西雅圖女郎

Dreamer (2005)

Writer : John Gatins (written by)

Cash : Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Kris Kristofferson.

“Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story” tells the story of a father who, for the love of his daughter, sacrifices almost everything to save the life of an injured racehorse and bring the promising filly back to her former glory. The film stars Kurt Russell (“Miracle”), Dakota Fanning (“War of the Worlds”) and Kris Kristofferson (“Lone Star”).
Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) was once a great horseman, whose gifts as a trainer are now being wasted on making other men’s fortunes. Sonador—called Sonya—was a great horse whose promising future on the racetrack is suddenly cut short by a career-ending broken leg. Considered as good as dead to her owner, who also happens to be Ben’s boss, Sonya is given to Ben as severance pay, along with his walking papers. Now, it will take the unwavering faith and determination of Ben’s young daughter, Cale (Dakota Fanning), to bring these two damaged souls together in a quest for a seemingly impossible goal: to win the Breeders’ Cup Classic. However, the true miracle might be that, in helping this injured horse, what they are actually healing is their own family.
Kristofferson stars as Ben Crane’s father, whose strained relationship with his son is bridged by their mutual hopes for Sonya. The main cast also includes Oscar® nominee Elisabeth Shue (“Leaving Las Vegas”), David Morse (“The Green Mile”), Freddy Rodriguez (HBO’s “Six Feet Under”), Luis Guzman (“Traffic”) and Oded Fehr (“The Mummy”).
“Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story” was directed by John Gatins from his own screenplay, marking his directorial debut. Mike Tollin (“Radio”) and Brian Robbins (“Varsity Blues”) are the producers, with Ashok Amritraj, Jon Jashni, Bill Johnson, Stacy Cohen and Caitlin Scanlon executive producing. The film will be distributed domestically by DreamWorks Pictures, with Hyde Park Entertainment handling the international release.


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故事主要是在描述一個小女孩與他爸爸和一批受傷的馬 所一起追逐夢想的過程. 爸爸為了幫助小女孩的夢想,用盡一切方法去栽培看似已經無法在奔馳的賽馬.

其實這種故事,我想大家也都想像得出來那種起承轉合跟完美結尾的感動. 如果要精心討論他的故事,說清了,也只不過是個平凡的奇蹟. 雖然電影並沒有什麼高潮起伏, 一切都只是淡淡的敘述女孩跟爸爸之間的情感, 愛著對方卻不能溝通, 卻因為一隻馬讓這對父女有著一起前進的夢想,漸而改變了整個家庭的關係和爺爺與爸爸之間的誤會. 就是因為他沒有誇張的敘述,而只是描述那些常常出現在我們生活周遭的情感,成功的牽引著觀眾的心. 

身為女兒的,總想走是拉著爸爸的衣角,直闖天涯海角. 只不過, 總被父親的工作,拋棄在後. 而父親那種令人懼怕的威嚴, 讓人只能默默在後 祈禱 他會回過頭 拉住小手 一起走. 從小, 總是很喜歡馬, 也學了不少馬術, 但隨著現實逼著自己長大, 那種追逐夢想的日子似乎已經被遠遠的拋掉了.今天 無意間在netfilx看到了這部電影, 突然勾起了很多小時候的回憶. 曾經對自己發誓, 將來一定要賺夠錢, 移居到瑞士 買一批馬 每天騎著他出去買菜或是喝咖啡. ( 瑞士真的不少人這樣做) 但隨著追求"自由", 而拼命的為好大學好工作拼命, 那些能做夢的自由 老早就被淹埋了.

我想我們都長得太大了,老早就忘記了怎麼做夢, 夢也逐漸消失, 最後夢就不會成真了. 老早就忘記那種狂奔的傻勁, 不會顧慮一切的天真. 有時想想, 或許那時候 才是離夢想最近的一刻吧.

這部電影 勾起不少 被忽略的小時回憶, 那種 有夢最美的時刻. 如果你真的忘記了 當初追逐夢想的天真, 那真的該拿起這部片子 好好隨他去闖一圈. 說穿了, 我真的是白讀中文了, 太多感覺已經不能用文字表達了, 所以, 各位還是拿起這片 好好觀賞吧 :D

電影主題曲 Bethany Dillon -  dreamer