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War Horse

Summary: Young Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert's hopeful journey takes him out of England and to the front lines as the war rages on.

Release Date: December 25, 2011

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Director: Steven Spielberg

Writers: Lee Hall

, Richard Curtis

, Michael Morpurgo

Runtime: 2 h 26 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Dreamworks Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Reliance Entertainment, Amblin Entertainment, The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Countries: United States, India

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 66,000,000

Domestic: $ 79,884,879

International: $ 97,700,000

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14 year old 19 year old 19 year old teenage boy 1910s alcoholic ambulance animal cruelty animal in title apology applause apple army barracks army convoy army doctor army lieutenant army major army sergeant artillery attack attic auction auctioneer awol bad luck bandage bandage over eyes barbed wire barn barricade based on novel based on play battle battle of the somme battlefield bayonet bid bird imitation bird imitation birth of a horse birth of a horse birthday black horse blindfold blindness blood boer war bomb bombing bravery british british army british army officer british army officer british military british soldier brother brother relationship butcher buying a horse campfire captain capture carrier pigeon carrot caught on barbed wire cavalry cavalry charge cavalryman cigar smoking cigarette cigarette smoking colt coming of age corpse county fair courage covered in mud coward crying dead body dead parents death death of a horse death of father death of mother devon england doctor dragoon guards dragoon guards drawing drink drinking drunkenness end of war england epic epic history epic war equestrian execution exhaustion explosion family relationships farm farmer father daughter relationship father son relationship fear feeding a horse fire fireplace firing squad flag flare food france french friend friendship frontline gardening garrison gas attack gas bomb gas mask german german army german soldier girl goose gramaphone grandfather granddaughter relationship gun gunfire gunshot handshake harness harvest hate hay hiding hiding a horse hiding a horse hoe hope horse horse and car race horse and car race horse auction horse drawn ambulance horse drawn ambulance horse harness horse harness horse jumping horse jumps a fence horse jumps a fence horse jumps a trench horse jumps a trench horse movie horse race horse riding horse trainer human animal relationship husband wife relationship illness infantry joey the horse character joey the horse character kidnapping killed in war killing a horse ladder lake landlord letter lie lieutenant limping man listening to music lord's prayer love loyalty machine gun major medal medical corps medical corps military encampment military training military uniform misery money mother daughter relationship mother son relationship motorbike mud newborn colt newborn colt no man's land no money no opening credits nurse oath oats open air car open air car owl whistle owl whistle pain parade patriotism physician pistol planting a field planting a field plow plow horse plowing plowing a field poison gas pride prisoner of war prologue promise quievrechain france quievrechain france rain rainstorm rake record player recording red cross reference to africa reference to don quixote reference to dusseldorf germany reference to dusseldorf germany reference to geluveld belgium reference to geluveld belgium reference to god reference to italy reference to pickett's charge reference to pickett's charge reference to salisburg austria reference to salisburg austria reference to south shields england reference to south shields england reference to the battle of mars la tour reference to the battle of mars la tour reference to the battle of waterloo reference to the battle of waterloo reference to the duke of york reference to the duke of york reference to the german kaiser reference to the german kaiser reference to the king of england reference to the omdurman battle reference to the omdurman battle reflection in a horse's eye reflection in a horse's eye reflection in a lake reflection in a lake regimental pennant regimental pennant rent retreat rifle rope running saddle saving a life saying goodbye self sacrifice selling a horse sergeant sergeant major sheep shoeing a horse shooting shooting a horse sitting in a tree snow snowing stable sticking a sword into the ground stone bridge stone fence stone wall storm stretcher stubborness subjective camera suffering surprise attack sword talking to a horse tank tears teenage boy tent tetanus thoroughbred threat threat to kill a horse threat to kill a horse thrown from a horse thunder timeframe 1910s title spoken by character tongue clicking tossing a coin training trapdoor trapped trench trench warfare turnip two word title umbrella veterinarian veterinary surgeon veterinary surgeon village vow war injury war violence washing a horse washing a horse watch tower water pump whip whistle whistling white flag white flag of truce white flag of truce windmill wire cutter wire cutters work horse world war one worrying wound wounded horse wounded horse writing a letter year 1914 year 1918

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