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Sylvester |  | Director: Tim Hunter
Actors: Richard Farnsworth, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling, Constance Towers, Peter Kowanko
Studio: Sony Pictures
Category: DVD
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 24350
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 99
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 043396037427
ISBN: 1404950753
UPC: 043396037427
EAN: 9781404950757
ASIN: B0001BS3FW
Theatrical Release Date: March 15, 1985
Release Date: April 6, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Cinderella is a cowgirl in Sylvester, a hard-luck story with a happy ending if there ever was one. Melissa Gilbert is the tough-talking teenage orphan cowpoke whose natural talent and determination transform her into a prize-winning equestrian. Soapy subplots abound: She has a drunken reluctant mentor (Richard Farnsworth, in a fine turn), fights the court to raise her two younger brothers in a rundown trailer, and protests too much against a would-be sweetheart (Michael Schoeffling, the resident hunk of Sixteen Candles). Yet there is poetry in the scenes of Gilbert riding Sylvester through the hills and magical footage of Farnsworth secretly training the horse by moonlight. Even the trite dialogue ("Did you kill their dreams like you're killing mine?") fails to do in the modern fairy tale. It's a pretty darn imperfect world Gilbert and friends inhabit, which in its own plodding way makes it seem like real life, despite the unlikely journey from jeans to jodhpurs. --Valerie J. Nelson
Product Description
A 16-year-old orphan trying to raise her younger brothers is offered a chance to turn a wild horse into an Olympic jumping champion.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 26
 Not what I expected from Melissa Gilbert March 3, 2010
K. Walton (SC)
This is probably a good story, but we didn't finish watching it because of all the cursing and foul language. It's so sad that it seems this is expected in making movies, even those that have a good story.
 Sylvester August 21, 2009
H. Brinson (Edwardsville, IL)
I bought this DVD for my wife who loves horses. It was a good movie!
 Not Great, but Very Enjoyable July 11, 2009
S. A. Taylor (Louisville, ky)
I doubt I have anything to say about this movie that hasn't been said already, so I'll keep this short.
I caught this on TV a while back and, equine junkie that I am, I enjoyed it. It *is* a little soapy and a little pie-in-the-sky, but if you come from an eventing background (or just enjoy watching eventers), you won't notice. You'll be too busy drooling over the beautiful footage of The Gray Goose (the horse who played Sylvester) and his fellows strutting their stuff. It's a great movie to watch when you can't ride because it's been raining for two weeks straight and even the indoor ring is flooded, you're on vacation away from the barn, or you have the flu -- any time you need a nice, horsey pick-me-up.
And did I mention the horse footage? Yes? Okay, I'm sure you get the picture.
Note to parents of young children: this movie does deal with some pretty mature themes. If you're thinking about showing it to your kids, you'll want to watch it yourself, first. I would say it's probably intended more for a teens-and-up audience.
Another Horse movie hit April 1, 2009
Sapphire LaFey (Long Island, NY USA)
Though i love this movie it is so not meant for all viewers. Adult content, and some adult situations.
Improbable But Wonderful February 24, 2009
Nancy Sherburne (Tucson, Arizona, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What an astonishing movie this was and I am glad I taped it off the television. To get it on DVD will be much better, though. I have enjoyed Richard Farnsworth in a Kenny Rogers movie called Wild Horses, and in The Straight Story. He was also on an episode of Highway to Heaven. I watched Charlie take care of her younger brothers, fighting with CPS to keep her family together, then fighting with Mr. Foster to let her and her brothers move in with him. Watching her ride Sylvester topped everything, though, especially that sailing jump over the pickup that encouraged her to train him for, of all things, a championship three-day event. As improbable as it is for a first-timer to win, this is a movie, not a documentary. I enjoyed watching the man lead the contestants over the cross-country course so they would know what they were facing. Another moment earlier on I look forward to is watching Charlie try on the jodphurs and being told she had better wear white undies. So much she had to learn, such as how to salute to begin her dressage routine, and that it was an event, not a horse show. A terrific movie showing the viewers that, with support and encouragement, and your own determination, you just might end up a winner.
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