Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron is the 2002 American animated drama of America, produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. The film was directed by Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook in their briefing debut, and was written by John Fusco. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Unlike the way animals are depicted in anthropomorphic styles in other animated features, Spirit and fellow horses communicate with each other through sounds and body language like real horses. The Spirit's mind is told by the voice actor Matt Damon, but instead, he has no dialogue. Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was released in theaters on May 24, 2002, and generated $ 122.6 million with a budget of $ 80 million.
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Plot
In the nineteenth-century West America, a young Kiger Mustang, Spirit, was born from a herd of horses. The spirit soon grew into a stallion and took on the role of a herd leader, whose job was to keep the herd safe. Spirit is a brave leader but has great curiosity. When he found a strange light one night not far from his flock, the horse was interested and investigated. He found the stalled, tame horses and their human wranglers sleeping around the fire. They wake up, and see it as an extraordinary specimen, chasing and catching it, taking it to the US cavalry post.
At this time, US troops are battling the Indian War and taking over the impending western region of the United States. Frightened and confused he finds himself and other horse slaves. Later, he meets the "Colonel", who decides to have a tamed Mustang, refusing to believe that the idea of ​​Spirit is too stubborn, but the Spirit manages to resist all attempts to tame it. To weaken the Spirit, the Colonel ordered him to be tied to the post for three days without food or water. Meanwhile, Native American Lakota named Little Creek was also taken to the fort and held captive. The spirit was then broken by the Colonel, who spoke of how a wild horse can be tamed. However, Spirit got a second wind and finally threw him. The Colonel gets frustrated and tries to shoot him, but Little Creek (who frees him from the bounds with a knife) saves Spirit from the shot. The two of them, along with the other horses, escaped from the post. The Little Creek horse, Rain, meets them with other natives who capture Spirit.
Upon returning to Lakota village, Little Creek tries to tame Spirit with kindness, but Spirit refuses to drive. Little Creek ties Spirit and Rain together, and when he tries to leave, he insists on staying, then shows him his world. The spirit began to warm to Little Creek and fell in love with the mare. At the end of their time together, Little Creek tried again to ride him, but Spirit still did not want to. He then decided that Spirit would never be tamed and free him. When Spirit asked Rain to go with him to his flock, the cavalry regiment led by the Colonel attacked the village. During a cruel battle, the Colonel tried to shoot Little Creek, but Spirit ran to Colonel and his horse, deflected the shot and saved Little Creek's life. However, Rain was shot by the Colonel, dropping him to the river. Spirit dives into the river to try to save Rain but it does not work and they both fall over the waterfall. Spirit finds Rain dying of his wounds and stays by his side until the soldiers catch him. Seeing Spirit withdrawn, Little Creek arrives, vowing to free him to fulfill his life debt and follow the men after taking care of Rain.
Spirit loaded onto trains and taken to work on the Transcontinental Railroad, where he was deployed to work pulling steam locomotives. Realizing that the trail would break his homeland, Spirit broke free of the sled and broke the chain that held the other horses. They flee, and the locomotive falls from the sled and rolls down the hill back to the workplace chasing Spirit while the locomotive itself is getting damaged, causing an explosion after crashing into another locomotive. Little Creek appears on time and saves Spirit from the next wild fire.
The next morning, the Colonel and his men find Spirit and Little Creek, and the chase takes place through the Grand Canyon. Finally, they are trapped by a cliff. Little Creek surrendered, but Spirit managed to jump across the canyon. The Spirit's steps astonished the Colonel; he humbly accepts defeat, stops his men from shooting both, and lets Spirit and Little Creek go. Spirit returns to Lakota's rebuilt village with Little Creek and finds Rain recovered for health. Little Creek decided to call Spirit "Who-Could-Not-Be-Broken" and set him free and Rain. Both horses return to Spirit's homeland, eventually reuniting with the Spirit flock.
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Voice cast
- Matt Damon as Spirit
- James Cromwell as Colonel
- Daniel Studies as Little Creek
- Chopper Bernet as Sgt. Adams
- Jeff LeBeau as Murphy and Railroad Foreman
- Richard McGonagle as Bill
- Matt Levin as Joe
- Robert Cait as Jake
- John Rubano as Army
- Adam Paul as Pete
- Charles Napier as Roy
- Zahn McClarnon as one of Little Creek's friends
- Michael Horse as a friend of Little Creek's
- Meredith Wells as a Lakota girl
- Donald Fullilove as Train Pull Foreman
Production
Development
Writer John Fusco, famous for his work in Western and Native American genres (such as Young Guns and Young Guns II), was hired by DreamWorks to create original scenarios based on ideas by Jeffrey Katzenberg. Fusco started by writing and submitting novels to the studio and then adapting his own work into a scenario format. He remains on the project as the lead author for four years, working closely with Katzenberg, the directors, and the artists.
