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Dreamer Inspired by a True Story (Original title)Dreamer (Working title)
Dates: 2005 (Copyright), 21 October 2005 (Release)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: John Gatins

Synopsis: Drama inspired by a true story. A girl decides to train the battered horse her father has been given. Her father joins her in hoping the horse, Soñador (Dreamer), known as Sonya, can win the Breeders' Cup. The shared dream helps heal family rifts.

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Horses
Releases
Date: 2005Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: Super-35 - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby Digital / DTS (sound) / SDDSRuntime: 105 mins 11 secs - Dialogue (original): English

Credits (171)
©: DreamWorks LLC, Production Company: Tollin/Robbins, A Hunt Lowry production: Hunt Lowry, Presented by: DreamWorks Pictures, Presented in association with: Hyde Park Entertainment, Co-produced by: Brass Hat Films, Distributed by: DreamWorks Distribution LLC, Executive Producer: Ashok Amritraj, Executive Producer: Jon Jashni, Executive Producer: Bill Johnson, Executive Producer: Stacy Cohen, Executive Producer: Caitlin Scanlon, Produced by: Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Co-producer: William M. Elvin, Associate Producer [Brass Hat Films]: Nick Hamson, Lars Sylvest, Head of Feature Production: Michael Grillo, Production Executive: Steven R. Molen, Unit Production Manager: Joe Dishner, 2nd Unit Production Supervisor: Jonathan Tzachor, Production Co-ordinator: Janice F. Sperling, Executive Production Co-ordinator: Jennifer Sanger, Production Controller: Jim Turner, Production Accountant: Doug Moreno, Location Manager: David L. Wolfson, Location Manager: Peter J. Novak, Post-production Executive: Martin Cohen, Post-production Supervisor: Stephanie Ito, Post-production Co-ordinator: Samantha Becker, Post Administrator (Hyde Park): Joe D'angelo, 2nd Unit Director: Rusty Hendrickson, Assistant Director (1st): William M. Elvin, Assistant Director (2nd): Rick Kelly, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Ruben Garcia, Stacy Christenson, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 1st): Roee Sharon Peled, Alan Edmisten, Assistant Director (2nd Unit 2nd): David Hallinan, Script Supervisor: Thomas Johnston, Script Supervisor (2nd Unit): Mari Wilson, Kathy McHugh, Casting: Sarah Halley Finn, Casting: Randi Hiller, Casting (Finn-Hiller Associate): Tamara Hunter, Casting (Associate): Nicholas Ross, Casting (Associate): Robert Saba, Michael Williams, Casting (Executive): Leslee Feldman, Casting (ADR Voice): Sounds Great, Script Co-ordinator: Wendy Schilling, Written by: John Gatins, Director of Photography: Fred Murphy, 2nd Unit Director of Photography: Michael Fitzmaurice, A Camera Operator: Gary Jay, B Camera/Steadicam Operator: John S. Moyer, 2nd Unit Camera Operator: Don Reddy, Paul Varrieur, Chief Lighting Technician: Brian Gunter, Still Photographer: Joe Lederer, Visual Effects Supervisor: Richard Malzahn, Photographic Effects Producer: Rob Yamamoto, Visual Effects by: Perpetual Motion Pictures, Hammerhead Productions Inc., Special Effects Supervisor: Robert Vazquez, Special Effects Foreman: Kathleen Tonkin, Special Effects Fabricator: Patrick Tantalo, Mechanical Horse: Bruce Larsen, Graphic Designer: Monica Fedrick, Edited by: David Rosenbloom, Associate Editor: Gregory Plotkin, Production Designer: Brent Thomas, Art Director: Scott Plauché, Set Designer: Stéphanie Seaman Girard, Set Decorator: Maria A. Nay, Additional Set Decorator: Tracy Doyle, Storyboard Artist: Giacomo Ghiazza, Storyboard Artist: Tim Braniff, Property Master: Guillaume Delouche, Construction Co-ordinator: Buster Pile, Costume