James Cameron called it an "artistic triumph" while Gravity's Alfonso Cuaron says he was "overwhelmed" by the film.
Broken Horses is the first Hollywood movie that has been Produced, Directed and Written by an Indian : Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
Christopher Rodriguez Marquette and Sean Patrick Flanery replaced respectively Ben Foster and Val Kilmer.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra's second attempt at a Hollywood project. First was when the script of Munnabhai M.B.B.S was picked up by a leading studio who wanted to remake the film with Chris Tucker in the titular character. The project fell through though.