Flicka (2006)

Directed by

Michael Mayer

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 315 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl on a Wyoming ranch befriends a wild mustang named Flicka. She must convince her father to let her keep the horse and train it.

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What happens

Flicka is a 2006 American family adventure drama film loosely based on the 1941 children's novel My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara. The film is directed by Michael Mayer and written by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner. The novel had previously been made into a film by 20th Century Fox in 1943, and served as the inspiration for My Friend Flicka, a 39-episode TV series in 1956–1957. In this version, set in the 21st century, the protagonist is a girl, played by Alison Lohman. The film also features Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten and country singer Tim McGraw, who also served as executive producer of the soundtrack album. This USD15 million-budgeted film grossed $21 million in the United States theaters, and then it went on to become a surprise hit in DVD market in the United States; it made more than $48 million on DVD sales and more than $19 million on DVD/Home Video rental. A sequel, Flicka 2, was released direct to DVD on May 4, 2010, and another sequel, Flicka: Country Pride, was released on May 1, 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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