This is an image from the movie War Horse that opens christmas Day. While I truly do not believe that anything can compare to the stage version, which was magical and mystical, the movie does seem to do the story justice, from what I have seen. But there is actually an even bigger story about War Horse, as the Daily Mail reports. The horse that plays Joey, the main character in the movie (if you consider a horse to be a main character) is actually the same horse who played Seabiscuit and appeared in the Legend of Zorro, among other notable films.
What is even more amazing is that this horse named Finder is a retired racehorse, who never made much of a career on the track. Bu he hit it big in the movies and has been adopted and trained by a real life horse whisperer, Bobby Lovgrem who comes from South Africa. The rear up on hind legs in the photo above is one of Finder's trademark moves, all of which are done with sometimes just a nod from his trainer.
Finder endured makeup sessions to make him look undernourished (dark shading) and was covered in shaving cream to make his look war ravaged and bedraggled. He endured it all like the pro he is and the American Humane Society supervised the entire production, on which all animals were treated just as well as their human counterparts.
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