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Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story is a 2005 film written and directed by John Gatins.

Cast

Kurt Russell
– Ben Crane
Dakota Fanning
– Cale Crane
Kris Kristofferson
– Pop Crane
Elisabeth Shue
– Lily
David Morse
– Palmer
Freddy Rodríguez – Manolin

Plot

The 11-year old girl Cale and her father save an injured racehorse from being killed. She becomes its majority owner and manager. The horse recovers and wins an important race.

Trivia

Director John Gatins was told that if he could get Dakota Fanning in the lead role his movie would get a green-light. He went to see Fanning's agent and finally got the young actress to sign on.
While doing research in Kentucky, the director/writer came upon a vet who told him about a racehorse who miraculously made a come back after a serious injury.
The script was presented to Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Both declined.
The movie is loosely inspired by the story of the mare Mariah's Storm. She was a promising filly who was being pointed towards the Breeder's Cup Juvenile Fillies in 1993 but then broke her cannon bone. She recovered and later won some graded races. She started in the 1995 Breeder's Cup Distaff and finished ninth. She was owned by Thunderhead Farms and trained by Don Von Hemel. She's now known mostly for being the dam of Giant's Causeway.
An advance showing of this film was shown to a number of recording artists, who were then asked to submit ideas for theme songs. Bethany Dillon's song "Dreamer" was chosen out of all the submissions.
Kurt Russell bought Dakota Fanning a real Palamino horse, which she named Goldie.
The role of Cale Crane was originally written for a boy. The role was changed specifically so that Dakota Fanning could play it. (The first script that was sent to Fanning actually had the word "boy" in the character description.)
When Cale and Ben go to Ashford Stud to check out the studs, the stallions they are naming, such as Fusaichi Pegasus, Giant's Causeway, Johannesburg and Grand Slam, are real horses who actually stand at Ashford. However, the actual stallions were not used in filming. Stand-ins were placed in their stalls instead.

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