Amazing Racer (2009)
After the sudden death of her father leaves a teenage girl without a family, she becomes lost in her own anger and sadness. Her family doctor informs her that her father had a secret, that the mother she never knew was alive and well. When she travels to meet her, she befriends a horse trainer and discovers that in caring for the horse, she is able to overcome her hardships and emotional trauma. Together they begin to win many races and upset the favorites, owned by an egocentric mogul . Through the victories and new friendships she forms, she learns to find her way back to happiness.
- Date of release
- 2009-04-23
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (27)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Family
- Director
- Frank E. Johnson
Casting
- Julianne Michelle — Shannon Greene
- Daryl Hannah — Rita Baker
- Michael Madsen — Dave Blair
- Joanna Pacula — Emily Blair
- Eric Roberts — Mitchell Prescott
- Scott Eastwood — Joey
- Krista Allen — Jessica
- Claire Forlani — Christine Pearson
- Stephen Colletti — Brandon
- Carson Brown — Rio
- Jason Gedrick — Eric Parker
- Willie Garson — Richard
Interesting facts
Shannon's Rainbow is a 2009 American independent family film directed by Frank E. Johnson. It stars Julianne Michelle and Claire Forlani.
Production
Principal photography began on June 23, 2008, with an estimated production budget of $8.5 million. The film was directed by Frank E. Johnson, and shot across the Pittsburgh metropolitan area.
The movie's primary production studio and international distributor, Supernova Media, was wholly owned, operated, and controlled as its President by Michelle alongside her parents, Joycelyn Engle and Joseph A. Di Palma.
Her mother, Joycelyn Engle, was the company's vice president, and one of the film's main credited on-set producers. Her father, Joseph Di Palma, additionally provided corporate backing and financial management for the production.
Read on Wikipedia · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Data from Wikidata.
Recommended
- Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story 2005 · ★ 7.1
- Flicka 2006 · ★ 6.9
- Black Beauty 1994 · ★ 6.7
- PAW Patrol: Jet to the Rescue 2020 · ★ 7.1
- The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse 2022 · ★ 8.2
- Adventures of Dally and Spanky 2019 · ★ 7.1
- My Little Pony: A New Generation 2021 · ★ 7.7
- A Sunday Horse 2016 · ★ 6.3
- Barbie & Her Sisters in A Pony Tale 2013 · ★ 7.0
- Scooby-Doo! & Batman: The Brave and the Bold 2018 · ★ 7.1
- Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus 2005 · ★ 7.2
- Young Black Stallion 2003 · ★ 6.6