A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.A young farm boy enlists to serve in World War I after his beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. His hopeful journey takes him out of England and onto the front lines as the war rages on.
- Nominated for 6 Oscars
- 15 wins & 76 nominations total
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Did you know
- TriviaDirector Steven Spielberg stated that the only digital effects used in the movie were three shots that lasted three seconds, and it was done to ensure the safety of the horse involved. Spielberg was quoted as saying, "That's the thing I'm most proud of. Everything you see on screen really happened."
- GoofsCaptain Nicholls is shown completely clean-shaven in 1914. In reality, British Army officers were not permitted to shave their upper lips until 1916.
- Quotes
Albert Narracott: We'll be alright Joey. We're the lucky ones, you and me. Lucky since the day I met you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Breakfast: Episode dated 26 October 2011 (2011)
- SoundtracksThe Scarlet and the Blue
By John Tams and Adrian Sutton
Featured review
A Very Pretty Movie
John Williams score - wall to wall - reminds us this is a Steven Spielberg film. The Spielberg from "Always" not the Spielberg from "Munich" To say the film is a sentimental boy and horse tale kinds of says it all but, to be honest, not quite all. The battle scenes, WWI this time, are from the same man (men) who gave us those glorious first 45 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" The display of means is staggering. "Paths Of Glory" and "Pride Of The Marines" came to mind. Our hero, played by Jeremy Irvine, reminded me of young heroes in Disney movies, Tommy Kirk for instance. He's pretty and harmless. But the horse, well the horse is a whole other story. Brilliant performance. I think the Academy should be seriously considering an animal category. This year alone we had this remarkable horse, plus the amazing dogs in "Beginners" an "The Artist" I know, I'm rambling, well so did "War Horse" but in a much prettier way of course.
- littlemartinarocena
- Dec 25, 2011
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Warhorse
- Filming locations
- Castle Combe, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, UK(horse auction)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $66,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $79,884,879
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,515,402
- Dec 25, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $177,584,879
- Runtime2 hours 26 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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