Flicka

[MokeyBird]

I am not sure if you all were aware of it, but soon, the movie Flicka will be released. I haven't read the book or seen the older version of the movie(if there even was one) but I think this one looks good for a sappy horse movie. I work at a movie theater and as I was checking on some hoodlums when I saw a pretty black horse gallop across the screen and then rear up and strike at someone in the rain as the girl's dad loaded her into the trailer, the girl of course, crying and running after the trailer as it drove off in to the night. Of course I will see it and I will probably cry, myself (I have a soft spot in my heart for black horses and sappy horse stories) which means I won't be able to preview it the night before it is released because I will be among other employees, mainly the guys. I'll be harped on for weeks if they see me cry. Maybe I can convince them to preview another movie. . . I cannot help but scoff everytime I hear the line though, "'How can you understand that horse?'and the girl yells, 'Because we're the same!'" Well delivered, poor line.

It will never top my favorite horse movie though (quite possibly one of my favorite movies) the original version of The Black Stallion, however much they screwed up Alec's physical characteristics.

How do you think this movie will turn out, those who have seen the trailer and/or those who know anything about the movie?

[daddysgurl9245]

I think it'll be really good. It doesn't look like it will be anything like the book. I can't wait to see it though. It looks awesome. I will definately go see it on opening day...Do you know when it comes out? I have a soft spot for black horses too...I'll probably cry too! I think it looks great.

[LoneStar]

Is "Flicka" the movie based on "My Friend Flicka", the Mary O Hara book? If so it sounds totally different - Flicka was a golden colour and the hero was a boy not a cheesy line spouting girl.

With lines like that I will probably laugh, sneer (and cry) in equal measures all the way through...when we EVENTUALLY get to see it here in England - we get films about a hundred years after they have been released in America.

[daddysgurl9245]

Yea, I think that's what it's based off of though. Maybe they just got the idea from the book.

[Bilbo12]

I want to see it! I will probably have to wait til it comes out on dvd though.

[MokeyBird]

Okay after having seen the trailer a bazillion times (it is the second trailer on a popular movie right now) here is what I think. Now I'm just going off of the single trailer. I have not read any synopsis of the film or anything like that.

But how did this mustang Flicka get her name? What I think is: The girl is at a private school and her favorite passtime during class is probably reading, daydreaming, and drawing various horsey things. Probably about her "dream-horse", as I'm sure we have all done. I think she will read the actual book in the movie and find some connection with this wild mustang she finds in the woods. (in the preview there is a cool shot of the dad roping the mare and saving her right before she unwittingly runs headlong over a cliff right after the girl gets dragged off her horse and along the ground until the rope slips through her hands. I've done that, not fun.)


It will probably be a heartwarming tale of a special bond that forms, not between a girl and a horse, but between a girl and her dad.

I've been mocked (playfully of course) all ready by my guys over wanting to see it. I'll have to see what else we are getting when it comes out so I can convince everyone else to go see that one. Heh heh.

[rainbow jump]

Hi,
just came accross this post by chance as i was just talking to a friend about this movie.

It seem's to me as if they are planning to make it from the origionall story and change it completely into yet anouther sick-makeing, tacky film like "Dreamer" Now dont get me wrong "Dreamer" was good but it was soo tacky and you just want to scream at the screen "OMG why did you do that?!" or "AS IF!" or just simply hurle abuse at them ^^.. .Wait... Is that just me?

I wish they'd either make a film of the REAL story or think of a new story line instead of using "been done" ones.

As some one already mention Flicka wasnt even black! Sorry guess this is just a tender spot to me as i love that book and read it meany a times as a young child before i was old enough to actuly understand it xD


It will never top my favorite horse movie though (quite possibly one of my favorite movies) the original version of The Black Stallion, however much they screwed up Alec's physical characteristics.

Har, The Black Stallion is perhaps one of my fave books and films <3 though nothing can beet the silver Brumby books, still havent been able to see the film they made of it as all the ones for sale are in the australian format god damn it x.x


Any ways it'll be intresting to see what comes out of it.

babz x

[CookieDough24]

I think that the movie will be good, but it may just be because the girl's dad is played be Tim McGraw! Now, I don't know about you, but that is a good enough reason for me to go see it! lol

And I do think that it is based on the books because if you look closely at one of the previews, there is a sign that says "goose-bar ranch" and that's the name of the ranch in the book. And yes there was a movie made long ago about this book, and the main character was actually a boy! :)

[Runky]

Oh. I really want to see Flicka! I don't really care about the people in it. I just want to see the horses. Hehe. The horse in the movie is georgous! And I think I'll read the book as well. :3

[MokeyBird]

No offense to anyone, but from a cinematic point of view, I think it is going to suck, royally. It hink it is just going to be another touchy feely TOTALLY fantasy-ish movie. I don't think it is going to do very well. After seeing a couple of different trailers for it, I think it looks pretty weak. I don't know how McGraw acts, but I won't count him out until I see him, but the story looks weak.