Designer: Judy L. Ruskin, Costume Supervisor: Charlene Amateau, Department Head Make-up Artist: Dennis Liddiard, Key Make-up Artist: F.X. Perez, Make-up Artist: Gloria Belz, Prosthetic Make-up: Heather Mages, Department Head Hairstylist: Janice Alexander, Key Hairstylist: Karen Asano-myers, Hairstylist: Bryan H. Whisnant, Title Design: Pacific Title, Colour Timer: Lee Wimer, Digital Opticals: Custom Film Effects, Negative Cutter: Gary Burritt, Music: John Debney, Featuring Violin Solos by: Joshua Bell, Piano Solos: Michael Lang, Clarinet Solos: Gary Bovyer, Oboe Solos: Phil Ayling, Acoustic Guitar/Dulcimer: George Doering, Acoustic Guitars/Mandola: Dean Parks, Cello Solos: Dennis Karmazyn, Orchestrations: Brad Dechter, Additional Orchestrations: Mike Watts, Additional Orchestrations: Frank Bennett, Pete Anthony, Orchestra Contractor: Sandy De Crescent, Music Executive: Lenny Wohl, Score Production Supervisor: Melanie Mullens Hoyson, Music Editor: Tom Kramer, [Music] Recorded/Mixed by: John Richards, Sound Design/Supervision: Elliott L. Koretz, Production Sound Mixer: Steve C. Aaron, 2nd Unit Sound Mixer: Kenny Delbert, Boom Operator: Chris Main, Re-recording Mixer: Jon Taylor, Brad Sherman, Re-recordist: Unsun Song, Craig Mann, Supervising Dialogue Editor: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Avram Dean Gold, Dialogue Editor: Nancy Kyong Nugent, Field Recording: Bruce Barris, Rob Nokes, Sound Effects Editor: Donald Flick, Sound Effects Editor: Mark Mangini, Sound Effects Editor: Michael Payne, Sound Effects Editor: Nick Shaffer, ADR (Group): Matt Adler, ADR (Group): Tom Amundson, ADR (Group): Kirk Baily, ADR (Group): Jim Bannon, ADR (Group): Anthony Batarze, ADR (Group): Cam Clarke, ADR (Group): Lara Cody, ADR (Group): Julie Falls, ADR (Group): Patrick Falls, ADR (Group): Eddie Frierson, ADR (Group): Riff Hutton, ADR (Group): Paul Pape, ADR (Group): Jackie Pinot, ADR (Group): Al Rodrigo, ADR (Group): Bert Rosario, ADR (Group): Joan Ryan, ADR (Group): Deano Schofield, ADR (Group): Toby Stone, ADR (Group): Mark Sussman, ADR (Group): Fred Toma, ADR (Group): Michael Vasanti, Claudette Wells, ADR (Warner Bros Recordist): Rick Canelli, ADR (Universal Recordist): Phillip Rogers, ADR (Warner Bros Mixer): Thomas J. O'Connell, ADR (Universal Mixer): Jeff Gomillion, Supervising ADR Editor: Gwendolyn Yates-Whittle, Supervising ADR Editor: Avram Dean Gold, ADR Editor: Cliff Latimer, Foley Artist: Sean Rowe, Foley Artist: Catherine Rose, Foley Mixer: Darrin Mann, Foley (Supervising Editor): Thom Brennan, Stunt Co-ordinator: John Casino, Inflatable Crowds: Joe Biggins, Technical Adviser: William L. Rapaport, David Yount, Soundtrack on: Sony Classical, Lead Horse Wrangler: Rusty Hendrickson, Horse Trainer: Rex Peterson, Wrangler: Mark Warrack, Helicopter Pilot: Fred North, Unit Publicist: Amanda J. Brand
Cast (29)
Kurt Russell (Ben Crane), Dakota Fanning (Cale Crane), Kris Kristofferson (Pop Crane), Freddy Rodriguez (Manolin Vallarta), Luis Guzmán (Balon), Oded Fehr (Prince Sadir), Ken Howard (Bill Ford), Holmes Osborne (Doc Fleming), Elisabeth Shue (Lilly Crane), David Morse (Everett Palmer), Sacrifice (Soñador, 'Sonya'), Antonio Albadran (Prince Tariq), John Moyer (security officer), Kayren Butler (teacher), Tommy Barnes (short steward), Frank Hoyt Taylor (chairman), David Shamieh (man at Sadir's door), Varkas Everest (Prince Sadir's horseman), Dick Allen (veteran gambler), Donna Barton Brothers (female reporter), Dan Beene (emergency vet), John Newberg (beefeater), Adam Tomei (reporter), Rhoda Griffis (classroom mother), Hutchi Hancock (betting window clerk), Rex Peterson (emergency medical vet), Trevor Denman (track announcer/Breeder's Cup announcer), Ed Burgart (claiming track announcer), Mark Warrack (Texas horseman)