guest Production Companies: Afterworks Ltd., DreamWorks Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures Filming dates: early August - late October 2010 Filming locations in England incl. Stratfield Saye House (Hampshire), Castle Combe (Wiltshire), Dartmoor, Sheepstor, Meavy, Widecombe-in-the-Moor (all Devon), Wisley Airfield, Bourne Woods near Farnham (both Surrey), Longcross Studios (Chertsey, Surrey), Luton Hoo (Bedfordshire), Bottle Yard Studio (Bristol, Avon), Caerwent (Monmouthshire, Wales) |
 Für das BILD-am-SONNTAG-Shooting traf Spielbergs deutsche Crew das erste Mal nach den Dreharbeiten wieder zusammen. Die Fotos entstanden in einer Scheune im brandenburgischen Dorf Oberkrämer. Photographer: Tom Wagner. l.t.r. Leonard Carow, Maximilian Brückner, Hinnerk Schönemann, David Kross, Rainer Bock More photos (1/29/12). Click to enlarge. |
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| Congratulations! "War Horse" is
nominated for the Oscar in 6 categories: Best Picture: Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, Producers Art Direction: Production Design: Rick Carter, Set Decoration: Lee Sandales Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski Music (Original Score): John Williams Sound Editing: Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom Sound Mixing: Gary Rydstrom, Andy Nelson, Tom Johnson and Stuart Wilson The 84th Academy Awards will take place on February 26 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. It will air on ABC at 7e/4p. All nominees. |
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Story: The story reveals the unspeakable slaughter of soldiers on all sides fighting against people who are just like them. The story is told by Joey, an English farm horse, a beautiful bay-red foal with a distinctive cross on his nose, and the first-person narrative blends the animal's physical experience with what men say. On the farm, Joey has close ties to Albert, who is too young to join up when in 1914 his father first sells Joey to the cavalry. Charging into battle under machine-gun fire, witnessing the horror of the frontline, Joey is captured by the Germans, who train him to haul ambulances and guns. His reunion with Albert in battle is sentimental and contrived, but the viewpoint brings close the fury of the thundering guns, the confusion, and the kindness of enemies who come together in No Man's Land to save the wounded horse. But even in the desolation of the trenches, Joey's courage touches the soldiers around him. Joey's ability to understand the language wherever he is - England, France, Germany - reinforces the novel's antiwar message, and the terse details speak eloquently about peace. |
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When Steven Spielberg's lavish film version of Warhorse debuts at cinemas next year, Derbyshire folk musician John Tams [Daniel Hagman in the TV series "Sharpe" with Sean Bean as Richard Sharpe] will be paying special attention to the soundtrack.
That's because John, who has had a long association with the Michael Morpurgo tale, has been invited by the Hollywood director to meet him and composer John Williams to discuss including a Tams song in the movie.
John says: "Michael has already gone down to the set and appears in one of the scenes and now I have been invited. I have had phone and email conversation with Steven Spielberg and John Williams and have found them to be very generous spirits."
John's association with the tale goes back five years: "I was invited to construct in workshop the idea of doing it as a play for the National Theatre and to supply the songs," he says. "It ran and ran at the National Theatre and then transferred to the New London Theatre in Drury Lane, where it continues to play to sold-out houses. It's going to Broadway early next year, and Australia and Canada - so in the future there will be at least four productions being staged around the world." All, of course, featuring John's songs.
From: Nigel Powlson, This is Derbyshire, Oct 8, 2010
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DreamWorks' holiday "War Horse"
In an unusual move, Steven Spielberg will have two films opening just days apart over the 2011 Christmas holiday - WWI drama "War Horse" and motion capture 3D pic "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn."
It's almost unheard for a top director to have two pics opening so closely together, both for competitive and publicity reasons. Then again, Spielberg is known for bucking the rules.
"War Horse," from DreamWorks Studios and Disney, was to have opened Aug. 10 in the U.S., more than four months before Paramount opens "Tintin" domestically on Dec. 28. But DreamWorks and Disney switched direction Wednesday, pushing back "War Horse," based on the stage play and young-adult book about a boy who goes in search of his horse on the battlefields of the Great War.