Almost a Dreamer type weak film. That movie needed a different cast. The only thing I liked about Dreamer was when the dad and his dad are talking in one scene, you can see pictures of saddlebreds on the walls. And because I am so familliar with the scenery. It was filmed in Lexington, Kentucky, fairly close to the Kentucky Horse Park. And the end race scene is at Keenland Race Track.

Granted the horse is pretty neat. Not as lovely as my black filly, but how could she be.

[Runky]

Yeah. I could care less about the plot... or anything else. I just want to see the horses. P:

[MokeyBird]

I thought I would bring this back up now that the movie is out. I still haven't seen it. I have heard that it is awesome! I have seen more people cry than in any movie we have had since I have worked there. What did all of you think of it? I have heard that McGraw is a HORRIBLE actor from several people, though.

[daddysgurl9245]

I haven't seen it yet either, I hope to sometime this weekend or next week though.

[rainbow jump]

Hi,
having watched this film with a friend just to see what it was like i have confirmed it was quite a good family film, with action and points that all "cow boy lovers" would be proud of BUT it had some crappy sceences that just make you want to scream out "omg as if!" HOWEVER i resurched more into this film as i wanted to make sure no animals where injured as there are *alot* o sceance's with spooking horses / horses galloping off with long ropes trailing around their legs. Whilst reserching i came across this horrific site and i sugest no horse or animal lover gose to see this film!

I have a link here that leads to other links but if you scroll down you come across this >> Fox 2000 Pictures · Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp
Elizabeth Gabler, President
10201 West Pico Blvd., Building 78
Los Angeles, CA 90035
ph: 310-369-2000 (Press 1# for company directory. Then press 1 to reach
office of Elizabeth Gabler)
ph: 310-277-2211; fax: 310-203-1558

David Lux, Senior Vice President, Corporate Publicity
ph: 310-369-5634; fax: 310-369-8825

[Production Companies Involved:]
Zucker-Netter Productions
1411 5th Street, Suite 402
Santa Monica, California 90401
ph: 310-394-1644 or 818-804-5600; fax: 310-899-6722

Dear Ms. Wheatley, Ms. Gabler, Mr. Lux, and Zucker-Netter Productions:

The American Humane Association’s “No animals were harmed” disclaimer rings
false. Last year, an extra on the Fox Films set of Flicka observed wranglers
dragging and mounting panicked horses as they raced around a ring. One horse
with a 30-foot rope around the neck became entangled and eventually tripped.
A frightened mare kicked the fallen horse, who suffered a broken neck.
According to the witness, the horse “was in spasm and died an agonizing
death.”

Bystanders at the scene claim the ropes had clearly threatened the animals’
safety. In addition, they contend none of the four AHA representatives
onsite before or during the shoot intervened, despite the fact California
penal code bans animal tethering that may result in entanglement or injury.
They also describe handlers who harassed and punched horses to make them
perform.

I understand another horse, who tripped and broke a hind leg during an
earlier rodeo scene, was euthanized as well. These tragedies further
illustrate the need for AHA to improve and enforce its guidelines for the
use of animals in film and television. Please uphold your mission to stop
animal cruelty on sets by forbidding reckless scenes that obviously endanger
animals.

Funded by the Screen Actors Guild (the exact same industry it monitors), the
AHA doesn’t observe transport, living conditions, or behind-the-scenes
training for animals. It appears to function under ambiguous guidelines and
seldom cites studios or production houses for animal mistreatment.

In the case of Flicka, the AHA failed to safeguard horses — easily spooked
animals who should not have been forced to enact a “Wild Horse Race.” Surely
the AHA is aware of numerous injuries and deaths associated with this
hazardous rodeo event. I urge you to rate Flicka “Monitored Unacceptable”
and to assist officials investigating the horse deaths. In the future,
please promptly inform the public about animal deaths during production.

I have lost respect for Fox Films, whose sentimental movie about horses is
constructed from the fear and pain of real horses. I’ve asked others to join
me in a boycott of Flicka, upon its release in October 2006.

Heres the link >> http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=5677&pst=739029
I hope you all take note of the 2 horses that died painfuly in the making of this film, thank you
Babz.
P.S here are some other links to think of about the crule makings of this movie. > http://www.sharkonline.org/index.php?&page=0000000284
http://www.kinshipcircle.com/
http://www.peta.org/feat/Flicka/
http://www.sharkonline.org/?P=0000000284
http://www.myspace.com/mydeadflicka
thanks.