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A teenager gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and befriends the fading racehorse, Lean on Pete.A teenager gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and befriends the fading racehorse, Lean on Pete.A teenager gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and befriends the fading racehorse, Lean on Pete.
- Awards
- 11 wins & 18 nominations total
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Did you know
- TriviaChloë Sevigny revealed that she was originally approached to play Charley's aunt, but her agent fought for her to play Bonnie because the latter character is a larger role with "more [for Sevigny] to sink her teeth into."
- GoofsCharley throws Del's keys too the ground in disgust and storms out of the building. He loads up the horse and proceeds to start up Del's truck and drive away.
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- SoundtracksThrough the Eyes of Love
Performed by Melissa Manchester (as Melisa Manchester)
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Written by Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
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This is a film all about isolation and companionship. It is relatively slow in terms of plot pace but I thought it was quite contemplative, a good character based film and so I wasn't entirely bothered by the slowish plot pace. You could almost argue that its like a form of mindfulness in a film, with Charley being fairly quiet and thoughtful. We learn a fair bit about other people who work on the farmland and with the horses.
The sense of wilderness is quite sobering. Also the lack of dialogue at times made it seem quite poignant to me. Overall its an interesting, observation/character based drama which I enjoyed quite a lot.
Would I recommend it? Yes, I'd happily recommend this film, as long as you know its not fast paced or action packed. For what it is, its a very good film.
The sense of wilderness is quite sobering. Also the lack of dialogue at times made it seem quite poignant to me. Overall its an interesting, observation/character based drama which I enjoyed quite a lot.
Would I recommend it? Yes, I'd happily recommend this film, as long as you know its not fast paced or action packed. For what it is, its a very good film.
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Lean on Pete
- Filming locations
- Portland Meadows Race Track, Portland, Oregon, USA(Race Track scenes featured in film)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,163,056
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $46,975
- Apr 8, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $2,443,584
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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