Stars: Jan Decleir, Arie Verveen, Chase Moore, Maria Geelbooi

Director: Sergei Bodrov

Summary: The story of an orphaned boy who rescues a young colt from a life of hard labour in the copper mines. Together they strive to find the freedom that they so desire.

From the mind of acclaimed writer-director-producer Jean-Jacques Annaud (THE BEAR) comes this gorgeous, inspiring film that the whole family can enjoy. RUNNING FREE tells the story of Lucky, a colt who is born in 1914 and finds himself abandoned in the harsh climate of Africa. He is befriended by a small stable boy, but finds himself on another difficult journey when war forces the townspeople away. Eventually, he finds himself back in his adopted hometown, where he reunites with Beauty, a mare with him he fell in love as a foal. Beautiful cinematography sparks this heartwarming dramatic adventure.

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Set in northern Africa at the beginning of World War I, Running Freeis an unusual movie narrated by a horse, voiced by Lukas Haas (Witness). While the gambit works for the most part, let's face it, some sentences ("I had to find my place in the world") just sound silly coming from equine lips. Lucky, as he is called, is born on an African-bound ship but is separated from his mother when the horses swim for shore and the new colt simply can't keep up. While mum and the rest of the gang are sent to work in the mines, Lucky is discovered by a young orphan who works as a stable hand. The mother-son pair are briefly reunited, but the stable's stallion, Caesar, fatally injures her. The high-born Caesar also prevents his own foal, Beauty, from seeing Lucky and eventually forces the colt out on his own. The dour indignities heaped upon this horse, including a heart-wrenching parting with the boy, last for about an hour of this 78-minute film before events begin to shift and Lucky is able to live up to his name. Although the film is rated suitable for all viewers, horse death, graphic fighting and cruelty toward the boy might be overwhelming to young orsensitive children. --Kimberly Heinrichs, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Filmographies, Music Score, Trailer, Interactive Menus, Scene Selections
Subtitles:	Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
Year:	1999
Release Date:	April 9, 2001
Runtime:	81 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	C D R 29094
Keywords:	Free, General, Wide, Screen, Running, Drama
Genre:	Drama