DreamWorks co-chair/CEO Stacey Snider said there are enough holiday auds to support both films. She said the decision to move "War Horse" was reached following a summit in London last week with her team and top Mouse House distribution and marketing execs, led by prexy of global distribution Chuck Viane. Some were shown footage of "War Horse," which Spielberg is lensing in London. "The reaction to the footage - which he usually never shows - was that it feels like a big, holiday movie," Snider told reporters during a conference call. "It just became inevitable that we would move it. (Spielberg) feels great about it."
Though "War Horse" and "Tintin" will vie for some of the same family eyeballs and both will aim for a PG rating, "Tintin" is likely to play much younger and isn't live action.
Also, DreamWorks and Disney haven't committed to a release pattern for "War Horse," according to insiders. It could play on far fewer screens than "Tintin" initially. As of now, "War Horse" has the Dec. 28 frame to itself in terms of new openers. And while "Tintin" doesn't open domestically until Dec. 28, it begins to roll out overseas in late October, meaning Spielberg and Peter Jackson - his collaborator on "Tintin" - will be well into the publicity campaign for that pic before "War Horse" gears up.
Spielberg's longtime producing partner Kathleen Kennedy is producing both "War Horse" and "Tintin," but DreamWorks doesn't have a stake in the latter. Jackson, who will direct the second "Tintin" film, also is a producer. Jackson didn't have a problem with "War Horse" and "Tintin" unspooling within days of each other, according to insiders.
One veteran publicist said it's still a gutsy move for DreamWorks and Spielberg because the director will have to tubthump two movies at the same time, with an equally strong voice for each. "Yet both movies will have enough marketing money behind them, that it probably won't matter," the publicist said.
Pamela McClintock, Variety, Oct 13, 2010
Spielberg's "War Horse" moves to Dec.
The biggest news out of a Wednesday conference call that also included Disney distribution president Chuck Viane is that the Steven Spielberg-directed "War Horse" has been pushed from August to Dec. 28, where it can compete in the holiday arena. Stacey Snider allowed that the move sets up the epic family drama for awards consideration, though she said that was not the motivation for the shift.
Although "Horse" will use a few effects for safety reasons, Spielberg wanted to keep things as real as he could, including shooting an 80-horse cavalry charge without effects while executives were on set.
Jay A Fernandez, The Hollywood Reporter, Oct 13, 2010
The opening date for Germany was first announced as August 25, 2011, and the one for "Tim und Struppi: Das Geheimnis der Einhorn" is still announced as October 27, 2011.
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Set reports with pictures (but no Maximilian Brueckner):
Steven Spielberg pictured filming new blockbuster on Dartmoor, Aug 3, 2010
Steven Spielberg va alla guerra, Aug 18, 2010
Spielberg film War Horse closes Castle Combe, Sep 17, 2010
In Pictures: Spielberg shuts Castle Combe, Sep 20, 2010
Steven Spielberg's War Horse begins filming in Castle Combe, Sep 21, 2010
The set of War Horse which is currently being filmed in Castle Combe, Sep 22, 2010
Spielberg's War Horse shooting at Wisley Airfield, Oct 1, 2010
Dartmoor makes an impression on legendary film-maker Steven Spielberg, Oct 27, 2010
Michael Morpurgo - How my War Horse won its' spurs with Steven Spielberg, Feb 20, 2011
Videos from filming locations (also no Maximilian):
Spielberg's War Horse movie set on Wisely Airfield, publ. Oct 9, 2010
Filming on location in the Bourne Woods near Farnham for the new Steven Spielberg film War Horse, publ. Oct 23, 2010
Film stills (but I still miss the sight of Maximilian):
Moviereporter, Empire, Daily Mail, Worst Previews
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The Big 2011 Preview: All the films that matter in the next 12 months
Category: Awards Bait - At first glance 2011 is looking like it'll be more competitive than ever, with marquee releases queuing up like passengers at a snowy airport: 127 Hours - The King's Speech - Conviction - True Grit - Black Swan - Barney's Version - Biutiful - Brighton Rock - The Fighter - Rabbit Hole - Never Let Me Go - Animal Kingdom - Howl - The Tree Of Life
To round out the year, Steven Spielberg's War Horse appears in time for the festive period. If you're thinking that nothing says Christmas like the bloody trench warfare carnage, you may be in luck. But while Spielberg isn't one to sugarcoat the horrors of war, he's just the director to fill this Great War-set story of a boy and his horse with saddlebags of heart and soul. We can't wait to see how he's brought the colossally popular stage play to the big screen.
