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Sylvester (1985) [PG]

Featuring:
Richard Farnsworth, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling

Written by:
Carol Sobieski

Directed by:
Tim Hunter


Release Date:
March 15, 1985

Original Title:
Sylvester

Genres:
Drama | Family

Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Rastar Productions

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  US: PG 

Runtime: 104

Her greatest victory waits at the edge of the most dangerous moment of her life.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him into an Olympic jumping champion.

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Overview from Open Movies

Working in a Texas stockyard, breaking horses, Charlie's doing the best she can to support herself and her two brothers. But when she loses her job, she gets the idea to take her best bronco, Sylvester, and turn him into a lucrative profit by training him for three-day eventing. But since she knows little of dressage and show-jumping, it's going to take the help of her old boss, an ex-cavalryman, to get ready for competition.

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Rankings and Honors

Sylvester (1985) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.3/10
Awards Won: 1 nomination

Performers

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Production

Director:
Tim Hunter

Music:
Lee Holdridge

Second Unit Director:
Michael D. Moore

Writer:
Carol Sobieski

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