Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Actor Who Can Ride

Hi Claudia:

Great memory!!  I saw the movie twice and had to have a couple boxes of
kleenex with me -- when the horse had to be shot, that was a tear jerker!!
Agree, they didn't exactly race to the finish line -- if I remember right,
they lead the horses across.....

Thanks for your help.  Think I'll wander down to Blockbuster and see if they
rent it.  Just bought a bunch of kleenex!

Bonnie Davis

----- Original Message -----
From: "Claudia Provin" <provincmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Actor Who Can Ride


> Think the title was "Bite the Bullet"??????  Anyone help me......the final
> scene of the two horses racing to the finish line was great!
>             Bite the Bullet - Gene Hackman, Candace Bergen, James Coburn,
> with Ben Johnson as an old-timer who just wants to be remembered as having
> done something,  and Jan-Michael Vincent as a smart-aleck youngster who
rode
> his horse to death.   There was also a chestnut Arabian horse--who didn't
> win but made a good showing.    It's a very good movie--showing what
happens
> when you don't care about your horse, and showing that bad things can
happen
> even when you do care about your horse, and showing guys caring about
their
> horses and winning.  Those two horses didn't exactly "race" to the finish
> line 'cuz everybody, man and horse alike, was totally pooped--but it was
> still a good finish.   Candace Bergen also does a good job of showing that
> women could ride, too.   Gene Hackman will touch your heart as a guy who
> really cares about horses in general.   This movie is available currently
at
> a reasonable price from most Wal-Mart stores.
>
> Claudia
> Texas
>
>
>
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Linda B. Merims
>   To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 9:38 AM
>   Subject: [RC] Actor Who Can Ride
>
>
>   I was watching the 1-hour promo for "The Two Towers"
>   last night.  Viggo Mortenstern (or whatever his
>   name is) who plays Aragorn rides quite well, and
>   even seems to *like* riding and horses.  The cast
>   was saying he'd ride on his days off to get to
>   know his horse.  Deep seat, almost an old-fashioned
>   "chair" position.  Very still.
>
>   So what?
>
>   Well, not much, really.  But he is going to be
>   the star of Disney's _Hidalgo_ movie about
>   Frank Hopkins, the turn-of-the-century
>   endurance rider.
>
>   It's snowing again...sigh
>
>   Linda B. Merims
>   lbm@xxxxxxxxx
>   Massachusetts, USA
>
>
>
>
>
>
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