War Horse

Anyone seen this film? I saw it on stage in December, the film now three times in the last two weeks and now I've read the book! Each version very different from the others but each very good yarns. I don't think you have to like horses especially to enjoy it in any form but if I had to choose - which is very difficult - Spielberg gets the prize if only for the cinematography, the stunning aerial shots of Devon and the all too graphic visual description of WW1 war and trenches. But 10/10 all round, I'd say.

 

I am looking forward to the film Daisees as my sister said it was filmed round Illfracombe but didn't see any sign of Spielberg when we were there last year :DHave seen the puppet horse on the telly at times and it is so realistic.Will have to sorce the book and give that a good read:D

 

I have just seen the film and last year saw the stage show.

It is a lovely story , sure to stir the emotions.....I loved both shows for different reasons.The stage show may just have shaded it because of the technical brilliance of the puppetry of which you become almost unaware of and the music told the story brilliantly.
Of course Steven Speilberg,the great story teller that he is used the emotional side of the story to the max.........

 

Did you know:
1. that Jeremy Irvine ('Albert') had never been near a horse before he successfully auditioned for the part? They gave him three months training for two short sequences of riding!
2. by his own report, Jeremy was an extra in the stage version a while ago
3. he has had type 1 diabetes since a child

 

Also Daisees,I read somewhere that seventeen horses played the part of the main horse character Joey but not sure if that is true and also read on another forum that someone who went to see it at the pictures got bored with it after ten minutes so obviusly they have never watched a Speilberg film before or are not horse lovers:D

 

There were several but I don't recall Spielberg saying as many as that. I thought he said nine.

However, I just Googled and found this interview with the trainer which states it

Q: How many horses did you use for War Horse? And how do you get them to all look alike?
A: We trained 14 horses of all ages and sizes but only ended up using about 10. War Horse follows the horse from a foal to adulthood, so we could fudge on sizes a bit.

Read more: http://entertainment.time.com/2012/...in-steven-spielbergs-war-horse/#ixzz1kVMfICbV

 

Did they offer HM at the stage door for gardening theatre goers ?

Jack McH

 

No they didn't, Jack. But there is a riding stables just down the road from my home - always plenty around for anyone interested in taking a bucket and shovel!

 

You must be near Whitburn /Souter point then ?


Jack McH