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Hidalgo is a 2004 epic biographical western film based on the legend of the American distance rider Frank Hopkins and his mustang Hidalgo. It recounts Hopkins' racing his horse in Arabia in 1891 against Bedouins riding pure-blooded Arabian horses .
- $100 million
- James Newton Howard
- March 5, 2004
- Casey Silver
Mar 5, 2004 · Hidalgo: Directed by Joe Johnston. With Viggo Mortensen, Zuleikha Robinson, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard. In 1890, a down-and-out cowboy and his horse travel to Arabia to compete in a deadly cross desert horse race.
- (84K)
- Action, Adventure, Biography
- Joe Johnston
- 2004-03-05
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Mar 1, 2004 · The movie Hidalgo claims to be based on the legend of Frank Hopkins, a long rider who won a 3,000-mile race in Arabia. But many historians and horse enthusiasts dispute the authenticity of his feats and question his existence.
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Rugged cowboy Frank Hopkins (Viggo Mortensen) is an expert horseman who performs in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. When affluent Sheik Riyadh (Omar Sharif), piqued by tales of Hopkins'...
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- Joe Johnston
- PG-13
- Viggo Mortensen
Famed horseman Frank T. Hopkins enters a grueling competition with his mustang Hidalgo. Together, they must not only survive a 3,000-mile race across blistering desert terrain; they must also thwart evil competitors who vow victory at any cost.
Mar 5, 2004 · A fictionalized story of a half-Indian cowboy and his mustang pony in a desert race for a prize. Roger Ebert praises the movie's bold, exuberant and swashbuckling style, and compares it to Douglas Fairbanks and Errol Flynn.