Animation
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was created for four years using a conscious blend of traditional hand-drawn animation and computer animation in a movie-creator technique dubbed "tradigital animation." DreamWorks SKG bought the horse as a model for Spirit and took the horse to an animation studio in Glendale, California for animators to study. In the sound department, the tapes of the original horses were used for the sounds of the horses' horse beats as well as their vocalizations. None of the animal characters in the film speak English beyond the occasional reflective narrative of the protagonist mustang (Matt Damon's voice). Many of the animators working on Spirit also work on Shrek 2, and their influence can be seen on the horses in the film, such as Prince Charming horses from the opening sequence and the shape of Donkey's horse. The filmmakers traveled to the western United States to see beautiful places they could use as inspiration for the locations in the film. The homeland of Mustangs and Lakotas is based on Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, and the Grand Teton Mountains. The cavalry outpost appears to be located in Monument Valley. The peak canyon looks like Bryce Canyon and the Grand Canyon.
Music
The instrumental score was composed by Hans Zimmer with songs by Bryan Adams in both English and French versions of the album. The opening theme song for the movie, "Here I Am" was written by Bryan Adams, Gretchen Peters, and Hans Zimmer. It's produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Another song, not included in the movie itself (though it can be heard in the final credits), is "Do not Let Go", sung by Bryan Adams with Sarah McLachlan on harmony and piano. It was written by Bryan Adams, Gavin Greenaway, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, and Gretchen Peters. Many songs and arrangements are made in West America, with themes based on love, landscape, fraternity, struggle, and travel. Garth Brooks was originally supposed to write and record a song for the movie but the deal failed. The Italian songs are sung by Zucchero. The Spanish version of the song on the album was sung by Erik RubÃÆ'n (Hispanic Americans) and RaÃÆ'ºl (Spanish). The Brazilian version of the movie soundtrack was sung in Portuguese by Paulo Ricardo. The Norwegian version of the songs was sung by Vegard YlvisÃÆ'  ¥ ker from the Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis.
Release
Reception
Based on 126 reviews compiled by Rotten Tomatoes reviewers, Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron has an overall approval rating of 69% and a weighted average score of 6.4/10. The critical consensus of the site reads: "Film a very fascinating one that might be too politically predictable and politically correct for adults, but should serve children well. " Aggregator review Metacritic gave the movie a score of 52 based on 29 reviews, indicating "mixed or average review". Critic Roger Ebert, said in his review of the film, "Not cluttered by comic book proponents and cute sidekicks, Spirit is more pure and direct than most stories we see in animation - a fairy tale that I suspect younger viewers will be very identifying with. "Leonard Maltin from Hot Ticket called it" one of the most beautiful and exciting animated features ever made ". Clay Smith of Access Hollywood considers the movie "An Instant Classic". Jason Solomons describes the film as "a roughly illustrated DreamWorks animation of a horse that saved the West by attacking a US Army General". Claudia Puig of USA Today gave it 3 stars out of 4, writing that "the most significant achievement of the filmmakers is the making of a film that will touch the hearts of children and adults, and bring the audience to the edge of their seats." Dave Kehr of the New York Times criticized the way in which the film portrays Spirit and Little Creek as "pure cliches" and suggests that the film could benefit from comic-release characters. The film was screened out of competition at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. Rain received a certificate of honor from the American Paint Horse Association (APHA), which has registered more than 670,000 American Paint Horses to date. He is the first animated horse registered by this organization.
box office
When the movie opened on Memorial Day Weekend 2002, the film earned $ 17,770,036 in the Friday-Sunday period, and $ 23,213,736 over a four-day weekend for an average of $ 6,998 from 3,317 theaters. The film as a whole opens in the fourth place behind Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Spider-Man, Insomnia and Insomnia. On the second weekend, the film retreated 36% to $ 11,303,814 for an average of $ 3,362 from expansion to 3,362 theaters and ending in fifth place for the weekend. By the third weekend, the film fell 18% to $ 9,303,808 with an average of $ 2,767 from 3,362 theaters. The film closed on September 12, 2002, after generating $ 73,280,117 in the United States and Canada with an additional $ 49,283,422 overseas for a worldwide total of $ 122,563,539, against a budget of $ 80 million.
Accolades
Home media
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron was released on VHS and DVD on November 19, 2002. It was re-released on DVD on May 18, 2010. The film was released on Blu-ray in Germany in April. 3, 2014, in Australia on April 4 and in the United States and Canada on May 13, 2014. The film was re-published by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment on Blu-ray and DVD on October 19, 2014. This includes movie tickets to Penguins of Madagascar .
Video game
Dua video game berdasarkan film ini dirilis pada 28 Oktober 2002, oleh THQ: game PC Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron - Forever Free dan game Game Boy Advance Spirit: Stallion dari Cimarron - Search For Homeland .
Serial televisi
A computer-based animated television series, titled Spirit Riding Free, was aired on Netflix on May 5, 2017. This series follows all the bold adventures when Spirit, who is a descendant of the original, meets a girl named Lucky's courage to match himself.
See also
- List of feature animated movies
- Kiger Mustang , type of Spirit horse, the protagonist of the story
References
External links
- Official website
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron in IMDb
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron at the American Film Films Catalog
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron at Rotten Tomatoes
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron in Box Office Mojo
- Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron in The Big Cartoon DataBase
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