From: Empire magazine UK, issue #260 Feb 2011
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June 28, 2011: Dreamworks has released the first teaser trailer for "War Horse"
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25 Fall Movies We Can't Wait to See
"Breaking Dawn", "Tintin", "The Muppets", "War Horse" - get our quick takes, pick up EW's Fall Movie Preview, (on sale Friday) for a deeper dive into season's hot new releases
by Entertanment Weekly Staff, Aug 14, 2011
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A new US poster was just released, and a new trailer will debut next week in American cinemas in front of DreamWorks' film "Real Steel".
Source: Entertainment Weekly, Sep 27, 2011
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Oct 5, 2011: Dreamworks has released a new trailer for "War Horse"
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Steven Spielberg writes about it in the booklet: "The dramatic countryside of Dartmoor has inspired John Williams to compose a score of such beauty and quiet majesty that one might think the earth was speaking through him, much as the heavens have done for nearly five decades. When I first heard John's sketches of the four central themes for War Horse, I didn't need my memories of the film to underscore the feelings I was having. The music was a stand-alone experience and it affected me deeply, as have so many of John's scores during our nearly 40-year collaboration. I feel that John has made a special gift to me of this music, which was inspired not only by my film but also by many of the picturesque settings of the poet William Wordsworth, whose vivid descriptions of the British landscape inspired much of what you are going to hear. I'm not sure what I can give John in return, other than a promise of more films to come ... for as many more years as we both can imagine!"
Three tracks of "War Horse" premiered on Oct 22, 2011 in this radio show (about halfway into the podcast), as well as a track from "Tintin" and highlights from other Spielberg/Williams collaborations: WQXR - New York's Classical Music Radio Station
Oct 25, 2011: Samples of all tracks from the soundtrack, which will feature 67 min of music, kindly provided by Sony Music Entertainment GmbH (Switzerland).
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Nov 24, 2011: The first three US TV-Spots for "War Horse" - I still haven't found Maximilian Brückner in either of them though.
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US Box Office Report: Spielberg's "War Horse" Gallops Out of Gate
... The big headline on Christmas day itself was Steven Spielberg's War Horse, which debuted to a stellar $7.5 million to come in No. 3 on Sunday behind Ghost Protocol and Warner Bros.' Sherlock Holmes-A Game of Shadows. Disney, which is distributing the DreamWorks film, estimates that War Horse will gross another $7.5 million on Monday - a national holiday - for a two-day cume of $15 million. "We're ecstatic. We expect to be the family film of choice going forward," said Disney senior vice president of distribution Dave Hollis, noting that War Horse received an A- CinemaScore. ...
Source: The Hollywood Reporter, 12/26/2011 by Pamela McClintock
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b-roll: From 03:00 min on you can see Maxi shooing horses and canons up a muddy hill - with sound! |
Preliminary website for "War Horse" at DreamWorks @ http://www.dreamworksstudios.com/films/war-horse
Official US movie page @ http://www.warhorsemovie.com
Official German movie page @ http://www.gefaehrten-derfilm.de
Facebook page @ http://www.facebook.com/WarHorseMovie
Twitter @ http://www.twitter.com/warhorsemovie
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Trivia: Other films partially filmed in Bourne Woods: Gladiator (2000), Elizabeth - The Golden Age (2007), The Golden Compass (2008), Robin Hood (2010).
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