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Hidalgo (Widescreen Edition) |  | Director: Joe Johnston
Actors: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Zuleikha Robinson, Louise Lombard, Adam Alexi-Malle
Studio: Touchstone / Disney
Category: DVD
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Rating:  262 reviews
Sales Rank: 5494
Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 136 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD32425D
ISBN: 0788849034
UPC: 786936228120
EAN: 9780788849039
ASIN: B00005JMOW
Theatrical Release Date: March 5, 2004
Release Date: August 3, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Based on a true story, Frank T. Hopkins and his mustang Hildago enter the ultimate extreme sport of its time - the ocean of fire. Underdogs challenge the finest Arabian horses and riders, they must not only survive the race across 3000 miles of Arabian desert terrain, they must thwart evil plots of competitors also.
Director Joe Johnston has always had an entertaining sense of adventure, and with Hidalgo he proves it in spades. It's yet another underrated film for Johnston (along with such enjoyable popcorn flicks as The Rocketeer and Jurassic Park III), dismissed by many critics but a welcome treat for anyone drawn to good ol'-fashioned movie excitement. In his first role since playing Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Viggo Mortensen brings handsome appeal to his low-key portrayal of Frank T. Hopkins, a real-life long-distance horse racer who, as the movie opens, has witnessed the appalling massacre of Native Americans at Wounded Knee in 1890. Drifting into Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, he agrees to compete, with his trusty mustang, Hidalgo, in "The Ocean of Fire," a treacherous 3,000-mile horse race across the Arabian desert. Toss in a bunch of conspiring competitors, a noble sheik (Omar Sharif), his lovely daughter (Zuleikha Robinson), and enough fast-paced danger to fill 133 minutes, and you've got a rousing, humorous, and lightly spiritual adventure that's a lot of fun to watch. It hardly matters that it's almost pure fiction (the real Hopkins was known by many as "a pathological liar"). More important is the love of movies and moviemaking that Johnston so delightfully conveys. --Jeff Shannon
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 What a Great Team!! January 11, 2004
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I say Viggo has down it again, after the LOTR Trilogy he is starring in this true story about Frank T. Hopkins and his horse Hidalgo in the race across the Aribian desert of the Ocean of Fire. It might be a suprise for some people since that he is known as Aragorn, who hardly gets a swollen eye. In Hidalgo, he gets injured or beaten up in the race. Viggo brings the determined character to life. The movie gives you a feeling of romance and bravery. To me, the movie's captured my heart. I think Viggo makes a great horse rider, and the director probaly caught that from the LOTR Trilogy. They made a great choice to choose Viggo for this role, he can make you feel that the character is real alive just as he did with Aragorn.
Classic film making on a grand scale. A truly epic film. August 14, 2006
W. N. Stape (Bayonne, NJ USA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Hidalgo is based upon a true story, so it's no wonder it's thrilling, truth being stranger than fiction and all. Although it's highly doubtful that everything in the movie actually happened, Frank Hopkins was indeed a real life cowboy, master horseman and rider and he did participate in the great Bedouin horse race of the Middle East known as the "Ocean of Fire" in the 1890's.
This wonderfully stylized and lovingly crafted film clocks in at over two hours, yet never bores and your interest should never waver. The international cast is terrific, led by Viggo Mortensen in a low-key, subtle performance which brings depth and a real sense of nobility to the notion of a "cowboy'. We've seen loads of silver screen gun slingers, bandits and marshals from icons like the swaggering John Wayne to the laconic Clint Eastwood, but with Viggo's Frank Hopkins, we may now be witness to one of the most balanced and interesting portrayals of an authentic cowpoke. And it's all the more interesting because Frank Hopkins isn't all cowboy - half of him is Native American. This internal duality and cultural division brings character shadings and a unique sense of perspective to Hopkins.
Balancing the tensions of Native Americans with the US Government of the time, the film explores Frank Hopkin's journey between two worlds - that of a half Native American with loyal ties to his tribe and his jobs as a pony express rider and performer in Wild Bill Hickcock's show, all while having to live in the White Man's world. When he's invited to participate in the Bedouin Race, Frank soon discovers there's a whole other world out there bound by similar dogmatic traditions, where women must hide their faces behind veils, much like he's chosen to hide his native ancestry to enable him to live an easier life.
Sweeping cinematography beautifully composes authentic locations and the stunt choreography infuses the race and the action set-ups with fun and authenticity. Viggo must have definitely "lived" horses for the film, irregardless of his prior expertise with them. He clearly is at the reigns of the horse most of the time and he's totally capable and always convincing. Hidalgo the horse may qualify for his own sequel or a TV series. This beautiful animal is more expressive than many human actors and it's just one of the many joys and reasons to give this film a chance. Apparently lost by audiences in it's initial theatrical release, Hidalgo should be discovered by every movie lover.
HIDOLGO,GO,GO. July 29, 2004
J JARVIS (HOLT, NORFOLK United Kingdom)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
I have read peoples reviews about this movie. Fair enough everyone has their own opinion. One person said "Knowing horses as they do it was cruel and impossible". I agree with my limited knowledge no horse could have managed such a task. Another said the movie was to long. It was so full of high adventure and excitment for me the time passed quickly.
Look at it like this. We all know Hopkins was a tall tale teller and there never was or has been such a race. Pay no attention to the reviews or what you have heard...ITS A DAMN GOOD MOVIE.
Pure old fashioned Hollywood escapism. Apart from some of the special effects it could have been made in the golden age with someone like Alan Ladd or Tony Curtis. No bad language, no sex and no exceptional violence. And good to see Omar back in the desert once more. It did`nt entirely flop here in the U.K. but it did have a limited run which is very sad.
Good family fun which is what we need more of.
You people analyze too much. August 3, 2004
Mike C. (Attica, Ny)
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
What ever happened to just going to the movie TO WATCH THE MOVIE? Not sit there and pick apart everything thats wrong with it. Just watch it and enjoy it make it worth your money and not so that you regret ever going to see it because it was too "fake", it's supposed to be, its hollywood. And yes this movie i thought was a great movie and i'm buying the DVD.
A fun ride. June 21, 2005
Mathew A. Shember (Cupertino, CA United States)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I happened to see this movie by chance and have taken a great liking to it. Viggo Mortensen plays Frank T. Hopkins a half breed Native American in search of himself. He gets lost even more when he witnesses the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890. It affects him so much that he becomes a drunkard and drifts into Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.
A chance at redemption comes from a challenge by the Sheik of Sheiks played greatly by Omar Sharief to prove his title as the greatest long distance rider in the 3000 mile Bedouin Race.
The main horse(there were 5 used), whom Mortensen purchased after the film, has a great face. Just beams with personality and draws affection from viewers.
The secondary characters are great. I have to mention Floyd Red Crow Westerman who plays old Chief Eagle Horn. As always he does a great job as the old wise friend.
There is hidden humor in the film which many people miss (ie: wrestling with annie oakly over his weapon "Annie get your own damn gun".
One thing I look for in actors is not being able to see previous performances. I watched Viggo's performance and did not think of Aragorn; a mark of good acting.
The extras on the DVD are interesting and gives you a little history of long-distance racing(San and Cellulod).
You will not be disappointed.
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