International Velvet

International Velvet (1978)

In Every Girl is the Woman She is Destined to Become... And in Every Woman is the Girl She Used to Be.

Sarah Brown is sent to England after her parents die in a car crash. There, she lives with her aunt Velvet who introduces Sarah to the world of equestrian competition and gives her the last foal of her own prize horse, The Pie. Under the watchful eye of her aunt and horse trainer Capt. Johnson, Sarah develops into a talented rider who might have a shot at the Olympics.

Date of release
1978-07-19
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (34)
Runtime
2h 7m
Genres
Drama, Family
Director
Bryan Forbes

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Pinewood Studios

International Velvet is a 1978 American film and a sequel to the 1944 picture National Velvet starring Tatum O'Neal, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins and Nanette Newman, and directed by Bryan Forbes. The film received mixed reviews. International Velvet was partly filmed at Birmingham University, England.

Production

It was the first film shot in England financed by MGM since 1971. The head of MGM at the time was Richard Shepherd, who was former agent for Bryan Forbes.

The majority of the countryside riding and home scenes were filmed in and around the Flete Estate in South Devon, including Mothecombe Beach and the nearby village of Holbeton.

The Cross-Country riding sequences were filmed in the grounds of Burghley House near Stamford, Lincolnshire.

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