The following Youtube link leads to Disney On Demand, where the full movie is available for purchase. From the feisty female protagonist to the hunky love interest to the untamable horse to the unbeatable odds, it is absolutely horse movie perfection. ![]() The story follows a horse-loving runaway that gets a job in the girl-and-horse high diving act of Doc Carver’s traveling stunt show.ĭespite knowing the cruelty these horses - and diving girls - endured in real life I still love everything about this movie. Most of the routines were performed by members of the Spanish Riding School and choreographed by Colonel Alois Podhajsky.Īs far as I can tell, Miracle of the White Stallions can only be purchased via DVD.īased on the memoirs of Sonora Webster, A Girl and Five Brave Horses, this film is set in Atlantic City during the Depression. The riding is also accurate, despite Disney changing small details like opting for flashy red jackets instead of the historically correct brown. This film is based on the Alois Podhajsky’s autobiographical novel, “The Dancing White Horses of Vienna” and tells the true story of the Lipizzaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School during WWII. The sets are gorgeous, because it was mostly filmed at the actual Spanish Riding School in Vienna, Austria. The story, though slow in some parts due to the theatrical monologues typical of an older film, is very good. This weekend we’re watching movies inspired by true events, but I’m limiting this list to non- Thoroughbred racing films.
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